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Lorene
Aug 10, 2012, 9:08:01 PM8/10/12
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I got my Rogers bill in the mail. So did my mom. Was she ever fit to
be tied!!! Her bill went up to $12 plus for 2 services - cable and
phone. Mine went up $6 plus for 3 services - cable, phone and
internet. I was paying $162 plus each month for all 3 services.
I got on the phone to Rogers and made a big complaint about the bill
and that I was on ODSP and can't afford to pay extra for the increase.
The rep looked at my account and told me I have a good credit history
with them for a very long time that he decreased $25 dollars plus for
each month for a locked 2 year contract (because I have internet). I
got Rogers to take the 2 features off my bill as I hardly ever use it.
I will be paying $137 plus. That includes the taxes. I am quite happy
with it.
My mom did the same with Rogers and they shaved her bill down by $13
plus. She is locked in for one year because she does not have
internet. She was happy about it.
Lorene
be tied!!! Her bill went up to $12 plus for 2 services - cable and
phone. Mine went up $6 plus for 3 services - cable, phone and
internet. I was paying $162 plus each month for all 3 services.
I got on the phone to Rogers and made a big complaint about the bill
and that I was on ODSP and can't afford to pay extra for the increase.
The rep looked at my account and told me I have a good credit history
with them for a very long time that he decreased $25 dollars plus for
each month for a locked 2 year contract (because I have internet). I
got Rogers to take the 2 features off my bill as I hardly ever use it.
I will be paying $137 plus. That includes the taxes. I am quite happy
with it.
My mom did the same with Rogers and they shaved her bill down by $13
plus. She is locked in for one year because she does not have
internet. She was happy about it.
Lorene
Goldielover
Aug 11, 2012, 9:23:47 AM8/11/12
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Good for you. Often with Rogers, you need to pretty well threaten to
leave to get a decent offer from the Retentions department. My Rogers
bill was one thing I looked at very closely when trying to cut
expenses to the bare minimum when I was still on OW, as it was my
largest monthly payment after rent and groceries. I elected to cancel
them altogether. I get 26 channels (most in full HD rather than the
compressed HD the cable companies supply) free and legally with my
antenna, which more than does me as I am not a heavy television
watcher. I went to TekSavvy for my internet, as the caps Rogers
offers are far too small for my needs. My internet costs are about
the same, but I got a faster speed and no bandwidth cap. I also went
with them for my landline, and shaved about $15.00 a month off my bill
for that. By going this route, I am paying about $90.00 a month less
than I used to. I know not everyone is willing to give up the cable
specialty channels, or lives in a good location to use an antenna, but
for me it has been great, and I have far better uses for the money
than to give it to Rogers. I've paid out about $350.00 for my
equipment (antenna, pre-amp and converter box for old television) but
considering I have saved about $2700.00 so far, I am well ahead. I
could eventually decide to save money on my landline costs as well,
but at this point I'm still a little reluctant. Cell phones are not
always that good for 911 service, as they still can't be tracked as
reliably as landlines can, although they are improving on that. Two
of my landline phones are wired and will work during a power failure
(one is an antique rotary dial) but the third wireless one won't. My
current landline costs are about $22.00 a month with call display, so
its not a huge expenditure. It was the cable costs I was most anxious
to lower.
leave to get a decent offer from the Retentions department. My Rogers
bill was one thing I looked at very closely when trying to cut
expenses to the bare minimum when I was still on OW, as it was my
largest monthly payment after rent and groceries. I elected to cancel
them altogether. I get 26 channels (most in full HD rather than the
compressed HD the cable companies supply) free and legally with my
antenna, which more than does me as I am not a heavy television
watcher. I went to TekSavvy for my internet, as the caps Rogers
offers are far too small for my needs. My internet costs are about
the same, but I got a faster speed and no bandwidth cap. I also went
with them for my landline, and shaved about $15.00 a month off my bill
for that. By going this route, I am paying about $90.00 a month less
than I used to. I know not everyone is willing to give up the cable
specialty channels, or lives in a good location to use an antenna, but
for me it has been great, and I have far better uses for the money
than to give it to Rogers. I've paid out about $350.00 for my
equipment (antenna, pre-amp and converter box for old television) but
considering I have saved about $2700.00 so far, I am well ahead. I
could eventually decide to save money on my landline costs as well,
but at this point I'm still a little reluctant. Cell phones are not
always that good for 911 service, as they still can't be tracked as
reliably as landlines can, although they are improving on that. Two
of my landline phones are wired and will work during a power failure
(one is an antique rotary dial) but the third wireless one won't. My
current landline costs are about $22.00 a month with call display, so
its not a huge expenditure. It was the cable costs I was most anxious
to lower.
