[kwlug-disc] cell phone plans

[Ronald Barnes]

CrankyOldBugger wrote on 2024-11-02 07:23:

> It's been a few years since I last posed this question, but what are
> you folks using for cellphone plans, and how deliriously happy are
> you with them?
I was going to post that I'm happy with my Wind Mobile (no, I won't call 
it "Freedom Mobile").


Been a customer since a few months after they arrived in town and it 
works fine for our use.


I'm mostly near WiFi, so WiFi calling is enabled.


I'm paying $20 / month with unlimited Canada-wide talk and text. I think 
text to US is included, but I don't use that.


Getting support (i.e. "please turn off voicemail") is a PITA these days, 
but that's probably SOP for all service providers.


Around these parts, the deal is sweetened by free access to Shaw WiFi in 
lots of public places, YMMV.


Finally, what sent me into the arms of Wind Mobile is in the news again, 
and is worth reiterating:

 > Hundreds of Rogers, Bell and Telus customers angry prices can increase
 > during contract

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rogers-bell-telus-contracts-prices-1.7369942


So, as a matter of principle, I go out of my way to avoid the big 3. And 
it's pretty easy these days.

When I was in Cambridge over the summer, I didn't have any issues, 
although I was again connected to WiFi for 99% of the time.