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Maybe, but those numbers are basically bullshit in terms of the real cost to get a phone plan with 1GB of data. I WISH 1GB of data was $12 in Canada. Unless y

Maybe, but those numbers are basically bullshit in terms of the real cost to get a phone plan with 1GB of data. I WISH 1GB of data was $12 in Canada. Unless you’re willing to make some huge concessions you won’t find a phone plan with unlimited calling, unlimited texting, and 1GB of data for less than $40 CAD / month. I currently do BYOD + 3Mb/s throttle + no support + low priority on saturated towers (IMO but not provable) for $23 per month. I wish the government would set reasonable pay per use data rates and make all the carriers abide by them. $12 / GB would be a godsend for low end, price sensitive users.

29083011397778 6y ago
Last month my Fido bill was $21.11 CAD for both my girlfriend's (4Gb) and my (3Gb) plan. Due to a variety of factors, including (read: entirely due to) generous CS reps, both are heavily discounted. Note these are data-only plans, without SMS or calling. We use the Acrobits softphone (iPhone) or the built-in voip client (de-Googled Android) with voip.ms for - Voice calls - SMS/MMS (in-app, forwarded to any cell number, or via any email client) - Transcribed voicemail - Automatic call recording, and - Spam-call blocking by configuring an IVR (spam callers can't press "1" to continue). I've no relation to Acrobits, Fido, or voip.ms aside from being a customer, though I happily recommend all three.
- rapind 6y ago
  You got some pretty great discounts according to https://www.fido.ca/nac/choose-plan?type=byod https://www.fido.ca/nac/choose-plan?type=byod Isn't Fido Toronto only or have they changed that? (it's been a while since I checked) Also worth mentioning is this marketing thing where each of the major carriers own several cheap carriers. E.g. Roger's has: Fido, Chatr, Cityfone, Primus, Zoomer, and SimplyConnect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_mobile_phone_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_mobile_phone_...
  - 29083011397778 6y ago
    I think you're over-estimating the discounts - the plans you linked were for talk, text, and data. The plans I'm talking about are here[1] at nearly the very bottom of the page. Current plans listed are 4Gb for $10/month, though they would require being paired with a voip provider, as I mentioned above. Fido is available nation-wide, AFAIK. You're likely thinking of Wind. Originally available in select cities (such as Toronto or Vancouver), they were bought out by Shaw in... 2015 (?) I believe, and renamed to Freedom Mobile. They are currently available in most major cities, and rely on roaming in less densely populated areas. [1] https://www.fido.ca/consumer/tablets https://www.fido.ca/consumer/tablets
  - lanterk 6y ago
    Fido has Data-only 4GB "tablet" plans for $10. You do need another existing Fido plan though.
YZF 6y ago
I'm with Public Mobile (they're owned by Telus now) and I'm paying $8/month right now. I don't use much data so I just recharge that when I need to. If you want to use my discount code I'll be paying even less ;) though tbh I think their cheapest plan is now $15 before any discounts. You can buy 1GB of data for $15 (which if you don't use carries forward) i.e. the official undiscounted price would be $30/month.
- donmcronald 6y ago
  You’re throttled to 3Mb/s, right? I’m already using PM. 1GB @ 3Mb/s is good enough for about 10 hours of RDP, so I’m satisfied with it. I was mainly pointing out that to get to $12 / GB you have to be jumping through some serious hoops or adding it to a high tier plan, so the number in the OP is almost fictitious IMO. The real metric to be concerned with should be the cost of the first GB.

29083011397778 6y ago

Last month my Fido bill was $21.11 CAD for both my girlfriend's (4Gb) and my (3Gb) plan. Due to a variety of factors, including (read: entirely due to) generous CS reps, both are heavily discounted. Note these are data-only plans, without SMS or calling. We use the Acrobits softphone (iPhone) or the built-in voip client (de-Googled Android) with voip.ms for - Voice calls - SMS/MMS (in-app, forwarded to any cell number, or via any email client) - Transcribed voicemail - Automatic call recording, and - Spam-call blocking by configuring an IVR (spam callers can't press "1" to continue). I've no relation to Acrobits, Fido, or voip.ms aside from being a customer, though I happily recommend all three.

rapind 6y ago
You got some pretty great discounts according to https://www.fido.ca/nac/choose-plan?type=byod https://www.fido.ca/nac/choose-plan?type=byod Isn't Fido Toronto only or have they changed that? (it's been a while since I checked) Also worth mentioning is this marketing thing where each of the major carriers own several cheap carriers. E.g. Roger's has: Fido, Chatr, Cityfone, Primus, Zoomer, and SimplyConnect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_mobile_phone_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_mobile_phone_...
- 29083011397778 6y ago
  I think you're over-estimating the discounts - the plans you linked were for talk, text, and data. The plans I'm talking about are here[1] at nearly the very bottom of the page. Current plans listed are 4Gb for $10/month, though they would require being paired with a voip provider, as I mentioned above. Fido is available nation-wide, AFAIK. You're likely thinking of Wind. Originally available in select cities (such as Toronto or Vancouver), they were bought out by Shaw in... 2015 (?) I believe, and renamed to Freedom Mobile. They are currently available in most major cities, and rely on roaming in less densely populated areas. [1] https://www.fido.ca/consumer/tablets https://www.fido.ca/consumer/tablets
- lanterk 6y ago
  Fido has Data-only 4GB "tablet" plans for $10. You do need another existing Fido plan though.

YZF 6y ago

I'm with Public Mobile (they're owned by Telus now) and I'm paying $8/month right now. I don't use much data so I just recharge that when I need to. If you want to use my discount code I'll be paying even less ;) though tbh I think their cheapest plan is now $15 before any discounts. You can buy 1GB of data for $15 (which if you don't use carries forward) i.e. the official undiscounted price would be $30/month.

donmcronald 6y ago
You’re throttled to 3Mb/s, right? I’m already using PM. 1GB @ 3Mb/s is good enough for about 10 hours of RDP, so I’m satisfied with it. I was mainly pointing out that to get to $12 / GB you have to be jumping through some serious hoops or adding it to a high tier plan, so the number in the OP is almost fictitious IMO. The real metric to be concerned with should be the cost of the first GB.