Grandfathered Data Plan to LTE

[Xid]

I have a grandfathered data plan and as of right now I am using The Galaxy Nexus. I am planning to buy an LTE capable phone very soon and would just like to know if putting in the sim card to the hardware itself will give me access to LTE speeds or are there any changes that needs to made such as my grandfathered data plan.

[Furry Atom]

You can't move an unlimited data plan to LTE, so yes the change of switching to an in market data plan is one that will have to be made.

[the.teejster]

I just renewed my contract yesterday and will be purchasing the Galaxy S3 and I was able to keep my existing UNLIMITED plan which is :

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FYI: My current (soon to be previous) phone was the Palm Pre and it's on the old CDMA network (no SIM card)

You can't move an unlimited data plan to LTE, so yes the change of switching to an in market data plan is one that will have to be made.

[cruzernator]

Don't forget you still have that dreadful $7 System Access Fee Bell squeezed in there.

[TC_Mits]

Ignore. Wrong carrier.

[WorldIRC]

You need an LTE SIM and compatible data plan of which yours is not.

Sent from my HTC One S

[Furry Atom]

Yup well Bell's policy is to not allow unlimited plans on LTE so you might pick up that phone and find you can only access the HSPA network, regardless of it having an LTE SIM or not.

[the.teejster]

You would think the retentions team would know this.. They did confirm with me which phone I was getting and said to me on 3 different occasions that I could keep my plan with this phone.

When I find out tomorrow I'll let you know.
Personally I would be ok with the HSPA network if that means I can keep my plan.

Yup well Bell's policy is to not allow unlimited plans on LTE so you might pick up that phone and find you can only access the HSPA network, regardless of it having an LTE SIM or not.

[rvnteck]

You would think the retentions team would know this.. They did confirm with me which phone I was getting and said to me on 3 different occasions that I could keep my plan with this phone.

When I find out tomorrow I'll let you know.
Personally I would be ok with the HSPA network if that means I can keep my plan.

I was on the same plan as you with a LTE sim & a bell htc raider LTE, never got a LTE reception on my unlimited data plan. So I switched to the 6gb data plan and boom! Got the LTE but LTE coverage of Bell sucks so much thats why I switch to Rogers which have a true superior LTE coverage than bell.

My friend have the same plan as yours, renewed her contract 2months ago and got the Galaxy Note with LTE sim. She never gets LTE reception up to now.

My advice is, never easily beleive a csr cause most of the time they dont know or have no idea on what they are saying, just ask people who got 1st first hand experience about it.

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[the.teejster]

Thanks for the info.

At least it sounds like I won't have any issues getting my phone activated tomorrow.
If the only limitation of retaining my unlimited plan is the absence of the LTE network then I think it will be fine for me.
I am coming from the CDMA network so I trust that the HSPA network is plenty fast compared to what I am used to. Providing there aren't any features that are exclusive to LTE (IE: video calling, mobile tv) then I will be content w/o the LTE network access.

[rvnteck]

Thanks for the info.

At least it sounds like I won't have any issues getting my phone activated tomorrow.
If the only limitation of retaining my unlimited plan is the absence of the LTE network then I think it will be fine for me.
I am coming from the CDMA network so I trust that the HSPA network is plenty fast compared to what I am used to. Providing there aren't any features that are exclusive to LTE (IE: video calling, mobile tv) then I will be content w/o the LTE network access.

No problem for sure and all will be well.

Yes big difference from CDMA going SIM based bell mobility will be faster data connection and awesome reception. And one thing more is you'll be to easily upgrade to unlocked devices that bell doesnt carry, just make sure its a NAM version or has the 850 band on it hspa band.

Enjoy your upgrade.

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[DataDude]

This is a little bit bizarre; in the States not only are (all?) unlimited plans transferrable to LTE, but they actually come with less restrictions than their HSPA counterparts. For example, I'm led to believe that they're totally unthrottled on LTE. That makes sense because LTE can actually support much, much more data flowing through those pipes.

Be sure to let us know what happens, and call and complain if you can't get onto LTE despite promises of being able to do so.

[the.teejster]

When speaking to retentions there was no mention of the LTE network.
It was just confirmed that I could keep my existing plan with the Samsung Galaxy S3.
Since it's an LTE device, I assumed (logically) that I would be on the LTE network.

IMO, they should have informed me of the caveat restriction but I would have ultimately chose the same path.

This is a little bit bizarre; in the States not only are (all?) unlimited plans transferrable to LTE, but they actually come with less restrictions than their HSPA counterparts. For example, I'm led to believe that they're totally unthrottled on LTE. That makes sense because LTE can actually support much, much more data flowing through those pipes.

Be sure to let us know what happens, and call and complain if you can't get onto LTE despite promises of being able to do so.

[WorldIRC]

You need an LTE SIM and compatible data plan of which yours is not.

Sent from my HTC One S

Just to repeat. Read my post and then read it again. You will have hspa. Nothing more.

Sent from my HTC One S

[ecgz88]

S3 only get 21M HSPA+, I don't know which phone in Bell can get 42M HSPA+ and LTE, maybe it's Qualcomm LTE chip limitation?