It’s tricky because if we allowed competition our telcos would get steamrolled by American telcos and many would die, but we would end up with a better/cheaper service for Canadians.
For now I am happy with my $9 a month phone plan and don’t want anyone to take it away from me. I think they are already jacking the price up to $15 for new users.
…what do you get for $9 a month? I’m guessing you’re not in Ontario? Since I was a loyal long term customer I was lucky to get my bill down to 40 minus 10 bucks promotionally (which doesn’t show up in my account or say how long it’ll last) from 60 a month for 15GB of data. And now of course you can get more data for the same price or some shit as a new customer
Opening up to international competition is one option… Honestly we could have Canadian companies be competitive but that would involve work and effort from all levels: government, consumer, and business.
These dare the days of everyone wanting everything for free, but I’m not talking lazy hobos - I’m talking the entitled rich who think they can just keep sucking the rest of us dry indefinitely
I am with public mobile. It is available Canada-wide. The plan is $15 for calls and text + 250 mb data. Autopay, loyalty and other bonuses bring it down to $9. It works for me. Most people probably need at least the $30 ($24 for me with bonuses) plan.
It think that could needs a few more asterisks lol
Hmm that’s not bad, I was looking at their offerings not too long ago, I’d want the $30 plan you mention.
I’ve got a VoIP number with unlimited texting and verification support (some VoIP numbers charge a lot extra for that) for under $6 a month, but for that I’d need an at home internet connection (or mobile which negates the need for a VoIP number). I’m going to try out just using public wifi for a bit, once my last month of Freedom runs out.
When I looked at Public Mobile they were about on par with Freedom
MagicApp, calls and texting in Canada and the US but you need to pick an American interchange and number, which hopefully shouldn’t be an issue. When I went to add it to my bank account the website stated Canadian numbers only, but it accepted the one I have with a New York area code.
With 250MB a month you’re not going to care if it’s fast. Chances are they lease bandwidth and connections from the big companies, so you’ll get pretty much the same speeds (which will be of concern for their $30 a month packages)
Network sharing schemes are a popular strategy to introduce competition without getting other large players, often external, in the system. We’ve done it with telephone, wired internet. Many other countries have done it too. We’re just way too soft with the regulation needed to make it happen. Instead we’re prone to coddling ROBeLUS and letting our alternative providers get driven out of business by them.
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It’s tricky because if we allowed competition our telcos would get steamrolled by American telcos and many would die, but we would end up with a better/cheaper service for Canadians.
For now I am happy with my $9 a month phone plan and don’t want anyone to take it away from me. I think they are already jacking the price up to $15 for new users.
I’m perfectly 100% ok with this!
…what do you get for $9 a month? I’m guessing you’re not in Ontario? Since I was a loyal long term customer I was lucky to get my bill down to 40 minus 10 bucks promotionally (which doesn’t show up in my account or say how long it’ll last) from 60 a month for 15GB of data. And now of course you can get more data for the same price or some shit as a new customer
Opening up to international competition is one option… Honestly we could have Canadian companies be competitive but that would involve work and effort from all levels: government, consumer, and business.
These dare the days of everyone wanting everything for free, but I’m not talking lazy hobos - I’m talking the entitled rich who think they can just keep sucking the rest of us dry indefinitely
I am with public mobile. It is available Canada-wide. The plan is $15 for calls and text + 250 mb data. Autopay, loyalty and other bonuses bring it down to $9. It works for me. Most people probably need at least the $30 ($24 for me with bonuses) plan.
It think that could needs a few more asterisks lol
Hmm that’s not bad, I was looking at their offerings not too long ago, I’d want the $30 plan you mention.
I’ve got a VoIP number with unlimited texting and verification support (some VoIP numbers charge a lot extra for that) for under $6 a month, but for that I’d need an at home internet connection (or mobile which negates the need for a VoIP number). I’m going to try out just using public wifi for a bit, once my last month of Freedom runs out.
When I looked at Public Mobile they were about on par with Freedom
Who are you getting VoIP and texting from? A while back I was trying to find a way to text without a mobile number and didn’t have any luck.
MagicApp, calls and texting in Canada and the US but you need to pick an American interchange and number, which hopefully shouldn’t be an issue. When I went to add it to my bank account the website stated Canadian numbers only, but it accepted the one I have with a New York area code.
I use voip.ms
What are internet speeds like though? Is it fast?
With 250MB a month you’re not going to care if it’s fast. Chances are they lease bandwidth and connections from the big companies, so you’ll get pretty much the same speeds (which will be of concern for their $30 a month packages)
Public Mobile is a Telus brand, FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Mobile
Network sharing schemes are a popular strategy to introduce competition without getting other large players, often external, in the system. We’ve done it with telephone, wired internet. Many other countries have done it too. We’re just way too soft with the regulation needed to make it happen. Instead we’re prone to coddling ROBeLUS and letting our alternative providers get driven out of business by them.