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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

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.

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.