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

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What are internet speeds like though? Is it fast?

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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)

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Public Mobile is a Telus brand, FYI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Mobile

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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.

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I use voip.ms

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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.

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