Bill Higgs
Aug 11, 2012, 7:24:51 AM8/11/12
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Although I can understand why you would be pleased with the decrease, I
would be livid knowing that Rogers was gouging me extra unneccessarily for
all that time. And people wonder why I want Rogers and Bells monoply
ended.
Bill
would be livid knowing that Rogers was gouging me extra unneccessarily for
all that time. And people wonder why I want Rogers and Bells monoply
ended.
Bill
Paul
Aug 11, 2012, 12:17:36 PM8/11/12
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At 08:54 AM 8/11/2012, you wrote:
>Hi Lorene,
>
>Yes, isn't Rogers a rip off? I worked there and I got complaints
>and got yelled at the whole shift. I went home crying and once
>started to cry on a call. I've heard it all. People really hate
>Rogers, trust me.
Rogers also hasn't realized that to charge a customer for services,
they must provide service!
My friend lives right behind a Rogers tower in Niagara and he got one
of those USB sticks for wireless service. It never worked more than
20% of this few months and he broke out of his contract and after it
was all done, it cost him about $800.
He kept getting a weak signal.
>Hi Lorene,
>
>Yes, isn't Rogers a rip off? I worked there and I got complaints
>and got yelled at the whole shift. I went home crying and once
>started to cry on a call. I've heard it all. People really hate
>Rogers, trust me.
Rogers also hasn't realized that to charge a customer for services,
they must provide service!
My friend lives right behind a Rogers tower in Niagara and he got one
of those USB sticks for wireless service. It never worked more than
20% of this few months and he broke out of his contract and after it
was all done, it cost him about $800.
He kept getting a weak signal.
Paul
Aug 11, 2012, 12:12:39 PM8/11/12
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i.m glad to not be with Bell or Rogers.
Rogers' marketing is too pushy...
They push things on you trying to make you feel like you need it.
I noticed this started when Mr. Rogers died.
I had a Rogers cell phone a few years ago. For about 3 months ending
after they jacked up the PAYG costgs from 33ct to 40ct. /min.
Glad I dumped Rogers.
Bell's billing dept are morons. Took about 9 mths for my dad's bill
to get sorted out from services he was billed for he wasn't even signed up for.
Funny though I and with Fido and Cogeco. Both are partially owned by Rogers!!!
Just stay away from WIND Mobile. They passed an account onto a
creditor for a mill that was yet due, hurting his credit score...
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Rogers' marketing is too pushy...
They push things on you trying to make you feel like you need it.
I noticed this started when Mr. Rogers died.
I had a Rogers cell phone a few years ago. For about 3 months ending
after they jacked up the PAYG costgs from 33ct to 40ct. /min.
Glad I dumped Rogers.
Bell's billing dept are morons. Took about 9 mths for my dad's bill
to get sorted out from services he was billed for he wasn't even signed up for.
Funny though I and with Fido and Cogeco. Both are partially owned by Rogers!!!
Just stay away from WIND Mobile. They passed an account onto a
creditor for a mill that was yet due, hurting his credit score...
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Lorene
Aug 11, 2012, 7:11:34 PM8/11/12
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Whoa, I just learned today from a relative who has all 3 or maybe 4
services, (I have no idea if they have a Rogers cell phone plan), but
anyways, their Rogers bill is way over $200 a month. <GASP!!!> They
don't have the extra features on their cable and phone. They will not
call Rogers to make a complaint to lower the bill. I don't feel sorry
for this relative because she does not know to downsize their expenses
and does not know how to use money wisely from month to month. They
are always bumming money from the parents. They hardly pay parents
back what they owe for years and years. (Parents are not really rich,
but have more income from different sources to live on than we all do
on ODSP.) They have the one teenager who is in his last year in high
school this fall.
