[kwlug-disc] cell phone plans

[Jason Eckert]

If you can wait until next year, you can get your phones for free:
https://airo.life/
Of course, this is provided you are OK with them monetizing your data - it
happens anyways, at least this way you get a free phone and data plan out
of it ;-)

On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 3:19 PM Znoteer via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 12:19:20PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > It's that time of the decade when I sit down and decide that I'm paying
> > waaaay too much for mine and Wifeski's cellphone plans.
> >
> > So I humbly beseech the experts...
> >
> > What are you guys using for cell phones plans?  What's the coverage like?
> > Do you still have money left for food after you pay your monthly phone
> bill?
> >
>
> I'm in Montreal, so my experience may not be applicable to you.  I have a
> $35/mo plan with Chatr and a $40/mo plan with Lucky.
>
> The chatr plan ($35) is unlimited Canada-wide calling, unlimited
> International SMS, 2GB data/mo, voicemail.  Coverage in my region is fine.
>
> The lucky plan ($40) is the same with 4GB data/mo, call display, conference
> calls, and call waiting.  Again, no coverage problems.
>
> But, it sounds like you maybe only need a cell phone plan for your wife.
> You could port your number to voip.ms and configure the account so that
> all
> calls are forwarded.  If you want to continue having a laugh a cheesy text
> spam once a year, you could set up sms on the number.
>
> It would cost you (even though voip.ms is canadian they do all their
> business in USD so all prices quoted for voip.ms are in that currency, not
> CAD) I think $0.85/mo to keep the phone number in your name.  After that
> it's either $0.009 or $0.0052 per minute for incoming calls (I can't
> remember which fee is incoming and which is outgoing).  SMS cost something
> ridiculously low per/unit also.
>
> If you don't receive or make any calls in a month, your account will have
> costed you US$0.85 and maybe some taxes.  Rounding the per minute price to
> $0.01 you could talk for nearly 4 solid hours each day for 20 days (5 work
> days x 4 weeks in a month) with your current $45/mo plan if you switched to
> voip.ms (4hrs/day x 60 min/hr x 20 days x $0.01/min = $48).
>
> Good deal hunting,
>
> --
> Znoteer
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