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Originally Posted by weekilter

It's frequency compatible. Is the phone unlocked? Unless it is you cannot use it with any operator other than the original one.

CDMA and GSM iPhones are meant for specific systems and are not the same and are not compatible as far as use to make phone calls. Fido only has data with GPRS at 15¢/minute.

Yep unlocked.

So I have GSM, and not CDMA? This is a big confusing will look into it. Thanks for the tip.

Originally Posted by Stu

Wind is incompatible. They are on the 1700mhz frequency which is not supported by the iPhone. They have roaming on other frequencies, but I'm not sure that roaming is a great deal and may only be on 2g.

Bell, Telus, and Virgin have the iPhone and have prepaid networks on their HSPA network. They also run incompatible CDMA networks so be forewarned.

Thanks. Uh oh. I hope it's easy to find out if they are on the right network.

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

As far as I know, all the GSM/UMTS iPhones are identical worldwide. An iPhone 2G will only work on Fido or Rogers. The 3G or newer will work on these plus Bell and Telus and the regional carriers MTS and SaskTel.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by VladS

Rogers/Fido, Bell and Telus operate their UMTS networks on the II an V bands and both bands are supported by any UMTS based iPhone (3G, 3GS and 4).

Telus has a 250MB + unlimited national SMS for $20 add-on for their prepaid SIMs. Not cheap, but coverage is very good.

Thanks. Will look into Telus too.


So I'll look into them all, but wind!

I thought some of the deals from Rogers / Fido looked really good. But now that I know some plans may be the wrong network (CDMA?), I am going to have to look again carefully for the right one.

Thanks so much for the help guys.