FAQ: Switching from Rogers to speakout -pictures

[vancouverbc]

FAQ

How to transfer your Roger's pay as you go account to 7-11 speakout and preserve your Roger's prepaid account balance.

1. Why speakout? The main advantage of speakout is that it is more attractive for people who don't use their cell phone very much. Speakout offers $25, $50, and $100 vouchers that expire in 365 days while only the $100 voucher at Rogers has a 365 day expiry. In effect, you can have a phone for $25/yr at 7-11 speakout. Disadvantages of speakout include the 25cent rate vs rogers 1 cent evenings/weekends and 25cent/15cent after 5 minutes programs, lack of statement at 7-11, and shorter deactivation grace period.

2. What you have to do to get setup at speakout? You will need a speakout SIM card which they don't sell separate from their phones so you might buy a cheap 7-11 phone for $39 to get their SIM card and then sell the phone. You can put the 7-11 SIM card in your Roger's phone. You can also buy a used speakout SIM
Used SIMs for sale but people want quite a bit for the SIM card and it is pretty risky to buy from one-time sellers. Speakout does not collect your name and address so the used SIM cards work fine. Once you have the speakout SIM card you can call speakout to set up an account.

3. Can you keep your Rogers phone number? Yes. However, you must not deactivate your Rogers account until you have setup an account at 7-11 and ported your rogers number over to speakout. Porting is free. You can port your number to a new or used speakout SIM card.

4. Preserving your Rogers pay as you go account balance. You will have to call Rogers and setup the $30 month-to-month plan and have Rogers cancel your pay as you go account and transfer the pay as you go balance to the monthly plan. When you port your number or cancel the monthly plan, Rogers will send you a refund cheque. Remember, you must port number to speakout first before canceling Rogers account if you want to keep your rogers number.
Do not take the contract option. Choose for them to bill you not take from your credit card. You want them to use the account balance to pay for the month-to-month and not credit card, obviously.

5. speakout referral plan has ended.


Links

SIM FAQ



Speakout unofficial faq/forums



Speakout Official web page

Howard Forums-Rogers

















Instructions on how to activate phone. Comes with speakout phone, There is 20 minutes on a new phone but you have to use another phone to activate the SIM.





Quick start document that comes with SPeakout phone





Voucher you buy at 7-11 for minutes. Its just a register receipt. You have 90 days to activate it by calling *888.

[alanbrenton]

Thanks Vancouverbc. I had already bought the $100 vouchers from Rogers. My question is if I had some $17 remaining on a Rogers SIM, will you trick of transferring to a monthly plan and then cancelling net me the $17 back?

It's almost a trivial amount but then again, if all it takes is a few minutes, I can still get my daughter something for that $17.

[alanbrenton]

Also, how is Speakout's local calling area? Is it identical to Rogers which had shrunk the LCA for the metropolitan areas early in the year?

Thanks again.

[vancouverbc]

Thanks Vancouverbc. I had already bought the $100 vouchers from Rogers. My question is if I had some $17 remaining on a Rogers SIM, will you trick of transferring to a monthly plan and then cancelling net me the $17 back?

It's almost a trivial amount but then again, if all it takes is a few minutes, I can still get my daughter something for that $17.

You'd have to pay first and last months rent which is $60 so it wont help you

[alanbrenton]

You'd have to pay first and last months rent which is $60 so it wont help you

Thanks for the quick reply. Would you know if Speakout users are considered like Rogers users wherein incoming call is free between Pay As You Go users? Or will Speakout Customers always have to pay airtime even when receiving calls from Rogers or Speakout customers?

[dennism3]

You pay airtime.

[vancouverbc]

got my cheque. I only lost 20 dollars or so by going on monthly plan. they didnt even charge me the full month charge for first month.

[vancouverbc]

Edited to reflect fact that referral plan is dead. Please sticky.

[Lazyiesat]

can anyone confirm if this method still work as of today?

[Lazyiesat]

Ok I moved my plan to month-to-month Socialite 20

and after that I tried to cancel my plan, but rogers refused to refund the remaining balance

is this method DEAD??

[jerryhung]

Why does one have to switch to Rogers Monthly plan to port # over to 7-11?

We can't just port Prepaird Rogers over directly?


My Rogers prepaid is unactivated now (519 # for K-Waterloo).. debating whether to activate it to port over to SO, or just get a new SO 519/226 # anyway

so much work to call Rogers, add $10-$25 only to activate it and port over

Thanks

[mrpc]

Tried to today twice; one told me that I have to sign 3 year contract and another a minimum of 1 year commitment.

Does anyone have this response?

[alanbrenton]

Ok I moved my plan to month-to-month Socialite 20

and after that I tried to cancel my plan, but rogers refused to refund the remaining balance

is this method DEAD??

Tried to today twice; one told me that I have to sign 3 year contract and another a minimum of 1 year commitment.

Does anyone have this response?

Would love to know too though my balance is only $160 and top up is required sometime in February.