Rogers and Bell will now be forcing customers onto their new share cell phone plans. If you are purchasing a phone through the carrier, they will not be allowing grandfathered plans unless said plans are $70/mo or greater. Any new contracts w/ phones will be forced onto their new packages. Grandfathered plans can only be kept if you buy phones outright or bring your own phone for their network. I'm guessing we'll be seeing a lot of off contract or unlocked phone purchases in the near future.
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Both Rogers and Bell are now forcing customers to upgrade to one of their Share Plans, or a valid Smart Picks or Voice & Data Lite plan, respectively.
These policies were confirmed by representatives for the two network providers, ending the transition period where some users were able to maintain their legacy plans, often considerably cheaper, when performing a hardware upgrade.
TELUS told us that its customers can hold on to their legacy plans as long as they have a $70 monthly spend before tax.
The changes, implemented over the past few months, mark the beginning of the end for grandfathered plans, like the popular 6GB/$30 data add-on, that remained from the era of 3-year contracts.
Customers can choose to stay on their old plans indefinitely by buying a phone outright, either from their carrier or elsewhere, and activating it on the network.
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http://mobilesyrup.com/2014/09/12/ro...ware-upgrades/