10GB/month/$60 Plan???

[Keebler Elf]

The guarantee is 30 days ONLY

That can't be right, that's shit!!

I have a legacy plan with Rogers (6 GB for $70 including calls) and last time I was talking with them the Rogers rep specifically told me NOT to change plans because I'm locked in on this one and it's the best one. I was tempted by the new offer but last thing I need is for the price to get jacked up every year (like my Rogers cable/internet bill).

 

[smitherz]

That can't be right, that's shit!!

With Rogers the $60 plan price is good forever, only the customer can make changes to the rate plan. They can't jack up your price later , they can only do that with cable TV services because the CRTC allows them to do it.


I just called into rogers this morning , on hold for 45 minutes.
Got my plan changed to the $60 promo. I was paying $110 for $8 gigs.
I had no device balance and no contract.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I switched my plan from Telus over to Fido on Sunday for the 10 gig data 60 dollar plan.
I would have been happy to stay with Telus, but, at the time they said the 10 gig plan was only for new customers, not existing customers.
So, I went to Fido outlet at the mall and switched my number over to them.
The next day Telus, changed their tune and allowed their existing customers to get into the 10 gig plan; but, I was already out of dodge city by then.

There was just one person in front of me at the Fido store on Sunday; but, the next day, Monday, there were like 30 people in a line up to talk to a rep.
It must have been a two hour wait.
They should have just gone to BestBuy mobile because you can port your service over to another carrier from BestBuy mobile too; but, nobody knows this.

These new CRTC rules have made things a lot easier for consumers. Cell phones are not locked anymore and people can port their numbers over to another carrier almost instantly; so the cell phone companies can't lock down and trap their customers the way they used to.
When I was at the mall on Sunday, I overheard a rep telling a customer, "no, I can't give you the 10 gig data , 60 dollar plan. He told her to go to the Virgin Kiosk next door and port their number over to Virgin. Then he told her to come back to him on Tuesday and he'll port her number right back to Telus, and he'll sign her on for the 10 gig 60 dollar plan.

I have no loyalty at all to any cell phone company. If a decent company, ie not Chatr or Freedom, comes out with a 60 dollar 12 gig plan, I'll switch over to them right away.

 

[frankcastle]

I've been with freedom/wind for years and paying 40 for unlimited talk, text and data. Although after a certain number of gigs of data they slow you down. Not a big deal as long as you aren't streaming Netflix and youtube via your phone.

So to me this is not a big deal..... more of a "it's about time" kind of attitude.

 

[lewd]

Most don’t need or will ever reach 10gb of data, and these providers know it. So they throw you a few extra GB but rape you at $60/month.

If it’s $6/GB, give me 4GB for $24/mth.

 

[Indiana]

I've been with freedom/wind for years and paying 40 for unlimited talk, text and data. Although after a certain number of gigs of data they slow you down. Not a big deal as long as you aren't streaming Netflix and youtube via your phone.

So to me this is not a big deal..... more of a "it's about time" kind of attitude.

At how many GB do they slow you down?

 

[canada-man]

about 5 Gigs

 

[james t kirk]

Most don’t need or will ever reach 10gb of data, and these providers know it. So they throw you a few extra GB but rape you at $60/month.

If it’s $6/GB, give me 4GB for $24/mth.

It was bring your own device and it was 70 bucks for all the usual phone services, unlimited talk in Canada 24/7, plus the 10 gigs of data. The whole 9 yards

A pretty good deal.

I explored it and my problem is that I share the data with my kids and this deal was not shareable data, so it blows for me.

Strictly for a one owner set up.

 

[frankcastle]

At how many GB do they slow you down?

I think it is 5 gb. I really don't pay attention because it rarely affects me unless I accidentally forget to turn on wifi and watch a movie on my phone.

But looking at the website they no longer offer that plan.

 

[Terminator2000]

Most don’t need or will ever reach 10gb of data, and these providers know it. So they throw you a few extra GB but rape you at $60/month.

If it’s $6/GB, give me 4GB for $24/mth.

ya id def pay 5 gb for 25 bucks
way better than 60 buks for 10 gb

 

[TeeJay]

With Rogers the $60 plan price is good forever, only the customer can make changes to the rate plan. They can't jack up your price later , they can only do that with cable TV services because the CRTC allows them to do it.

lol you are so wrong

CCTS fully allows this (it is actually written in plain english as well if the legal text is too difficult for ya)

 

[essguy_]

lol you are so wrong

CCTS fully allows this (it is actually written in plain english as well if the legal text is too difficult for ya)

The wireless plan is perpetual if you switch. I did this morning simply because it was cheaper than my current plan with more data - so why wouldn't I? For existing customers - even if you missed the deadline - just phone in and speak with the loyalty team and work out a deal. I also switched my home Internet to their Gigabit service which is on special (for new customers) at $74/month unlimited. This was cheaper than my current service, so I switched. Again - deal with the loyalty department because offers that are available for NEW customers should also be available for existing as a matter of principle. Rogers knows this, so if you threaten to cancel, they'll give you the deal. For the Internet - the deal (essentially half price) is only for 12 months then goes up (pretty much doubles). But I can always get another promotion next year or cancel.

Canada is such a small market dominated by a handful of big players that's why it's a lot slower to get good deals here. Bell, Rogers, Telus - all know that they're making out like bandits (particularly data) - but it's inevitable that we'll eventually get unlimited data. It will just take a while.

 

[Mable]

1 Gig of data gets you about:

1000 websites
11000 emails/attachments, receiving and sending
33 hours streaming music
6 hours streaming movies

per month. What on earth you would do with 10 Gigs I do not know, especially when one can hook up to so many hot spots out there.

 

[Terminator2000]

1 Gig of data gets you about:

1000 websites
11000 emails/attachments, receiving and sending
33 hours streaming music
6 hours streaming movies

per month. What on earth you would do with 10 Gigs I do not know, especially when one can hook up to so many hot spots out there.

its a cash grab. that was already established

 

[james t kirk]

1 Gig of data gets you about:

1000 websites
11000 emails/attachments, receiving and sending
33 hours streaming music
6 hours streaming movies

per month. What on earth you would do with 10 Gigs I do not know, especially when one can hook up to so many hot spots out there.

I used to have a 2.5 GB plan and would and could easily go over that on a regular basis.

Nothing spectacular in terms of usage.

Youtube I believe is one of the worst for using up data.

 

[Terminator2000]

I used to have a 2.5 GB plan and would and could easily go over that on a regular basis.

Nothing spectacular in terms of usage.

Youtube I believe is one of the worst for using up data.

when on my data, i dont even go anywhere near youtube. that site is a data hog

 

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1 Gig of data gets you about:

1000 websites
11000 emails/attachments, receiving and sending
33 hours streaming music
6 hours streaming movies

per month. What on earth you would do with 10 Gigs I do not know, especially when one can hook up to so many hot spots out there.

I use about 5 Gig per month and I disable YouTube and Facebook from accessing my cell data.

People I know quite commonly go over 5 gig.

This is getting quite normal and 10 is becoming what the 5 was a few years ago.