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neongrey posted:I pay through the nose for my six gigs and I still go over every month. How? I'm genuinely curious. I've had the $30/6GB plan for like 6+ years now or however long since it was first sold. I use as much data as I can, all day every day, often use LTE at home instead of wifi because there is a tower across the street and it's actually faster sometimes than my Teksavvy internet, and I can't even get to the halfway mark of my monthly usage.
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I nearly hit my 6GB cap streaming Rdio. It's really not hard. I can imagine people on trains every morning could pile up the data usage. e; not JUST Rdio, but that was the highest single app on the list. dc3k fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Aug 12, 2014 |
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lmao Fido called me and tried to get me to sign on their two year tab24 contract and give me a Galaxy S5 for only $230. I didn't feel like discussing retention issues so I just kinda dismissed the offer saying I'm waiting for the larger iPhone next year.
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Aug 12, 2014 19:33
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status posted:Sweet. It seems to have worked. My profile on Koodo still has the Saskatchewan number, but I can send/receive calls and texts on my 416 now. Only real problem is I can't change my address from the Saskatchewan one to my Ontario one for some reason. It says I'm not authorised
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Aug 12, 2014 23:46
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I used to have 6gb and I would only go over when travelling and staying in lovely motels with terrible internet. But I would basically call Rogers and be like, "listen guys I'm gonna go over this month, can you make an exception?" and they'd be like "yeah but just this one time". Like three times. Hopefully Koodo will do that for me too if I end up needing it
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Aug 12, 2014 23:52
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I'm at 2.5 gigs with more than half a month to go. And that's being careful - I'd love to watch YouTube all day every day. I even have free wifi at work but it's unreliable 1Mbps while Rogers gives me 50Mbps down.
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Aug 13, 2014 00:08
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If you ever want to hate your ISP or carrier, check out these stupid good deals. http://www.sasktel.com/wps/wcm/connect/content/home/just-for-students-site If my employer didn't pay my cell lines I'd be all over that $65/month cell plan. From what I understand they don't even really validate student ID.
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Helping a Canadian friend who recently moved back to Canada after a long stint in the us and just popping in to say the state of cell phone plans in Canada is horrendous I guess the healthcare thing evens it all out but holy crap rogers/telus/bell are terrible
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Aug 13, 2014 03:56
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mishaq posted:Helping a Canadian friend who recently moved back to Canada after a long stint in the us and just popping in to say the state of cell phone plans in Canada is horrendous It's not just the prices that are bad. Every dimension of the interaction with them is its own fractal of awfulness. Even their advertising annoys the poo poo out of me.
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neongrey posted:I pay through the nose for my six gigs and I still go over every month. I may actually have been wrong, according to my last bill I used around 750MB. OooOOooo But I can upgrade my phone for only $150 
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Aug 14, 2014 03:14
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Godinster posted:If you ever want to hate your ISP or carrier, check out these stupid good deals. Sasktel is one of the only things I really miss about Saskatchewan. They're by far the best ISP/mobile provider I've ever used.
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So Bell launched new Thunder Bay promo plans: https://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Promotions/Thunder-Bay There's a $60 unlimited everything with 6GB of data, or a $75 unlimited everything with 12GB(!) of data Anyone know if there's any techniques to get on these plans, similar to the Koodo SK/MB plans? DarkJC fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Aug 14, 2014 |
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Aug 14, 2014 21:43
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DarkJC posted:So Bell launched new Thunder Bay promo plans: Haha this is such goddamn bullshit.
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Even these awesome Sasktel/Thunder Bay plans never have a sub-$50 price point. I don't give a poo poo about unlimited everything, I just want 1gb of data and a handful of minutes for less than $50.  Basically T-Mobile's $30 pay as you go plan: 100 minutes talk | Unlimited text | First 5 GB at up to 4G speeds.
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Aug 14, 2014 22:09
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I like mobilicity's unlimited calling text and data for $22 shame about the bankruptcy though.
