Back in May, Telus launched 5G plans as part of a rebrand of Public Mobile, which was the company’s prepaid (well, subscription as they call it) brand. At the time, when asked if Koodo would launch 5G plans as well, Telus said that wasn’t going to happen.
But now it seems Telus has had a change of heart. After Quebecor launched 5G plans for Freedom Mobile and nationwide data, that sparked Bell’s Virgin Plus to launch 5G plans as well.
As of today, Koodo has now launched 5G plans as well—but the difference is data is not unlimited.
“Koodo is happy to announce the rollout of its new lightning-fast 5G speed plans, offering unparalleled connectivity and reliability on TELUS’ award-winning 5G and 4G LTE networks. With new speeds up to 250 Mbps, customers can seamlessly stream HD videos, scroll through their favourite social platforms and share life’s best moments without buffering,” said a Telus spokesperson to iPhone in Canada in a statement.
Note that Bell’s Virgin Plus and their 5G plans only have SD video streaming, so Koodo has an advantage here. But it’s also worth noting the Speed Boost add-on is gone from Koodo’s 4G plans now.
Koodo has the following 5G speed plans right now:
Extra data is billed at $13/100MB ($130/1GB) if you choose to accept it. These Koodo 5G plans include one of the following perks to choose from: Premium Voicemail, Unlimited International SMS (from Canada), Rollover Data or Unlimited Long Distance Pack.
Other Koodo plans right now that are 4G speed remain as follows:
Rogers-owned Fido—you’re up next.
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Remember all those people complaining that Québecor acquiring Freedom would be terrible for competition in Canada? lol
So far I’m not seeing how we benefit from that acquisition. Like Bryan above said 5G is a joke….not just in Canada but most of the world. And Freedom themselves state their 5G speed is around 100-150 at the moment. So, you get faster battery drain and slower speed? That doesn’t appear to be a good outcome for us users.
I’m not one of them.
Removing Speed Boost is a shame but expected. 4G Speed boost (up to 200mbps instead of up to 100mbps) vs 5G (up to 250mbps). Viewing that, 5G doesn’t offer much benefit with Speed Boost being offered.
5g overall is not much benefit, most of the time you’d be getting 4g speeds anyways. Such a joke.
Lol I’ve never had an issue with my data speed. I have 50gb for $45. 5G is just a joke. I also have speed boost as one of my perks.
Don’t care for these 5g plans Koodos offering because I haven’t noticed a difference using 5g
vs LTE, it’s only available in store meaning I would need to pay the $60 connection fee, and if I really wanted a plan like that Wundle Mobile has the same plan only unlimited US roaming.
4G here with Koodo and I am fine with the speed and plant that I have now.