Discuss cellphone plans

[ExtraSlow]

I know this gets discussed pretty often, but doesn't seem to be a consolidated place for it.

I'm looking for a new cell phone plan or two, either to use as leverage with Telus retentions or to actually switch to. Can be BYOD or include new phone, contract or not. Must have 1gb data per user and free texting. Don't care about minutes.

Anyone have suggestions?

[Mitsu3000gt]

Fido has the 10GB data plan on still the last I checked. Most people only really care about data but I am not sure if you do or not with your 1GB minimum requirement.

If you are in the BYOD camp, the best thing to do is be always looking for plans and keep switching to a better plan when it comes out - eventually you will 'ratchet' yourself into a phenomenal plan that you will never want to give up. That's what I've always done anyway.

[max_boost]

Rogers BYOD

$60
10gb
Unlimited everything Canada

[msommers]

All the 10GB plans seem to be back up in the $90 price range.

Freedom Mobile looks to be your only bargaining chip.

[ExtraSlow]

Cruising whistleout.
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Currently split 2.5gb with my wife and that's plenty. We have wifi most places.

[mzdspd]

I would say Public Mobile. 40$ for 4.5 GB (3G but LTE is available for more $) and unlimited Canada Wide Calling.

My wife was with them for a few years but got offered a migration plan 8 gb for 40$ (25$ for the first year) with koodo so she switched. No contracts.

[jltabot]

Last week, Fido and Koodo both had $75 BYOD 10GB plans - pretty standard but still cheaper than those in the $90-100 range.

If you're okay switching carriers, I would recommend Public Mobile though ^^^^ prepaid service, usually around $40-45 for 4GB and then wait to get an 'exclusive offer" text from Koodo to migrate over.. (usually comes after a few months).

Good rate plan offers can be had throughout the year, but if you're looking for hardware upgrades BF and BD is usually the way to go. Historically, BF has had better deals than BD.

[ExtraSlow]

if you're looking for hardware upgrades BF and BD is usually the way to go. Historically, BF has had better deals than BD. What's BF and BD?

[tha_bandit]

Black Friday/Boxing Day

[holden]

I got the same deal except a month or two ago there was a deal on Redflag where if you called in to Rogers they gave you an extra 3GB of data for free. So 13GB for $60. I heard Rogers may (or has?) be raising these plans by $5.

[ExtraSlow]

Black Friday/Boxing Day

Duh, right. I thought you were talking about a website or something.

[HiTempguy1]

https://www.cellphoneman.ca/plans

I'm not saying to use the service. As discussed in a previous thread, you should (in theory) be able to do this yourself. But these are basically koodo special offers.

These are koodo plans. Haven't seen anything yet that really tops them. And being on the Telus/Bell network is the bees knees cause fuuuuuuck rogers.

[ExtraSlow]

That sounds worth investigating.

[ricosuave]

I havent read anywhere about reviews with them, or their previous incarnation.

They want to know your login info when you sign up then change it from within. Sounded sketchy to me

[pheoxs]

Get an out of province Koodo plan. 49$ for unlimited talk text and 6gb data.

And the services to get you on the plan work fine. You have to pay 10$ for a sim, and they charged 50-75$ to make the changes on your account. Overall takes about 2 weeks (because you have to wait 15 days for the first Bill so you don’t get flagged).

Just put a dummy password on your account, once everything’s done then charge the password and your fine.

Edit: I’ve used phonesavings.ca for myself and 3 others now. Not sure if they’re still around. The only caviet is you can’t do a large tab on the plan (May have changed but that’s how it was last year. It’s either BYOD or get a small/medium tab phone.

[lasimmon]

I’m $60 for unlimited talk and text call id voicemail etc and 10 GB data with Koodo. Seems to be fine.

[HiTempguy1]

I havent read anywhere about reviews with them, or their previous incarnation.

They want to know your login info when you sign up then change it from within. Sounded sketchy to me

pheoxs basically explained it. While pricey at the $100 I paid, it has easily saved me $600 since I switched a year ago, and the process was super straightforward. Well worth what I paid, no hassle, no "is this going to work", just follow the directions and boom, done.