Rogers never raise my bill for one whole year til this month when the
contract expired.Nor did they did the same thing for my mom. My aunt
has Rogers cable and phone and her bill keeps changing every couple
months. It is never the same amount. So she never knows exactly what
the amount would be each month. Her bill is not locked in.
I rather have it locked for a year or two so that the amount is always
the same every month to make my budget easier. I know some people
don't like locked in contracts. I can understand that. That is why I
dont' want a cell phone because you are locked in 2 or 3 years. If
your cell phone breaks or not working right, they give you another
secondhand refurbished phone that may give problems few months later
on. And you are stuck with the cell phone bill every month til the
contract is up or you cancel it and pay the penalty. My son went thru
years ago and told me he will never ever deal with Rogers cell phone
again. I think he is with Telus now. He did have Fido but will not
have them again before he went with Telus.
I am hoping and praying my hard drive tower case (it is going on 3
years this fall) does not give me problems for the next 2 years
because I don't know where I am going to come up with extra money for
a secondhand hard drive tower or a laptop or get the hard drive fixed.
It has been good hard drive tower as it has never given me any
problems except for being slow sometimes when playing games on
Facebook. I have used the scan regularly and cleared the cache every
few days. I like to have a laptop someday.
Lorene
services, (I have no idea if they have a Rogers cell phone plan), but
anyways, their Rogers bill is way over $200 a month. <GASP!!!> They
don't have the extra features on their cable and phone. They will not
call Rogers to make a complaint to lower the bill. I don't feel sorry
for this relative because she does not know to downsize their expenses
and does not know how to use money wisely from month to month. They
are always bumming money from the parents. They hardly pay parents
back what they owe for years and years. (Parents are not really rich,
but have more income from different sources to live on than we all do
on ODSP.) They have the one teenager who is in his last year in high
school this fall.
Rogers never raise my bill for one whole year til this month when the
contract expired.Nor did they did the same thing for my mom. My aunt
has Rogers cable and phone and her bill keeps changing every couple
months. It is never the same amount. So she never knows exactly what
the amount would be each month. Her bill is not locked in.
I rather have it locked for a year or two so that the amount is always
the same every month to make my budget easier. I know some people
don't like locked in contracts. I can understand that. That is why I
dont' want a cell phone because you are locked in 2 or 3 years. If
your cell phone breaks or not working right, they give you another
secondhand refurbished phone that may give problems few months later
on. And you are stuck with the cell phone bill every month til the
contract is up or you cancel it and pay the penalty. My son went thru
years ago and told me he will never ever deal with Rogers cell phone
again. I think he is with Telus now. He did have Fido but will not
have them again before he went with Telus.
I am hoping and praying my hard drive tower case (it is going on 3
years this fall) does not give me problems for the next 2 years
because I don't know where I am going to come up with extra money for
a secondhand hard drive tower or a laptop or get the hard drive fixed.
It has been good hard drive tower as it has never given me any
problems except for being slow sometimes when playing games on
Facebook. I have used the scan regularly and cleared the cache every
few days. I like to have a laptop someday.
Lorene
justice4odsp
Aug 12, 2012, 12:31:47 AM8/12/12
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Hi,
I pay $73.00 per month for the land line and Internet (6 mpbs and 60 GB download) and $70.00 per month for the cell phone (data device with 1GB worth of downloads, unlimited texting, and the favourite 10 numbers plan, per month) with Telus. I have no TV. The phone/internet provider is WTC Communications (a service offered in the Kingston area). The costs for both these services are still going down as I retrain myself to use what phone when. You see, if I use the MagicJack for some calls, the cell phone favourite-10 for other calls, turn on the WiFi service in known hotspot locations to check email on my cell phone, and avoid making long distance calls from my land line or cell phone, I'm paying way less than the $225 I was paying for both these services awhile back. The trick is, remembering what phone to use when, whether to text or phone the person, whether to list them as a favourite number or not, etc. It shouldn't be this complicated, but as learn how to juggle phones and get into the habit of using the right phone at the right time, the bills have been coming down. By the sounds of things, I'm really getting off light, compared to what others say they are paying.
