Matrixvisa
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Immigration Law and International Recruitment
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Cellular phones
and the Internet
Communication is an important part of life in Canada. The importance are determined by the cost of these services and the nature of life in Canada. Local calls in Canada are free.
Life in Canada is fast and a lost call or lost e-mail might result in a lost job opportunity or lost business opportunity. Winters are cold and communication via the internet makes life easier. Sending e-mail to relatives abroad is much cheaper than talking over the phone. Finding jobs on the internet might be cheaper and faster.
Each person has to find a unique mix of communication services to match their own demand and budget. Communication (by telephone, cellular phone, the internet and by post) might take a significant part of a family’s budget. Some of the websites below might provide immigrants with information to make more informed decisions with regards to a suitable mix of telephone, cellular phone, internet and postal services.
Domestic and Business Telephone Services
http://www.newtel.com only in Atlantic Canada
http://www.mtt.ca only in Atlantic Canada
Cellular Phone Retailers and Cellular Service Providers
Immigrants should remember that many cellular phones are network specific, i.e. a cellular phone bought at one company can not be used on a network of a different company. For example: a person buy a phone at Bell and after six months the person decide to use a special offer at Fido. The phone bought at Bell might be locked in on the Bell network and can not be used with the Fido network.
Certain networks only have external antennas on their phones due to the nature of the technology used, whilst certain networks do offer cellular phones with internal antennas. Therefore if you prefer a small cellular phone without a antenna do some research.
http://www.sasktel.com only in Saskatchewan
http://www.mts.mb.ca only in Manitoba
http://www.newtel.com only in Atlantic Canada
http://www.mtt.ca only in Atlantic Canada
A visit to the Telephone Booth might be well worth a visit. The Telephone Booth is a retailer that sell the products of Bell, Rogers and ATT&T, Fido and Telus. This is a good opportunity to get a good comparison as the salesmen does not represent a specific company.
Internet Service Providers
http://www.netcom.ca provided by ATT
Some internet service providers (such as Sympatico provided by Bell) do have a dial-up facility as well as a broad band service. The advantage is that an immigrant can start with a dial-up service (maybe $20 per month) and later upgrade to broadband, without loosing an existing e-mail address. For example if a consumer start off with an e-mail address such as allen@sympatico.ca (using dail-up) the e-mail address will stay allen@sympatico.ca when the consumer upgrade to broadband internet at Sympatico.
Immigrants could also visit the Residential Broad Band Association’s website (http://www.rbua.org) to gather information and make an informed choice about internet services. The website could be well worth a visit.
Postal Services
Updated:
June 2007
Disclaimer