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Stu · 09-10-2010, 15:56

While I normally push prepaid, who is your US provider and is it a contract provider? Canadian roaming options have reemerged for US customers that are pretty good. Verizon will let you expand your plan to Canada only for the days you are visiting. I have a Verizon MiFi and added Canada for four days in AUgust and six in September. It costs me under $20 for both. ATT has Canadian plans that you can add for the month, but the down side is that you give up most of your rollover minutes when you make a plan change. Sometimes, you can beg them to let you keep a few. Sprint has an option which brings you down to $0.20 a minute in Canada which is cheaper than most prepaid.

If I had access to a 1700mhz handset, I'd probably go with Wind. Their prepaid options look unbeatable for Canada. If you don't, take a look at the MVNOs on Rogers from 7-11 and Petro Canada.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	09-10-2010, 15:56 While I normally push prepaid, who is your US provider and is it a contract provider? Canadian roaming options have reemerged for US customers that are pretty good. Verizon will let you expand your plan to Canada only for the days you are visiting. I have a Verizon MiFi and added Canada for four days in AUgust and six in September. It costs me under $20 for both. ATT has Canadian plans that you can add for the month, but the down side is that you give up most of your rollover minutes when you make a plan change. Sometimes, you can beg them to let you keep a few. Sprint has an option which brings you down to $0.20 a minute in Canada which is cheaper than most prepaid. If I had access to a 1700mhz handset, I'd probably go with Wind. Their prepaid options look unbeatable for Canada. If you don't, take a look at the MVNOs on Rogers from 7-11 and Petro Canada.