And THIS is why US cellular providers suck.

[SunnyD]

Canadian provider "Mobilicity" is running a promotion - ALL of their plans are currently $30/month. That includes their top offering:

Unlimited Everything - NOW $30/month, Was $55
Includes:
- Unlimited Data
- Unlimited North American Talk
- Unlimited Global Text
- 60 Minutes North American Voice Roaming
- Voicemail, Caller ID and Call Features

*sigh*

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

60 minutes of roaming????

 

[deputc26]

My sister just got on this plan, it is good but it should be noted that mobilicity has limited coverage outside of "major" Canadian cities.

 

[zoiks]

Just recently I was in Dubai and I was able to get free data on all of their prepaid plans. I just filled it with $5 and it worked for the whole duration that I was there.
The US plans suck balls.

 

[JAG87]

My sister just got on this plan, it is good but it should be noted that mobilicity has limited coverage outside of "major" Canadian cities.

And not only that, but it also uses the AWS frequency which half the phones out there don't support. And you have to buy a phone at full cost because they don't do contracts. And you're stuck with an AWS phone afterwards which you can only use on the only other AWS carrier in Canada which is Wind, which also has limited coverage outside of which you pay roaming fees. And you can forget about LTE. You're stuck with sub-par HSPA speeds (they are JUST NOW upgrading to HSPA+)

Compare this to Verizon's LTE network, and you'll start giggling.

It's not all peaches and cream. You get what you pay for.

 

[Slick5150]

Canadian provider "Mobilicity" is running a promotion - ALL of their plans are currently $30/month. That includes their top offering:



*sigh*

Uhh, these plans DO exist in America. Check out Straight Talk, Cricket, Metro PCS, etc... They aren't major carriers, but neither is "Mobilicity"

 

[Instan00dles]

molilicity has very limited coverage for those features, leave the gta and you no longer have unlimited data or minutes as you are now roaming. There roaming charges are Incoming Text: FREE
Outgoing Text: 10¢/text
Voice: 20¢/minute
Data: $1.50/MB

To see how bad 99% of Canadians are getting ripped off you would have to compare to bell, rogers and telus which afaik have no roaming charges inside of Canada. My cellphone bill is 80 bucks a month and all I get is:

300 any minutes
unlimited evenings and weekends local
caller id & voice mail
1Gb data
my10 unlimited calling and texts inside of canada

going to be calling them to take some features off once my contract is up, data on a phone is nice but it is such a waste of money.

 

[dagamer34]

60 minutes of roaming????

That's roaming when physically in the United States.

 

[Eug]

Canadian provider "Mobilicity" is running a promotion - ALL of their plans are currently $30/month.

1. It's Mobilicity. They're a tiny carrier with crappy coverage. And who knows if they'll be around a few years from now.

2. It runs on 1700 MHz. Some flagship phones like the iPhone can't run on it.

3. No LTE support. However, it's getting HSPA+ support.

 

[ponyo]

Canada? Canada might have the world's worst cellular plans. US cellular companies actually look good compared to Canada providers. 3 year contracts. Enough said.

 

[grkM3]

We pay 220 a month with Verizon family plan with 4 smart phones a tablet and a reg line all with gandfathered unlimited 4g data



I broke 12gb a few months ago on my gs3 alone.I was downloading a new ROM every other day and those were around 750mb each!!!

We have 3 galaxy s3's and an iPhone on the plan and also get a huge discount for working at Raytheon

Edit just looked it up

247/month and my line alone is at 667 min and 5.5gb of unlimited data used!

 

[jacktesterson]

That deal is not available to 85% of Canadians, and is basically limited to Toronto

I own my phones *unlocked* and go where ever the best deal is. That is currently Virgin Mobile for me. Was Telus before than.

Just port your #. Can usually get activation fee waived.


Most Canadians sign up to THREE YEAR contracts and get bent over probably worse than most American customers.