[lee88]

With bell and i'm on a month to month plan with unlimited everything in north America and 14gb data for $80 a month

[pheoxs]

pheoxs basically explained it. While pricey at the $100 I paid, it has easily saved me $600 since I switched a year ago, and the process was super straightforward. Well worth what I paid, no hassle, no "is this going to work", just follow the directions and boom, done.

Yeah, and just to clarify when I used it, I didn't pay until after it was completed. They sent me the steps and what I needed to go get at the koodo kiosk, then sent them my login with a temp password, waited the couple weeks and got a message saying its all done. Logged into my koodo account, verified it all looked good, changed the password, then etransfered them.

[Xtrema]

Rogers BYOD

$60
10gb
Unlimited everything Canada

Feb 4th 2019, all customers will have to pay $5 more.

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/rogers/rogers-fido-price-hike-60-10gb-holiday-plan/

[sabad66]

Feb 4th 2019, all customers will have to pay $5 more.

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/rogers/rogers-fido-price-hike-60-10gb-holiday-plan/

interesting. don't think i received a notification on this. did anyone else get one? kind of annoying but whatever, still an amazing plan for the price considering what i had before it.

[brucebanner]

interesting. don't think i received a notification on this. did anyone else get one? kind of annoying but whatever, still an amazing plan for the price considering what i had before it.

I don't recall me or my SO getting a notification. Like you said, still a good deal overall.

[96integra]

I just switched to Zoomer (Rogers) for their $36 4gb plan. 2 year contract with $0 LG G5 and $50 referral bonus.

[Asian_defender]

Freedom mobile
$32.50/month
10GB data
Unlimited calling/texting in canada

[Xtrema]

Freedom mobile
$32.50/month
10GB data
Unlimited calling/texting in canada

Their deal is worst this year. So it's normalizing and becoming the BIG 4. Enjoys this while you can and grandfather as long as possible.

I am holding on to mine due to 1GB/mth Canada/US roaming that they have fully removed from any offering.

[G-ZUS]

Still on my 5gb Manitoba plan with Koodo

[Asian_defender]

Their deal is worst this year. So it's normalizing and becoming the BIG 4. Enjoys this while you can and grandfather as long as possible.

I am holding on to mine due to 1GB/mth Canada/US roaming that they have fully removed from any offering.

It wasn't bad this year. Instead of the 35% discount it was 25%
Works out to be $45/month. Not bad if you're looking for something cheap

[jwslam]

Their deal is worst this year. So it's normalizing and becoming the BIG 4. Enjoys this while you can and grandfather as long as possible.

I am holding on to mine due to 1GB/mth Canada/US roaming that they have fully removed from any offering.
Mine is "unlimited US roaming"
But throttled AF after 1gb now.

[max_boost]

Feb 4th 2019, all customers will have to pay $5 more.

https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/rogers/rogers-fido-price-hike-60-10gb-holiday-plan/

no problem. reaches into the till and grabs $5. ez pz.

[ExtraSlow]

So what I'm learning is that while I certainly don't have the best plans, I'm not actually that bad off. Currently for my wife and I we are paying $130/mo and that includes some device balance from my Galaxy S7. So something like $55/mo average without device. Might look into the sub $50 plans, but don't expect huge savings.

Current offers for new telus customers appear much worse than what I'm paying. $80/mo BYOD minimum. Gross.

Koodoo has a $50/mo BYOD that would be fine for me.
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[mzdspd]

So what I'm learning is that while I certainly don't have the best plans, I'm not actually that bad off. Currently for my wife and I we are paying $130/mo and that includes some device balance from my Galaxy S7. So something like $55/mo average without device. Might look into the sub $50 plans, but don't expect huge savings.

Current offers for new telus customers appear much worse than what I'm paying. $80/mo BYOD minimum. Gross.

Koodoo has a $50/mo BYOD that would be fine for me.


It is too bad that you hadn't created this thread 2 weeks ago.

Koodo had tons of boxing day deals. They had a 4 gb plan with unlimited calling and text for 45$ per month. And that was available as a BYOD or tab small/medium.

[ExtraSlow]

Wonder if Telus will price match koodoo plans through retention once my device balance/contract is up? Not the boxing day plans, but just whatever the current plans are.

