[TorontoColin]

There’s no official announcement yet but it seems that TELUS is on the verge of giving the green light to their Saskatchewan HSPA+ network. Taking a look at their website shows a map that seems to be covering the core cities plus some surrounding areas.

Good news for Saskatchewan residents. I wonder if this coverage is shared with Bell or if this part of the network is TELUS exclusive.

 

[Altaman]

This service is up and running in Saskatchewan however I find it is problematic at this time. My girlfriend is in Regina for work right now and we txt each other back and forth. She has a regular cell phone and I have the Iphone 3GS. We find that txt msgs tend to get lost/go into limbo, some appearing hours later and others are sitting...

Hopefully they will get this working better soon, because as of right now I am less than impressed with this new expanded coverage.

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[TorontoColin]

By a regular cell phone do you mean a CDMA phone? I've long noticed issues with text messages between CDMA and GSM/HSPA networks. I don't know if there's a formal issue between CDMA and GSM/HSPA though or if it's simply a case of the two networks not cooperating.

 

[Altaman]

Yes CDMA. Did not have any problem till she went to Regina. So i figure it is a sasktel issue