Buying the MagicJack and upgrading my Telus plan, turned out to be a realGodsend.
justice4odsp
I pay $73.00 per month for the land line and Internet (6 mpbs and 60 GB download) and $70.00 per month for the cell phone (data device with 1GB worth of downloads, unlimited texting, and the favourite 10 numbers plan, per month) with Telus. I have no TV. The phone/internet provider is WTC Communications (a service offered in the Kingston area). The costs for both these services are still going down as I retrain myself to use what phone when. You see, if I use the MagicJack for some calls, the cell phone favourite-10 for other calls, turn on the WiFi service in known hotspot locations to check email on my cell phone, and avoid making long distance calls from my land line or cell phone, I'm paying way less than the $225 I was paying for both these services awhile back. The trick is, remembering what phone to use when, whether to text or phone the person, whether to list them as a favourite number or not, etc. It shouldn't be this complicated, but as learn how to juggle phones and get into the habit of using the right phone at the right time, the bills have been coming down. By the sounds of things, I'm really getting off light, compared to what others say they are paying.
Buying the MagicJack and upgrading my Telus plan, turned out to be a realGodsend.
justice4odsp
Goldielover
Aug 11, 2012, 11:48:02 PM8/11/12
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Hopefully your computer will go on for awhile yet. Desktops usually
have somewhat better longevity than laptops do. My old computer was
retired from daily use at almost ten years old. It is now fourteen,
and still works, although only gets used as a back up very
occasionally now. Some parts of my current computer are almost six
years old (case, DVD drive, fans). Other parts (hard drive, RAM,
motherboard, CPU, power supply, sound card and video card) have been
upgraded or replaced, but the newest parts are almost three years old
themselves. The computer is still working well, but I will most
likely be looking into replacing it before April 2014. Main reason
for that is that I am still running XP, and all support and security
updates for XP will end. I will replace with another desk top, not a
laptop. I'm not a huge fan of laptops. I use an ergonomic keyboard
because of my hands (arthritis) and have great trouble when I have to
use my daughter's laptop. I also do quite a bit of the replacement/
repair work required myself on the desktop, but laptops aren't
particularly user friendly in that regards. Also, I like a decent
sized monitor, (I have a 24" Asus) and find laptop screens a bit small
for watching movies.
have somewhat better longevity than laptops do. My old computer was
retired from daily use at almost ten years old. It is now fourteen,
and still works, although only gets used as a back up very
occasionally now. Some parts of my current computer are almost six
years old (case, DVD drive, fans). Other parts (hard drive, RAM,
motherboard, CPU, power supply, sound card and video card) have been
upgraded or replaced, but the newest parts are almost three years old
themselves. The computer is still working well, but I will most
likely be looking into replacing it before April 2014. Main reason
for that is that I am still running XP, and all support and security
updates for XP will end. I will replace with another desk top, not a
laptop. I'm not a huge fan of laptops. I use an ergonomic keyboard
because of my hands (arthritis) and have great trouble when I have to
use my daughter's laptop. I also do quite a bit of the replacement/
repair work required myself on the desktop, but laptops aren't
particularly user friendly in that regards. Also, I like a decent
sized monitor, (I have a 24" Asus) and find laptop screens a bit small
for watching movies.
Lorene
Aug 12, 2012, 8:48:18 AM8/12/12
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Reason why I like laptops is because I like to transfer some pictures
onto, so I can bring the laptop to my mom's place for her to look at
the pics and other stuff and use it only for backups in case I do have
problems with my desktop in the future.
I think I will stick with the desktop for a long time and either
upgrade or buy a newer refurbished secondhand tower case.
Does anyone know if there is a software I can download for free for me
to try the newest Microsoft 2010 onto my desktop? I want to use it and
practice so I can actually understand it easily. I only want just the
Word Document and nothing else as I am not quite interested in other
stuff. I have the older version Microsoft Word Document 2002 (that is
what it says when I checked) or something like that that I got from a
friend, actually my son's friend from school, when he burned a disk
for me. When I save something onto the flash drive or in my email, and
when I got to the library to use the computer to print out what I
saved on my flash drive or in my email. What happens is what I want to
print out is not the same as I want from the older version of
Microsoft. I have so much trouble understanding and how to navitigate
the new Microsoft 2010 in the library computers. I have no patience
trying to figure out how to fix this or that or how to change it. I
was constantly looking into the Help section. The other day I knew
people passed away in the obits on the funeral websites and told my
mom. She wanted me to print them out. I did that and every sentence
had lines. I can't remove it every easily. I have tried and tried. I
have no patience at all. Even my cousin works at the school board in
Peterborough had so much trouble how to use it that she took a course
online. It cost her $250 thru online so she can understand how to use
and navigiate it.. The school board just upgraded their Microsoft to a
newer version.
