Cancelled my phone today.

FIDO is likely the best carrier in Canada. But I still didn’t like anything about them.

My handset was crappy. And confusing.

Like all phone companies, the advertised price / month (no contract) was about half the actual price / month. Even if I did not use the phone at all.

They charge $3.50 / minute for calls to the USA.

I would call that gouging. Wouldn’t you?

When I called to cancel FIDO, the poor salesgirl did everything she could to “downsell” me to something cheaper. I pity the employees of phone companies.

My goal is to live semi-retired without any phone. Perhaps I’ll start texting from my iTouch as a free alternative. (I’ve only sent 1 text in my life, so far.)

If I do get another phone in future, it will be an iPhone.

=== UPDATE:

Mythbusters star Adam Savage got an $11,000 bill from AT&T, and he’s not happy about it. This afternoon, the star Tweeted:

… AT&T is attempting to charge me 11k for a few hours of web surfing in Canada. …

He then added:

… Normally those suffering the extortionate roaming fees charged by the carriers suffer in silence, or go through the endless phone systems to try and reach a more modest sum. …

Mashable

This time a TelCo messed with the wrong customer. Adam Savage hates AT&T is now the second most discussed topic on Twitter, second only to Michael Jackson.