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Pivo posted:If you're ok with the crappy, tiny AWS network. Subsidized phones is whatever but that was always the tradeoff with Wind This. Wind pricing was good and their $15/mo US roaming plan was amazing, but their coverage is loving atrocious. I spent two years without coverage in a quarter of the buildings in downtown Vancouver, including the entire Rogers Arena, before I said gently caress it and switched to Public Mobile.
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Risky Bisquick posted:Do whatever it takes to convince yourself the new iphones are right for your lifestyle; credit card, payday loans, theft, anything Just call it "self-care". My OnePlus 3 is holding up fine. Got it a little over a year ago. No complaints except that they're apparently spying on their customers(?).
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Public mobile is the poo poo.
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MA-Horus posted:Public mobile is the poo poo. Can't recommend them enough
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I'm in the NWT so I haven't really looked into them. We have Telus/Bell and I can choose Northwest Territories as my location on their website so should work? They say "province wide" for stuff though, so I should probably make sure. edit: Yeah, I mean no technical reason it wouldn't work, just making sure billing/etc would be fine. I've had enough trouble trying to buy poo poo from companies or sign up for something because of where I live, that I figured it wouldn't hurt to check. odiv fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Nov 23, 2017 |
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Nov 23, 2017 18:04
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I wouldn't recommend them to grandma but if you are half way technical and either able to sort out minor technical issues yourself or wait 48 hours for a customer service email, they can't be beat.
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Nov 23, 2017 18:07
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Nov 23, 2017 18:07
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Seriously I pay half as much for twice as much data as most of my friends on Rogers and have reception where they don't. Only downside is no subsidized phones and no immediate customer service.
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Nov 23, 2017 18:08
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Public Mobile is owned by Telus and uses the Telus network, so yeah. Oligarchy! I'm pretty happy with Rogers, I get a nice corporate discount plus their network is blazing fast and I have signal pretty much everywhere I go. Also Roam Like Home loving owns.
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Risky Bisquick posted:Parent is Telus On the bright side, you never actually have to deal with Telus. It's an absentee father mailing allowance checks.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Also Roam Like Home loving owns. Koodo has that too now. $7/day in the US ($10 elsewhere) and you can use your plan as if you never left the country. Which is pretty sweet compared to paying international roaming rates, or having to get a local SIM... They've been email blasting everyone about it. I mean don't get me wrong, it's good for a day or two, like for business travelers ... it's still absolutely awful if you spend like a month abroad.
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Pivo posted:Koodo has that too now. $7/day in the US ($10 elsewhere) and you can use your plan as if you never left the country. Which is pretty sweet compared to paying international roaming rates, or having to get a local SIM... They've been email blasting everyone about it. I mean don't get me wrong, it's good for a day or two, like for business travelers ... it's still absolutely awful if you spend like a month abroad. I dunno, it has a monthly price cap. So in the US, at the Roger $6/day rate, your max charge is $60 for the month and you get the entire month to use your home plan. Given the hassle and cost of getting a prepaid local SIM that at least for me, does not match how good my home plan is, isn't worth it to me, especially because it's a new number so calls/SMS are different. I've used Roam Like Home in the US and Europe and it was worth it in both cases.
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The new koodo roaming plan is absolute poo poo compared to their previous extremely cheap roaming add ons, which I used all the time and will be buying travel sims now to avoid. You could get travel add ons for things like just unlimited texts for $15 for 10 days. That will cost you $70 now, no other option from them. Scudworth fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Nov 23, 2017 |
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Almost in response to this, T-Mobile now offers a tourist SIM that's full unlimited data/talk/txt for 3 weeks, sold in their stores and in airports.
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Wow. It only $30 US too. I have an old T mobile sim I got for $3 and was planning to buy an $8 dead sim reactivation code and limp by on cheap top-ups. Now I get to travel and use my phone like an actual human being, entirely unlike when I used to visit the US and Europe with only an Ipod touch and scuttle around like a wifi parasite.
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Scudworth posted:Almost in response to this, T-Mobile now offers a tourist SIM that's full unlimited data/talk/txt for 3 weeks, sold in their stores and in airports. I'm in the states and almost bought this yesterday but got upselled to the one month 10GB pay as you go because I'm here for 4 weeks and they waived the SIM activation fee. I think it was only 5 or 10 bucks more without the SIM fee. Anyone thinking of doing this should know that it does NOT include international messaging, which I didn't realize when I signed up.
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Is Freedom planning on rolling out anywhere else or are they just going to stay in 3 cities?
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The GTA, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Kingston, Ottawa. More than 3 cities. Hamilton, St Catherines, London. Peterborough and Barrie, if you could believe it. They say they're building it out, and I believe them ... just that the others are way ahead of them.
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Dillbag posted:This. Wind pricing was good and their $15/mo US roaming plan was amazing, but their coverage is loving atrocious. I spent two years without coverage in a quarter of the buildings in downtown Vancouver, including the entire Rogers Arena, before I said gently caress it and switched to Public Mobile. IIRC their ON/QC coverage was much better than it was out west, which was kind of the backbone of their business.
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Careful saying ON/QC. We're not the same. Wind er Freedom Mobile (I'll never get used to this) hasn't built anything out in Quebec. They don't cover Montreal even. If you're in Gatineau you might pick up signal from Ottawa.
