[kwlug-disc] cell phone plans

[Jason]

If your phone is a cracked antique and sits on a shelf, and all you need is
call forwarding, ask yourself - do you REALLY need a shared data plan?

You could get a lot cheaper unlimited data plan especially with the Black
Friday deals coming out for your wife's plan only.

I'm looking to change up my plan and upgrade my phone, but I'm waiting
until closer to the 28-29th to see what the REAL deals are.

For you, if you really only need call forwarding, you could port your cell
number to voip.ms, then set up call forwarding to your work phone. Porting
the number is a fairly simple process and they take care of it, and is free:
https://wiki.voip.ms/article/Porting_a_Number

I have multiple DID (Direct Inbound Dial) numbers and this costs me
literally $0.85/month for a regular number, and $1.25/month for a toll free
number.  I also pay a whopping $1.50/month for e911 in case there is an
emergency.

I've done this for a family member, where we wanted to keep their number,
and set up a simple IVR (Press 1 for X, Press 2 for Y, Press 3 for Z) and
voicemail service (which is basically unlimited voicemail).

If you want to go this route, let me know and I can do a referral for you
and we both get a bonus ;)
https://voip.ms/features/referral-program

Cheers,
Jason

On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 8:15 AM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I went to Wind/Freedom (it's really Rogers) in the mall, told them my
> story, and they told me that the S3 won't work on their network anymore.  I
> think he was full of it, but who knows, maybe the network isn't as
> backwards-compatible as I had hoped.
>
> The Samsung Galaxy S3: not quite a Nokia, but pretty close!
>
>
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 at 11:15, William Park via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>> I'm also using Samsung Galaxy S3 with cracked screen.  Hey, it still
>> works.  I was with Rogers $5 prepaid plan, but Rogers is discontinuing
>> their prepaid service in mid-Dec.  So, I signed up with Freedom Mobile
>> $5/month prepaid plan (it's $10 regular, but $5 off promo).  Activation
>> was simple, and phone number transfer was quick.  But, to get that $5
>> promo ("Digital Discount"), I had to call in.
>>
>> They have other "postpay" and "prepaid" monthly plans, which seems to be
>> the same to me, and yearly plans.  Check them out.
>> --
>>
>> On 2024-11-02 10:23, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > The reason I ask is that our current provider, Zoomer (aka Cityfone) is
>> > being eaten by Rogers.  I have Rogers SIM cards that came in the mail
>> as
>> > part of their "welcome to the machine" plan (not the actual plan name),
>> > but I'm not a fan of either Rogers nor Bell.
>> >
>> > What we currently have for a plan is simple:  two people (Wifeski and
>> I)
>> > share the minutes and data.  Plan costs $60 a month.  She's on the
>> phone
>> > 23 hours a day, either talking or texting or reading Facebook.  My
>> phone
>> > sits on the shelf and forwards any calls to my work phone.  So all I
>> > need, really, is call forwarding, while she needs the unlimited data
>> and
>> > voice.  Thankfully she's on the home wi-fi most of the day so that
>> helps
>> > with the data charges.
>> >
>> > According to www.planhub.ca <http://www.planhub.ca>, my cheapest
>> options
>> > are with either Public Mobile or Fizz.  Basically $23 per months gets
>> > you unlimited calling and 6GB data, for one person.  You can see why I
>> > like the idea of shared voice/data plans.  But between the two of us,
>> > 6GB data should do it.
>> >
>> > We would like to keep our current phones, although mine is an antique
>> > Samsung Galaxy SIII, while hers is cracked, so if we're forced to get
>> > new phones then so be it.
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any suggestions for new cellphone plans?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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