Judge sides with Telus, says Rogers’ ‘most reliable’ claim reeks of half-truths

Wireless networks in the States have a storied history of throwing fits over each others’ “most” and “best” claims — and now they’re really getting into it up north, too, seeing how Telus just lit up a shiny new 21Mbps HSPA network that seems to be matching or besting Rogers’ existing infrastructure in many ways. As is all too often the case, the spat has ended up down in the court system where Telus is bellyaching that Rogers’ claims of running “Canada’s most reliable” and “fastest” airwaves have been invalid as of November 5, when its competing hardware went live (funny — and telling — that it didn’t bother levying any complaints back in the CDMA days). Anyhow, a judge has just ruled — apparently after analyzing paperwork filed by both sides — that “the present network technology is at least equivalent between Rogers and Telus,” invalidating Rogers’ reliability claim. Rogers isn’t too happy about this (though they’ve tiptoed away from speed claims in their latest advertising, smartly) and intends to appeal with new courtroom drama getting ready to roll on Friday. So, we turn it over to our Canadian readers: who’s really offering the best service right now in the trenches?

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