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A judge OK'd a class action lawsuit against Bell for expiring prepaid plans. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/lawsuit-against-bell-over-expiry-of-prepaid-plans-gets-green-light-1.2739544 quote:A class-action lawsuit against Bell Mobility over the expiration of prepaid cell phone minutes can proceed, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled Monday.
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Nothing brings out Robelus' malevolence quite like PAYG. The terms are hilariously awful. And what is surely unique among G20 nations - you can't even buy a tablet PAYG last I checked.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:07
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Koodo's PAYG plans are probably the closest to 'acceptable'. Buckets of canada wide minutes that don't expire, as well as buckets of data that don't expire. The only downside is the minimum recurring $15 monthly fee for the 'base' plan that includes unlimited texting.
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Aug 18, 2014 21:09
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Is it safe to assume that for the next 5 years the best option is to find the cleanest dick to suck in terms of providers? I asked in a Wind store and they said that pretty much past Brampton it's $1/MB.
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Aug 18, 2014 22:01
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FYI the loophole to get the Koodo $55/month plan seems to be closed. People outside of MB & SK who apply for the plan receive an email about 24 - 48 hours later saying that since they're not in MB or SK the plan has been cancelled and converted over to an ON (or whatever province their in) plan. Usually at a cost of $94/month.
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Mr. Apollo posted:FYI the loophole to get the Koodo $55/month plan seems to be closed. People outside of MB & SK who apply for the plan receive an email about 24 - 48 hours later saying that since they're not in MB or SK the plan has been cancelled and converted over to an ON (or whatever province their in) plan. Usually at a cost of $94/month. woah so I literally got in at the last minute, or last week-ish My bill this month was a little higher than I expected, $70-something, but it's because they charged me for porting a number or something, and then 4 days of usage before the billing cycle, it was weird. But no email yet.
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Pivo posted:woah so I literally got in at the last minute, or last week-ish
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PS. Love the cabin posted:Is it safe to assume that for the next 5 years the best option is to find the cleanest dick to suck in terms of providers? http://mobilicity.ca/plans/add-ons/?type=roaming For now, Mobilicity is the cheapest. But I have very little hope that their bankruptcy protection will get extended past September or that whoever buys them will honour existing plans for very long.
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Mr. Apollo posted:The first month is always higher. Mine was like $82 or something but then it dropped down to $50 or so ($55 - 10% BYOD). As long as you have trhe account you're OK. It only seems to be people trying to sign up for new accounts. I didn't get the 10% BYOD discount on my first bill even though I totally saw it listed on the guy's screen at Future Shop, but I'm afraid to call Koodo to discuss this :P
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 I really hope mine doesn't get taken away edit: now we get to find out whether the thesis "they are tacitly permitting this" is true for the existing planholders anyway. Lexicon fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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eXXon posted:http://mobilicity.ca/plans/add-ons/?type=roaming That's actually quite reasonable, too bad their phones suck but my GNex is probably good for another few years. I'll just have to do the math and see, at least now I have something to threaten Bell with in the future 
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Pivo posted:I didn't get the 10% BYOD discount on my first bill even though I totally saw it listed on the guy's screen at Future Shop, but I'm afraid to call Koodo to discuss this :P
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Aug 19, 2014 23:01
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so I can basically never call Koodo to discuss my account? oh well... maybe poo poo improves in Ontario eventually :/ at least my phone is unlocked and i'm not on contract.
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PS. Love the cabin posted:That's actually quite reasonable, too bad their phones suck but my GNex is probably good for another few years. You can buy Wind/Mobilicity phones from anywhere you want. But if you call Bell and threaten to switch to Mobilicity they will probably just laugh at you. Wind is a better reference. Speaking of which, Wind is going to have new Back-to-School plans on Thursday, per RFD. Probably nothing more exotic than $5 off their usual $40 postpaid plan but the prepaid plan might be interesting to someone.
