Cheap plan in Canada,which to choose?

PhotoJim · 01-09-2009, 16:48

We have UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA in the major centres (pretty much any city over 150K population).

As for plans, it's tough to give specific advice, but the GSM providers are:

http://www.rogers.com
http://www.fido.ca (runs on Rogers network)

The CDMA providers in Ontario are:

Select your province | TELUS Mobility
http://www.bell.ca
Virgin Mobile Canada (runs on Bell's network)

They are adopting GSM but it will not be running until next year.

Wind Mobile is coming online this year but may not have coverage in Belleville until next year. They will be using UMTS 1700.

Jim

VladS · 04-09-2009, 14:33

For a temporary resident with no canadian credit history getting a postpaid account can be quite difficult.

Solo Mobile (owned by Bell Canada) offers prepaid packages similar to their monthly plans.

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	01-09-2009, 16:48 We have UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA in the major centres (pretty much any city over 150K population). As for plans, it's tough to give specific advice, but the GSM providers are: http://www.rogers.com http://www.fido.ca (runs on Rogers network) The CDMA providers in Ontario are: Select your province \| TELUS Mobility http://www.bell.ca Virgin Mobile Canada (runs on Bell's network) They are adopting GSM but it will not be running until next year. Wind Mobile is coming online this year but may not have coverage in Belleville until next year. They will be using UMTS 1700. Jim CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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VladS (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Pioneer Posts: 590 Join Date: 22 Jun 2004 Country:	04-09-2009, 14:33 For a temporary resident with no canadian credit history getting a postpaid account can be quite difficult. Solo Mobile (owned by Bell Canada) offers prepaid packages similar to their monthly plans. VladS Mobile phones: iPhone 5, Blackberry 9900, Nexus S, Samsung S3322 duos Mobile data cards: Huawei E587u-5, Huawei E583c, Huawei E160 Postpaid SIMs: CA: Fido, Wind; INTL: Telna Prepaid SIMs: DE: Fonic, Lidl; AT: yesss!, bob; UK: O2; US: AT&T; RO: Orange, Vodafone; FR: b&you, Lycamobile; NL: Lycamobile; BE: Lycamobile, Jim Mobile; CL: Entel; MX: Telcel; INTL: eKit Blue, eKit Yellow Dead SIMs: too many to list