Lorene
onto, so I can bring the laptop to my mom's place for her to look at
the pics and other stuff and use it only for backups in case I do have
problems with my desktop in the future.
I think I will stick with the desktop for a long time and either
upgrade or buy a newer refurbished secondhand tower case.
Does anyone know if there is a software I can download for free for me
to try the newest Microsoft 2010 onto my desktop? I want to use it and
practice so I can actually understand it easily. I only want just the
Word Document and nothing else as I am not quite interested in other
stuff. I have the older version Microsoft Word Document 2002 (that is
what it says when I checked) or something like that that I got from a
friend, actually my son's friend from school, when he burned a disk
for me. When I save something onto the flash drive or in my email, and
when I got to the library to use the computer to print out what I
saved on my flash drive or in my email. What happens is what I want to
print out is not the same as I want from the older version of
Microsoft. I have so much trouble understanding and how to navitigate
the new Microsoft 2010 in the library computers. I have no patience
trying to figure out how to fix this or that or how to change it. I
was constantly looking into the Help section. The other day I knew
people passed away in the obits on the funeral websites and told my
mom. She wanted me to print them out. I did that and every sentence
had lines. I can't remove it every easily. I have tried and tried. I
have no patience at all. Even my cousin works at the school board in
Peterborough had so much trouble how to use it that she took a course
online. It cost her $250 thru online so she can understand how to use
and navigiate it.. The school board just upgraded their Microsoft to a
newer version.
Lorene
Goldielover
Aug 12, 2012, 7:44:02 PM8/12/12
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There is a trial version of Office available on the Microsoft
website. However, it is time limited. Not sure how long you can use
it for free - they don't say. Many trial versions are only fifteen to
thirty days before you need to buy it. Haven't seen too many fully
working slightly less than legal versions of Office 2010 around (yes,
I was looking) although earlier versions can be found in some of the
murkier corners of the web. Wouldn't recommend that route anyways,
unless you really know what you are doing.
Laptops do have their uses for portability, and I may eventually end
up with a small one myself once I'm in a financial position to travel
again (which I will be some day), but for everyday use I will stick to
a desktop.
website. However, it is time limited. Not sure how long you can use
it for free - they don't say. Many trial versions are only fifteen to
thirty days before you need to buy it. Haven't seen too many fully
working slightly less than legal versions of Office 2010 around (yes,
I was looking) although earlier versions can be found in some of the
murkier corners of the web. Wouldn't recommend that route anyways,
unless you really know what you are doing.
Laptops do have their uses for portability, and I may eventually end
up with a small one myself once I'm in a financial position to travel
again (which I will be some day), but for everyday use I will stick to
a desktop.
Di
Aug 12, 2012, 4:06:21 PM8/12/12
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Hiya Lorene
You can get the full office version as well as the word program free. They also have tutorial programs on how to use the new features. Hope this helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/search.aspx?q=microsoft%20word%202010%20free%20download
You can get the full office version as well as the word program free. They also have tutorial programs on how to use the new features. Hope this helps.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/search.aspx?q=microsoft%20word%202010%20free%20download
Paul
Aug 13, 2012, 4:56:17 AM8/13/12
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For years, there has been open (free) software.
Not sure if it is identical in keyboard operations, but you can check it out.
http://download.openoffice.fm/free/?pk=10307
Not sure if it is identical in keyboard operations, but you can check it out.
http://download.openoffice.fm/free/?pk=10307
Bear Bear
Aug 13, 2012, 12:15:05 PM8/13/12
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I used open office for years. Word came with my new computer.
I highly recommend it. It did everything I needed and was in some ways easier than Word.
A great resource. and I think there is even a version for Mac.
Bear
I highly recommend it. It did everything I needed and was in some ways easier than Word.
A great resource. and I think there is even a version for Mac.
Bear
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