Best pay as you go cell service?

[Stine]

AS my contract is up soon what is the best place for a pay and go cell phone?

I dont txt that much and dont call often at all thats why I thought I would go pay as you go.

[toyboy88]

Fido.... $0.20/min anytime to any carrier/landline, minimum $20 top-up I believe to get the $0.20 rate.

[dj_rice]

Virgin Mobile...but its prepaid not pay as u go

$10/month gets you $0.10/min


I'm not too sure if there is a company that does rollover minutes so try to find one that does...


But if you cant decide, heres a blog that does all the comparisons

http://www.theblog.ca/pay-as-you-go


Also look into Solo Mobile, they're cards last longer than others...

When do they expire?

* $20 cards expire after 45 days
* $30 cards expire after 75 days

[510-Trevor]

I use Virgin, lots of different pre-paid and month to month packages without contracts. Free features such as voicemail, call display.
I've been with them for at a couple years now, no problems.

[jav_]

i use rogers 39c daytime and 1c evening/weekends

[old&slow]

Is the Petro Canada thing available in Calgary?

[B18C]

Originally posted by 510-Trevor
I use Virgin, lots of different pre-paid and month to month packages without contracts. Free features such as voicemail, call display.
I've been with them for at a couple years now, no problems.

:thumbsup:

[toyboy88]

Originally posted by dj_rice

I'm not too sure if there is a company that does rollover minutes so try to find one that does...



I'm not sure if all do, but Fido sure does, as long as you top-up before the last expiry date from the previous top-up, you minutes/$ get carried forward.

[jwslam]

they all have their give and takes

wouldn't do bell/telus cuz if you have friends that txt you you're gunna be SOL

rogers has a couple good plans. they also have the $100/365day card

i like 39cent weekdays / 1 cent weekends
i'm on auto saver (takes money from my CC automatically) so it's 31cent/1cent

if you get all day its 25cents first 5 min/15cent after
on autosaver it's 20/12 i think

or there's $1/day unlim wkd/ev, 30cent/min
on autosaver its 80cent/day, 24cent/min

fido has a unlim incoming at $1/day, 30cent/min out

you can get 7-11 speakout, where all cards are 365day expiry
i think it's all 25cent/min
if you buy $75 or $100 cards its 20cent/min

there's also petrocan, pcmobile and what not

[Stine]

what are these 365 cards? how much are they?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Stine
what are these 365 cards? how much are they?

365 day expiry
depends on what carrier and what denomination

[davechoi1973]

if you don't use cell phone much.. and you need it for emergency.. than rogers $100 sounds good...
last one year.

[PINOY-X]

rogers... $20 = 40cents per minutes during day time. 1cents per minute evenings and weekends. caller id/VM/Callwaiting .. unlimited recieved txt message..15cents to send txt message


Fido is pretty much the same except its 45cents per minute during day time and 5cents evenings and weekends

[Stine]

^^ rogers and Fido pay as you go work on the sim cards?

so I can put my sim in any unlocked rogers/fido phone?

[jwslam]

Originally posted by Stine
^^ rogers and Fido pay as you go work on the sim cards?

so I can put my sim in any unlocked rogers/fido phone?

yup yup

[mekeni]

+1 for Fido

[Stine]

how about If I had a data phone like a blackbery or a HTC? would pay as you go still work if the phone is unlocked?

sorry I have been with telus and have no clue about these sim cards :)

[300zxfairlday]

telus- 2 dollars a day or 45 a month - for unlimited incoming unlimited evenings and weekends, unlimited text msging, voicemail, caller id