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Mr. Apollo posted:FYI the loophole to get the Koodo $55/month plan seems to be closed. People outside of MB & SK who apply for the plan receive an email about 24 - 48 hours later saying that since they're not in MB or SK the plan has been cancelled and converted over to an ON (or whatever province their in) plan. Usually at a cost of $94/month. Well gently caress, I was planning to make the switch next week.
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Pivo posted:so I can basically never call Koodo to discuss my account? oh well... maybe poo poo improves in Ontario eventually :/ at least my phone is unlocked and i'm not on contract.
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Is there anything from stopping you from using a fake address in the province? Or maybe a po box?
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Nitr0 posted:Is there anything from stopping you from using a fake address in the province? Or maybe a po box? I think the best bet right now is to find someone working at a store that'll do it for you since you can be approved on the spot. However, with the recent crackdown it'll probably be harder to find someone who will do it for you.
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The provincial differences make it so blindingly obvious that there is a massive competition problem in the Canadian wireless market. How on earth can anyone in the industry or CRTC spin it any other way and keep a straight face. I know the CRTC are basically a bunch of corporate shills but still, this Manitoba plan disparity is so plain and obvious. How could anyone look at this situation and not conclude that the big three are colluding to keep prices high.
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Shofixti posted:The provincial differences make it so blindingly obvious that there is a massive competition problem in the Canadian wireless market. How on earth can anyone in the industry or CRTC spin it any other way and keep a straight face. I know the CRTC are basically a bunch of corporate shills but still, this Manitoba plan disparity is so plain and obvious. How could anyone look at this situation and not conclude that the big three are colluding to keep prices high. Hell, even look at the Thunder Bay plans -- crazy price differences in plans depending on where you live in the province, all because of competition from Tbaytel.
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Shofixti posted:The provincial differences make it so blindingly obvious that there is a massive competition problem in the Canadian wireless market. How on earth can anyone in the industry or CRTC spin it any other way and keep a straight face. I know the CRTC are basically a bunch of corporate shills but still, this Manitoba plan disparity is so plain and obvious. How could anyone look at this situation and not conclude that the big three are colluding to keep prices high. Easy Solution: Live in Manitoba(hint: don't do this, we pay more for everything else) So it happened, I shattered my iPhone 5 screen last night with $317 left on my Rogers FlexTab. I have a few options if I go the safe route. 1. Buy an unlocked phone from Rogers and wait out the last year and a half on my contract and then switch or upgrade 2. Switch to a share plan, add a second line and get a new phone on that line and switch it to my number 3. Pay Apple 300 dollars to fix the phone 4. Pay off my FlexTab, get new phone on another Subsidy 5. Pay off my FlexTab, switch to MTS because they have much better deals on phones and plans at the moment I've read about buying a screen repair kit on eBay and I've done that for a Galaxy before, but apparently the iPhones don't work 90% of the time. Has anyone had a third party shop repair an iPhone screen before?
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My girlfriend had an iPhone 4 screen repaired for $50 at a third party shop, good as new. Their pricing for a 5/5s screen looked to be around $100 I think.
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Wind has a new back-to-school plan starting today, and it's better than rumoured. You basically get free global text, voicemail, and lower international calling rates. They also lowered their roaming rates significantly: - Talk is 15c/minute (was 20c/minute) - Text is 5c (was 15c/text) - incoming text remains free - Data is 5c/MB (was $1/MB) These are at least as good as Mobilicity's rates, and better because you don't have to pay up front for minimal usage. Plus you can get credits for bringing your own phone, unlike previous promo plans. Unfortunately the credits can't be used to pay down monthly bills but they can cover additional add-ons and roaming/long distance charges.
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eXXon posted:...You basically get free global text... Am I missing something? I'm seeing Canada-wide text and Canada/US MMS.
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Shofixti posted:Am I missing something? I'm seeing Canada-wide text and Canada/US MMS. It's listed in the promo page. I guess it's part of the world saver add-on that also gives lower long distance rates. https://www.windmobile.ca/phone-plan-35
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