[D'z Nutz]

So what I'm learning is that while I certainly don't have the best plans, I'm not actually that bad off. Currently for my wife and I we are paying $130/mo and that includes some device balance from my Galaxy S7. So something like $55/mo average without device. Might look into the sub $50 plans, but don't expect huge savings.

Current offers for new telus customers appear much worse than what I'm paying. $80/mo BYOD minimum. Gross.

Koodoo has a $50/mo BYOD that would be fine for me.

I don't see how that's better than Public's $40/mo with 4.5GB (5GB with auto pay):
https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/ab/plans

Same network. Public's also got a great US roaming package too. It's the only reason why I didn't switch to Koodoo.

Too bad you didn't ask this 2 weeks ago. You would have a $25 referral bonus for both yourself and whoever referred you.

I signed up in August and right after they had a promo to try and get people to transfer over to Koodoo from Public and they gave you a bunch of credit or something. My suggestion is to sign up for Public and wait for that to come again if you want to go to Koodoo.

Edit: Link to Public-Koodo migration deal (https://forums.redflagdeals.com/koodo-35-5gb-40-8gb-public-mobile-migration-plus-180-bill-credit-2217522/)

[ExtraSlow]

Okay, that public mobile $40 plan offer is very good.
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[CRXguy]

Koodoo has a $50/mo BYOD that would be fine for me.


?
I have the same monthly plan with Koodo but 4GB.

[max_boost]

3G? What is this the third world lol

[jwslam]

I believe it's LTE reception throttled to 3G speeds?

[macman64]

I like PublicMobile's offering. Gets cheaper with time and cheaper the more friends join. I am down to $25ish a month for 4GB of LTE with minutes and text.

[ExtraSlow]

I believe it's LTE reception throttled to 3G speeds?

Yeah, it's faster than actual 3g in terms of latency. Actually sounds like no issue for me. This whole public mobile offering sounds really compelling.

[HiTempguy1]

3G? What is this the third world lol

Yea, I don't know why anyone would agree to that:


Theoretically, HSPA has a maximum download speed of 7.2 megabits per second and a maximum upload speed of 1.4 megabits per second

Best case scenario is basically 720p streaming for any video. Web and software bloat has gotten so bad, 3g would be brutal in this day and age.

[ExtraSlow]

Yea, I don't know why anyone would agree to that:... 3g would be brutal in this day and age.People who actually use the service report that it's not problematic for web surfing and for youtube. I dunno. I haven't tested it.

[killramos]

Let me know if any of you come across one of these epic plans that can be got go forward on Telus’s network.

Pretty happy with what I am paying etc, but my wife is fed up with Rogers (she claims their network doesn’t work in our house) so seems like as good of a reason as any to change.

Not interested in freedom, would prefer a real network.

[stillworking]

Now on the Koodo $75/15GB/UNLTD since Sept 2018.

Before that I was on the Koodo $55/8GB/UNLTD with 1 year BYOD credit.

Works anywhere in Canada.

[Xtrema]

Let me know if any of you come across one of these epic plans that can be got go forward on Telus’s network.

Pretty happy with what I am paying etc, but my wife is fed up with Rogers (she claims their network doesn’t work in our house) so seems like as good of a reason as any to change.

Not interested in freedom, would prefer a real network.

You can look at Koodo or Bell as well. Roger's network is pretty shitty. But I guess if we did go forward with banning Huawei 5G, Rogers will be the only provider of 5G in this country for years to come.

[jltabot]

Budget plan for those who want Koodo to offer them something down the road and don't mind the peasant 3G for now

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/30for500MB-3Gspeed

[killramos]

Here is something decent. Lunar new year plans.

53 for unlimited talk and text and 3GB data is pretty good?

https://www.koodomobile.com/rate-plans?INTCMP=KMNewHomeBAN_ChineseNewYear2019_ShopPlans

[lasimmon]

That’s ok I guess? Does Koodo not offer the $60 for 10 GB and unlimited everything anymore? That’s what I have.

[killramos]

I think that was a one off.

[pheoxs]

I saw Chatr is offering 50$ canada/US talk/text and 8gb of 3g speed data.

