Sure, as much as it bugs me their voice plans are still great, I just dont need unlimited. If they have a text addon I'd just get the $15 chat with the text addon and pay overages for extra 50-100 minutes I may need. That would keep me somewhere between 20 and 30. My real main issue is the data, if I have 30 for voice and 35 for data thats $15 more then I'm paying on robellus. And while unlimited is nice i dont need it, I would just use it because I had paid for it.
lol then stick with Robellus, Wind isnt forcing anyone to switch. Its not a dictatorship, stay with the company you like
Fido Plan
250 min, 7pm eve week, CID VM, 2500 text, 500 mb data, 100LD min 45+tax
For people complaining about nothing middle of the road. Telus, Rogers and Bell are offering plans starting at $30, with $3 extra for Rogers. CID in the $8-$15 range depending on which carrier you go with. That means for a basic plan with the features everyone goes for, you pay $40+, and are getting something between Chat and Always Talk. So for more, you get less.
Yeah, it'd be nice to get something in between, but there isn't anything available that's really better. Stuff that costs $25 from other carriers is only about as good as the $15 plan.
Bell has a $50 plan that gives you 200 minutes, unlimited text and 500 mb of data. Even adding vm + call display it's just over $60.
Now if the $35 plan came with unlimited outgoing text it would be fairly decent, but instead you're looking at either $70 + vm and you only get 50 out going texts(haha), or $85. Now if you're calling LD a lot or talking more than 500 billable minutes on other lines a month than $85 might not be that bad. However if you're only going to use 200 billable minutes $85 is way way too much.
Yes but with the incumbents you get a fully developed nationwide network, not a network that exists in cities. If the network is small and lower quality I expect to pay less.
You are paying less. If you need the coverage, then sure, go with what provides coverage. I never leave the City. I wouldn't expect the network to be any worse, it's already fairly bad with the current ones.
Please don't PM me asking questions that could very easily be asked publicly.
Band I/1 = IMT, 2100 (rarely wrongly referred to as 1900/2100)
Band II/2 = PCS, 1900 (never wrongly referred to as 1800/1900)
Band III/3 = DCS, 1800 (never wrongly referred to as 1700/1800)
Band IV/4 = AWS, 1700 (often wrongly referred to as 1700/2100)
Band V/5 = CLR, 850
Band VIII/8 = GSM, 900
I'd like to remind people that despite the info here it isn't complete, and we have no reason to believe its accurate. For all we know this could be COMPLETELY FALSE. I doubt that, but just saying.. reserve your final excitement and disappointment for later.
I know for me, I was expecting far more expensive data. At 35 its a freaking steal. The The two high end voice plans are $5 more than I expected, and $10 more than I would have liked, but to counter it, the Chat plan is 5-10 cheaper than I expected.
This ends up being better for me, since I can do chat + data for 50 bucks. If I use more minutes, at 10 cents/min its quite reasonable compared to prepaid.
Bell has a $50 plan that gives you 200 minutes, unlimited text and 500 mb of data. Even adding vm + call display it's just over $60.
Now if the $35 plan came with unlimited outgoing text it would be fairly decent, but instead you're looking at either $70 + vm and you only get 50 out going texts(haha), or $85. Now if you're calling LD a lot or talking more than 500 billable minutes on other lines a month than $85 might not be that bad. However if you're only going to use 200 billable minutes $85 is way way too much.
I've got family in Nelson, Prince George and Victoria, I live in Vancouver. I use a few SMS messages, but mostly talk. I also don't have home internet, so I'd be using data for my computer as well. It doesn't get any better than $35 each. 500MB isn't really enough unless you've got a BlackBerry, and 200 minutes is OK, but I go over that, plus LD. I also don't really care about VoiceMail, but I do care about Caller ID.
You might have someone whose specific usage is better covered with one of the incumbents, but there isn't really much that you can do that's better.
Data add on starts at $25 for 500MB, $10 more for unlimited keeps it competetive. You go up to $30 for 1GB, $45 for 2GB. I had the $30 6GB add on, I passed that plan off to someone else, I'd much rather have $35 unlimited.
You also have at the $15 range actually including CID and 100 minutes, compared to 50 minutes and no CID with other carriers. Hell, I might even be able to do with the $15 Chat plan and $35 Infinite Internet and pay occasional overages.
Wow....all these people were making a fuss last year how they wanted an unlimited data for 30 bucks...Rogers is ripping me off by giving 5 gb.now when u are getting unlimited data.no no no I don't need unlimited....plus hold your horses the plans are not official.wait for the official word then pass ur judgement.
I think that Wind is launching with the perfect plans for doing damage to the Big 3. These plans will steal all their high ARPU clients that have $150-$300+ monthly bills. Corporate customers, realtors, sales reps....basically all the power users. This will leave the Big 3 with all the customers with low-value plans, cheap retention plans or those in rural areas that are expensive to service, leading to lower profit margins. These plans are designed to pick all the low hanging fruit, a perfect strategy for a profitable start.
My New Rogers Plan
- $35 Unlimited Local Calling Plan
- $30 6GB Data -$10 discount
- $10 Retention Value Pack - Free (2500 texts, CID, VM)
- 100 mins LD - Free
- $67 + tax
Originally Posted by Ninja_Squirrel
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