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Pivo posted:, London. Their definition of "coverage" is a bit of a stretch unless their new sugar daddy has given them access to the good poo poo.
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No black Friday public mobile deals. Looks like I'm resigned to waiting for Cybersex Monday or the new version of boxing day sales that start on the 23rd for some reason.
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With Freedom rolling out LTE in Alberta this month, I am strongly considering switching from PM. Speedtests from customers with phones that support the new bands look promising. My 90 day billing cycle just renewed last week and I'd rather not waste $120 switching now. Does anyone know if the Big Gig plans and the $0 down iPhone 8/X deals are going to last a while? 
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Pixel 2 and 2XL are $200 off today on Rogers, I got mine last week at the full price, called in and they credited my account with the difference. I doubt any of you are in the same boat, but just in case you are!
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odiv posted:My OnePlus 3 is holding up fine. Got it a little over a year ago. No complaints except that they're apparently spying on their customers(?). Upgraded to Android 8.0 and broke Pocket Casts, sigh.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Pixel 2 and 2XL are $200 off today on Rogers, I got mine last week at the full price, called in and they credited my account with the difference. I doubt any of you are in the same boat, but just in case you are! I spent over an hour on hold thanks to this post, only to find out they couldn't give me the discount because we bought the phones in store (because they hosed up and cancelled our shipment for no reason, as mentioned previously). Apparently we can go get a discount in store tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath on that going correctly either. Could've got $250 off my Note 8 too if I bought it five days later, FML. There's a 15 day limit on price matching apparently. Also I swear Rogers only has two people who answer their phones. I keep getting the same two guys.
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That was a problem with that rep. I got my phone in store, paid debit, and got a $200 credit on my bill over the phone today.
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gently caress.
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polyester concept posted:With Freedom rolling out LTE in Alberta this month, I am strongly considering switching from PM. Speedtests from customers with phones that support the new bands look promising. My 90 day billing cycle just renewed last week and I'd rather not waste $120 switching now. Does anyone know if the Big Gig plans and the $0 down iPhone 8/X deals are going to last a while? The iPhone 8/X $0 preorders go until December 5th with them handing out phones starting on the 8th. Not sure what the pricing is going to be after that though. The 8th is also the date iPhones in general are officially supported by Freedom. Apparently the 8/X will support WiFi Calling and LTE out of the box with the older iPhones getting official LTE support (and maybe WiFi calling?) early next year
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UnfortunateSexFart posted:gently caress. Sorry 
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CLAM DOWN posted:Sorry Another 45 minutes in store and they agreed with you that I shouldn't have had to go in store, but they also weren't able to do it and had to call themselves. Now I have yet another interaction number and have to wait another two days to see if they can refund it.
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I closed my Koodo account and ultimately had a credit of ~$50. Amazingly, you have to actually call in to request that they send you a cheque... at which point its yes sir certainly, thatll be 4-6 weeks and it will arrive via Canada Post. I shouldnt be surprised, but this is hilariously bush league and unprofessional even for Robelus.
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I got a voicemail this morning for the first time on my new phone, Pixel 2 XL, and it was like no voicemail I've seen before. I didn't get the standard persistent voicemail notification, instead I got this: (apologies for my lovely privacy whiting out) Is this some kind of new visual voicemail style thing?
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Lexicon posted:I closed my Koodo account and ultimately had a credit of ~$50. Amazingly, you have to actually call in to request that they send you a cheque... at which point its yes sir certainly, thatll be 4-6 weeks and it will arrive via Canada Post. Koodo is telus You dont get rich by giving away free refunds dog
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CLAM DOWN posted:I got a voicemail this morning for the first time on my new phone, Pixel 2 XL, and it was like no voicemail I've seen before. I didn't get the standard persistent voicemail notification, instead I got this: That's Visual Voicemail which is usually part of the Rogers Value Pack. If you upgraded in-store to the Pixel 2 XL then some rep probably threw it on your account. It's typically free for the first month otherwise it's like 5 a month or whatever. The shadier reps/stores will do this non-stop cause "lol it's just part of your hardware upgrade" when, in actuality, the customer must consent.
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I will check into that, thank you  I did my plan upgrade on the phone and we just discussed the single bundle, that addon was mentioned. He was a nice guy and I was super nice to him so maybe threw it on for free, or it was a part of my new plan/corporate discount.
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Visual voicemail is the poo poo and I imagine it would be standard by now if the big three hadn't charged like 25 a month for it when they first got it (a loving decade ago). That said, it only took, what, 20 years for caller ID to become mostly standard (halfway there!)?
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Actually, disabling voicemail outright and never having to bother with it is "the poo poo".
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shadow puppet of a posted:Actually, disabling voicemail outright and never having to bother with it is "the poo poo". Honestly, the only time it was ever handy was when I was looking for a job so I'm thinking this is the right answer. gently caress people who leave voicemails
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I love voicemail. I hate taking phone calls from non-contacts, it's usually a business that I have a relationship with but don't care to talk to, or a recruiter, and they call at the worst times. If it's important enough to you, leave a voicemail and I'll call back if it's important enough to me. If they don't leave a message, it wasn't important! The calls screen themselves.
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