[ExtraSlow]

Hey, anyone who's on koodoo should pm me thier referral code. I am probably making a decision in the next few weeks.

[3nergiz3d]

Hey, anyone who's on koodoo should pm me thier referral code. I am probably making a decision in the next few weeks.

PM'd you, if you decide to go with Koodoo.

[ExtraSlow]

I now have lots of referrals, no more required, thanks.

[mzdspd]

I think that was a one off.

The best way to get a cheap plan with Koodo was mentioned here. Get a plan with Public mobile and Koodo will offer a migrate plan. Usually happens once or twice per year and it is targeted for users on Public Mobile.

My wife got the migrate offer for 40$ for 8 gb of data with Koodo so she jumped ship from Public Mobile.

[pheoxs]

That’s ok I guess? Does Koodo not offer the $60 for 10 GB and unlimited everything anymore? That’s what I have.

You can get a few from Koodo but not quite that. You'll have to jump through hoops as they're still out of province plans but you can get them.

49$ - 6gb
56$ - 8gb
66$ - 10gb
76$ - 12gb

[?????]

The best way to get a cheap plan with Koodo was mentioned here. Get a plan with Public mobile and Koodo will offer a migrate plan. Usually happens once or twice per year and it is targeted for users on Public Mobile.

My wife got the migrate offer for 40$ for 8 gb of data with Koodo so she jumped ship from Public Mobile.

Im pretty sure it's only happened twice. Not once or twice per year.



You can get a few from Koodo but not quite that. You'll have to jump through hoops as they're still out of province plans but you can get them.

49$ - 6gb
56$ - 8gb
66$ - 10gb
76$ - 12gb

$60 for 10gb is the mainstream retention plan you can get right now when you call to cancel. If you have the plan already you can probably easily get 10% off by calling retention.

[danno]

I have heard from a good source that the TELUS 10g plan for $60 is going up to $70 right away. Anyone have there’s bumped up yet.

[jltabot]

I have heard from a good source that the TELUS 10g plan for $60 is going up to $70 right away. Anyone have there’s bumped up yet.

That'll take effect in April.

[lasimmon]

Haha what a scam by Telus. Lure customers over then jack their plans.

[dino_martini]

I have heard from a good source that the TELUS 10g plan for $60 is going up to $70 right away. Anyone have there’s bumped up yet.

Got the letter this week my plan is going up $10/month to $70/month. I asked Telus what I'm getting for my extra $10 and they say the data is shareable now. Whoop-de-freaking-do.

[D'z Nutz]

And THAT is why I refuse to be tied down to any contract. When the plans turn to shit, I don't have to wait to move to another provider.

[danno]

I don’t sign contracts either, but even at 70 it appears to be a fairly good deal as I found out today as I looked around.

[msommers]

Koodo called me the other day: $75/month for 15 GB and unlimited everything in Canada. I don't use that much data and my 10gb for $60 is already more than I really want to spend on a phone plan.

[jaeden]

I'm on the $60/10GB plan with Telus. Have not received a letter from them yet but probably will.

I guess I will be in the market for a new plan as well. Looking over past bills, I am mostly under 5 GB per month without being even slightly careful about my usage.

Looks like Freedom has now expanded to have better coverage for the outer limits of Calgary where I live. Might be worth the switch? 7GB for $50 (and -$10 BYOP discount for 12 months... ).

[rage2]

And THAT is why I refuse to be tied down to any contract. When the plans turn to shit, I don't have to wait to move to another provider.
Pretty sure the reason why they were able to hike the price was because it’s not a contract plan. If it was, they can’t jack the price up.

[relyt92]

Pretty sure the reason why they were able to hike the price was because it’s not a contract plan. If it was, they can’t jack the price up.
Yeah it's a bring your own device plan so they can raise prices at will unfortunately. My $40/4GB with Virgin costs me $45 a month now but it's still a better deal than I'd be getting elsewhere.

[NoSup4U]

Received the letter today. Why does $70 seem so much more $$$ when it comes to a cell plan :drama:

[msommers]

Because everywhere else in the world, that's the price for your entire family's phone bill.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Haha what a scam by Telus. Lure customers over then jack their plans.

If they're doing that it must be the BYOD / non-contract plans. There would be no point of a contract if Telus could just change the price.

