Cell Phone Plans

[PepsiFree]

If you don’t need an actual line and just want data (good for imessage, facetime, whatsapp, etc) then Airalo is quite a bit cheaper at around $4 for a gig. They also have sales sometimes on bigger packages (10GB/30 Days for $12 right now).

[cheevers]

Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay

Currently a customer of Koodo, have been for years. Decided to look at Freedom today and was impressed with some of their BYOD plans. For the same price I'm paying with Koodo, I can also get USA and Mexico roaming included, for the next 2 yrs anyways. On top of that, the 5G speeds with Koodo have been underwhelming. Think I was doing better with the LTE plan with speedboost.


I recall the knock against Freedom was coverage not being so good, I assume that's improved these days? Anything to be concerned about with Freedom?


One thing I liked about Koodo was the ability to log into my account and change my plan easily online if something better popped up, I assume you can do that with Freedom as well?

I have found the coverage has gotten better since they have gone to the Rogers (was it Rogers?) 5g. Never have a problem in Calgary, when I go to Canmore the coverage is not great, but has improved since the switchover.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by cheevers

I have found the coverage has gotten better since they have gone to the Rogers (was it Rogers?) 5g. Never have a problem in Calgary, when I go to Canmore the coverage is not great, but has improved since the switchover.

Videotron.

[bizaro86]

I switched to a second line on my wife's Fido account, and got my first bill. It has $20 for a 20 minute call to the US. That's pretty typical for the US for me, but adding a $15/month unlimited USA, or even their $6/month for "preferred international" rates seems ridiculous. With my previous public mobile plan I had paid $10 for like 1000 minutes once 5 years ago and hadn't run out yet, so to pay double that for one call annoys me quite a bit.

Maybe I should just switch back as I don't think I really need 5g data anyway...

[Aegypticus]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

If you don’t need an actual line and just want data (good for imessage, facetime, whatsapp, etc) then Airalo is quite a bit cheaper at around $4 for a gig. They also have sales sometimes on bigger packages (10GB/30 Days for $12 right now).

I just got back from the Palm Springs area and used Airalo. Highly recommended. Easy to setup since it uses an eSIM and it’s all done with their app, cost me $10 US for 10 gigs of data with a sale and a referral code.

I just disabled my Rogers sim for the duration of my trip since well over 99% of my usage is pure data anyways, but my understanding is there is a way to keep your main line active and not incur roaming charges so long as you don’t make or receive any phone calls.

I just loved being able to use my phone totally normally while knowing I wasn’t getting raked for $16 a day or whatever it is Roger’s charges these days, and without having to mess around with swapping physical sims like I’ve done in the past.

Edit: and they have data plans for many countries, not just the US.