EDIT: My mother in law just signed a 3 year contract on a HTC Wildfire S with a $40 minimum rate plan on it. Phone was free but is 4 yr old tech. I almost wanted to make her take it back, but I also know she barely knows how to turn one on. Most Androids are $50 mins, iphones often $60 mins, all on 3 year contracts! Often at close to same cost up front as Americans get on 2 yr contracts. Yeah, we're really better here... Not to mention cancellation fees an cost a months worth of rent...

 

[alkemyst]

The problem isn't our cellular providers, it's the bandwidth limitations due to TV/Radio companies on them.

They have to deal with a supply/demand model and avoid over selling.

There is alot in place now to get the TV/Radio companies to release their unused bandwidth so it can be repositioned.

It was a big land grab back in the days when this bandwidth had really no value.

 

[lothar]

That's roaming when physically in the United States.

So why did they call it "North American" Voice Roaming and not "American" or "USA" voice roaming?
North America includes USA, Canada, and Mexico. So based on that definition, you can only roam a total of 60 minutes in any of those countries combined. If you leave Toronto and step to some other place in Canada with no service, well there goes your roaming minutes.

 

[dainthomas]

3 year contracts. Enough said.

This.

 

[jacktesterson]

So why did they call it "North American" Voice Roaming and not "American" or "USA" voice roaming?
North America includes USA, Canada, and Mexico. So based on that definition, you can only roam a total of 60 minutes in any of those countries combined. If you leave Toronto and step to some other place in Canada with no service, well there goes your roaming minutes.

Roaming to them is basically outside of Toronto, which is why this deal is not that good, and why its not available to most of Canada.

If I lived in Toronto I'd prob have it though, but others it wouldn't work for them.

Driving 20 mins outside of town is considered roaming.


My Virgin Mobile plan is $55/mth and has 200 mins unlimited canada wide talk (unlimited weekends and after 5 Canada Wide), unlimited Texting, call display, voicemail 10 and 3GB 4G data per month using Bell's towers, which in my opinion is the best network to be on in Canada. (Rogers is also 4G here, but its coverage map is lacking on the east coast if your not right in the city or within 10 mins from the Trans Canada. I live in City Limits and can only get Edge at my house with Rogers, but can get 4 bars of 4G off Bell). I can get 4G off my phone (Virgin/Bell) at my parents house and they are in the woods 20 mins from closest town.) My Virgin plan is not available to anyone who signs up for a contract if you want the phone subsidized though, and I believe its only 100 mins now if rather than 200.

 

[Accord99]

Canada? Canada might have the world's worst cellular plans. US cellular companies actually look good compared to Canada providers. 3 year contracts. Enough said.

No, nothing touches Verizon's shared plans as the worst in the world.

 

[dlock13]

3 year contracts. Enough said.

I was skimming through looking for someone to mention this. 3 year contracts are a definite fail.

 

[kaerflog]

Canadian provider "Mobilicity" is running a promotion - ALL of their plans are currently $30/month. That includes their top offering:



*sigh*

This is no difference from Metropcs.
Limited coverage, slow-ass data.

 

[KeithP]

Limited coverage, slow-ass data.

Yep, I spent all of 2 minutes looking at their coverage map to know it was a crap deal. Straight Talk on AT&T's network for $45 is far better.

-KeithP

 

[Red Storm]

No, nothing touches Verizon's shared plans as the worst in the world.

I'd take a crappy Verizon contract with their awesome coverage and speed over a cheaper contract that has much, much less coverage and slower speeds.

 

[forumuser]

T-Mobile is honestly the only carrier I like in terms of plans. They paired up with Walmart for a $30 unlimited voice/data prepaid with 100 minutes a month.

 

[boomhower]

60 minutes of roaming????

Better than US prepaid, they include zero roaming.

 

[ew915]

you forget to mention that canadians sign 3 years of their life to the carriers instead of 2

 

[SunnyD]

you forget to mention that canadians sign 3 years of their life to the carriers instead of 2

No contract with moblicity. Not sure why everybody keeps bringing this up in the context of this thread.