On a related note, Fido hasn't once changed one of my BYOD plans in the 10+ years I've been off contract.

[max_boost]

Oh man we get hosed so bad with cell plans here but it is what it is.

Still paying $60 with Rogers, 10gb, unlimited everything.

[danno]

call and complain and they will give you 15g for 70, or 6gig for 65. not pumped about either, its sad but i remember paying 35 for a phone plan and that was alot back then. haha
i'm going to wait it out for a bit and see if they offer something better or try and lock in a plan somewhere else.

yes $10 isn't much and the plan is still very good. doesn't mean i have to be happy. sucks being stubborn

[NoSup4U]

call and complain and they will give you 15g for 70, or 6gig for 65. not pumped about either, its sad but i remember paying 35 for a phone plan and that was alot back then. haha
i'm going to wait it out for a bit and see if they offer something better or try and lock in a plan somewhere else.

yes $10 isn't much and the plan is still very good. doesn't mean i have to be happy. sucks being stubborn

Just went through this, online rep knew exactly why I was contacting, no need to even complain. I come no where near using 10GB, but if i'm paying the $70 regardless, I at least want the option to use 15GB. In and out in less than 5 if anyone hits the online support.

I don't know why this is irking me so much, I expense my bill anyway :drama:

[ganesh]

Telus is offering 15gb/$70 for customers.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2019/02/13/telus-reportedly-offering-some-customers-70-15gb-plans/

[gwill]

$60 for 10gb is insanely awesome price wise compared to where we were 5 years ago. There were no unlimited calling packages. Used to be the fab 10 calling 200 min and 1 GB data for $70.

The people that should complain are those paying $140 for their plans while not dealing with retention departments.

[jwslam]

$60 for 10gb is insanely awesome price wise compared to where we were 5 years ago. There were no unlimited calling packages. Used to be the fab 10 calling 200 min and 1 GB data for $70.
But that also came with my supercool Moto RAZR on a 3 yr contract!

[gwill]

the good old razor!! I dont get some who are complaining over a minor increase to the cell plan when its unlimited calling and 10gb+ of data. Yeah go switch to freedom to get less data and save 10 bucks...

Theres actual concerns with pricing of in market plans but your retention plan going up a few bucks isnt one of them.

We are miles ahead on pricing compared to 5+ years ago. Back then we would have been happy to have unlimited incoming calls!

[msommers]

If Wind hadn't come along, we'd probably still be there.

[gwill]

If Wind hadn't come along, we'd probably still be there.

Very true.

Overall i think people have a bad memory on what we got for $50 to $60 before. I remember data packages being $25 for 4 mb. That didnt include your caller I'd and voicemail for $12. Your system access for of $8 plus your crappy cell plan for $45. A plan like that meant you had $60 in overages + charges for international text or long distance(that wasnt included back then).

Overall there are some competitive options.

[brucebanner]

I'm with Rogers, had to wait in queue online for roughly 35 minutes but managed to get 3gb extra for that $5 increase in price.

Unlimited everything 13GB / $65 (x2 same plan for my wife)

[rage2]

Meanwhile, my India plan costs $9 CAD a month, gives me 75GB a month shared between 2 phones, and unused data rolls over so I have 200GB sitting there waiting to get abused. Oh it also comes with Netflix and amazon prime. :nut:

To be fair, our service and coverage is much better here, but they’re catching up. I get 30mbps without issues, stream everything on it without issues.

[J.M.]

Anyone have a referral for Public Mobile? PM me if you do, thanks!

Edit: Got one, thanks!

[dino_martini]

And THAT is why I refuse to be tied down to any contract. When the plans turn to shit, I don't have to wait to move to another provider.

I'm not on a contract. This was that no contract plan everyone went nuts for in December 2017.

[jaeden]

Just went through this, online rep knew exactly why I was contacting, no need to even complain. I come no where near using 10GB, but if i'm paying the $70 regardless, I at least want the option to use 15GB. In and out in less than 5 if anyone hits the online support.

I don't know why this is irking me so much, I expense my bill anyway :drama:

Same deal here with online chat. Pretty simple.

