I don't really care about the rewards, but I did roll my eyes at the email.
I just got back from a year in Austria, where I was paying €9,90 a month (with the first 3 months free!) for unlimited calling and 60GB of data with Europe-wide roaming, and Public seemed like the best deal at ~3x the cost for less.
Chatr and Freedom have annual prepaid plans that work out to less than $25/month, if you don't mind the risk of using up your data too early in the year. Koodo has similar plans except they're for 360 days instead of a full year.
(If the link doesn't work, it's the Mobile Virtual Network Operators)
Most country mobile networks have like 3 or 4 major operators who actually own their towers and networks, and then operate a bunch of lower cost "virtual" network operators either wholly owned by the major operator or renting a subset of network usage.
Generally the major operators don't have super low cost plans, but the Virtual Networks do
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spike1167@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 353d
chrisbtoo@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 353d
I don't really care about the rewards, but I did roll my eyes at the email.
I just got back from a year in Austria, where I was paying €9,90 a month (with the first 3 months free!) for unlimited calling and 60GB of data with Europe-wide roaming, and Public seemed like the best deal at ~3x the cost for less.
Canadian phone plans really do suck.
spike1167@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 353d
Godort@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 353d
I also use them, but my phone bill is only $25/month.
Where can one go to get something close to the same price?
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 353d
Godort@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 353d
Public Mobile is Canadian. Owned by Telus
ryper@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 353d
Chatr and Freedom have annual prepaid plans that work out to less than $25/month, if you don't mind the risk of using up your data too early in the year. Koodo has similar plans except they're for 360 days instead of a full year.
kautau@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 353d
Your best bet would likely be to try one of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_in_Canada#Mobile_virtual_network_operators_(MVNOs)_and_resellers
(If the link doesn't work, it's the Mobile Virtual Network Operators)
Most country mobile networks have like 3 or 4 major operators who actually own their towers and networks, and then operate a bunch of lower cost "virtual" network operators either wholly owned by the major operator or renting a subset of network usage.
Generally the major operators don't have super low cost plans, but the Virtual Networks do
EvilEdgelord@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 353d
I'm guessing they pass the server cost savings to you? 😅