[ExtraSlow]

Currently split 2.5gb with my wife and that's plenty. We have wifi most places. While I was on my telus account for home services this weekend I noticed that they have a 3GB shareable data for $5 less than the 2.5bg I was currently sharing with my wife. Still will probably go with public one of these days, just need to get a couple things squared away.

Also, I think this is obvious, but I don't mind asking stupid questions, if I have a locked Telus device, it'll work on Koodoo and Public since they are the same network, right?

[brucebanner]

Also, I think this is obvious, but I don't mind asking stupid questions, if I have a locked Telus device, it'll work on Koodoo and Public since they are the same network, right?

Yes.

Also, you should be able to contact telus and just get a code to unlock the phone. Used to have to pay but I believe it's free these days.

[jwslam]

Yes.

Also, you should be able to contact telus and just get a code to unlock the phone. Used to have to pay but I believe it's free these days.
You don't even have to be one of their current subscribers. Just use the online chat.

[ZenOps]

On a side note: Fido upgraded the local celltower to 4G yesterday. Now getting 23.7 mbps download, shweet.

Crazy how they used a crane with a cable suspended basket for the installers though, makes things way more difficult than solid arm.

[Brent.ff]

.. now a rate adjustment showing up on my shaw bill too.. wtf

[max_boost]

Noticed now Rogers raised the plan by $5 to $65

$65 for 10gb is still solid but damn them lol

[brucebanner]

Noticed now Rogers raised the plan by $5 to $65

$65 for 10gb is still solid but damn them lol

I mentioned eariler that I got another 3gb for that $5.

[gqmw]

I'm with Telus on the 10gb/$60 plan as well. Was anyone able to negotiate anything additional for the price increase to $70 (other than 5GB extra)?

[rx7boi]

Noticed now Rogers raised the plan by $5 to $65

$65 for 10gb is still solid but damn them lol

The time has come...extra $70 out of my pocket a year. Still a good deal though haha.

Max, what could I have gotten with college white girls using $70?

[BokCh0y]

Telus I was only able to negotiate the 15gb for $70. And Rogers I got 13gb + 1gb bonus for $65.

[max_boost]

I tried but Rogers online wouldn't budge. I guess it's okay since I only used 5/10gb generally.

I still remember paying $65 for 1gb 6-7 years back :eek:

[Maxx Mazda]

Does anyone else have the issue on Rogers that while on a call, data drops from LTE to 3G? This is on an iPhone 8. I don’t seems to remember that being the case on Telus? Maybe I’m wrong. Makes it hard to do online stuff while on a call.

[?????]

Does anyone else have the issue on Rogers that while on a call, data drops from LTE to 3G? This is on an iPhone 8. I don’t seems to remember that being the case on Telus? Maybe I’m wrong. Makes it hard to do online stuff while on a call.

It's normal unless you have a VoLTE (voice over LTE) enabled phone and your provider has also enabled it for you.
I'm not sure if the iPhone 8 has it.

[Boosted131]

Does anyone else have the issue on Rogers that while on a call, data drops from LTE to 3G? This is on an iPhone 8. I don’t seems to remember that being the case on Telus? Maybe I’m wrong. Makes it hard to do online stuff while on a call.

Rogers, and iphone 6s here and mine stays on LTE.

[lasimmon]

Does anyone else have the issue on Rogers that while on a call, data drops from LTE to 3G? This is on an iPhone 8. I don’t seems to remember that being the case on Telus? Maybe I’m wrong. Makes it hard to do online stuff while on a call.

My iPhone X on Koodo (Telus) does that.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Are there any good deals on new phones and plans out there these days? I’m on a iPhone 6S+ that turns three years old this month and have the $65 BYOD Rogers 10gb plan currently and I’m debating thinking about a newer iPhone.

[Maxx Mazda]

Rogers, and iphone 6s here and mine stays on LTE.

My old 6 did as well. Wonder what’s different with the 8? Literally the second I initiate a call it drops to 3G, even though I may have full bars of LTE.

[ExtraSlow]

Are there any good deals on new phones and plans out there these days? I’m on a iPhone 6S+ that turns three years old this month and have the $65 BYOD Rogers 10gb plan currently and I’m debating thinking about a newer iPhone.

$250 off the Pixel 3