Telus-owned Public Mobile has axed its 3G plans, leaving only 4G and 5G plans. The move matches what Bell-owned Lucky Mobile did last week, as we first told you about.
Here are the plans as of writing on Public Mobile’s website for 4G as of writing:
Data add-ons are at $5/200MB and $15/1GB.
You’ll also notice that Public Mobile has added 90-day subscriptions to the 3GB and 20GB plans, offering a $2 and $4 per 30 days discount.
The $25/1GB 3G starter plan has been eliminated. The $15 starter plan also gets worse, now loses 250MB of data. Guess you’ll have to pay to get data for the $15 plan (or switch to Lucky Mobile as their $15 plan still includes 250MB data).
You can see in our screenshot below plans from Public Mobile only show “4G Speed” and “5G Speed”:
As of writing, Rogers-owned Chatr still has 3G plans listed on its website, alongside 4G plans. Chatr does not offer 5G plans yet (like Fido).
Here are the existing 5G plans from Public Mobile:
Public Mobile has also removed the 90-day subscription requirement for the 100GB plan to get it for $50. Previously, the regular price was $55/month.
With Telus and Bell sharing wireless towers for the most part, it’s no surprise that both companies have axed their legacy 3G plans.
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Good riddance, they should’ve been gone a long time ago.
I agree. However, to not have ANY data on that plan is just dumb. iPhone requires data to use iMessages. Yes, I know you can change it to SMS in settings but that defeats the purpose of having an iPhone.
No. There are still no network spots. Literally just driving 30min East from Winnipeg. 3G works cause signal is stronger. Likewise if you go in the middle of Winnipeg or Manitoba lake there is no 4G network. 3G at least can send out a SOS signal. Its safety. Same if you go hiking. Fall and brake a leg. You need that signal to save your life. Also we have blizzards in winter. Go to Ross town no network. 20min and you will be dead at -40C. These kids that need 5G can stay home and use WiFi router. Why anyone need high stream data?? For work? Ok, get 4G in city it works fine. Why overpay for 5G when network barelly cover major cities.
That’s not how these plans work. They are all 5G plans, the only difference is the speed cap.
On Public Mobile “3G speed” = 3mbps, 4G speed = 100mbps, 5G speed = 250mbps. You can use 3G, 4G or 5G network connection with any plan as long as your device is capable.
I believe they were replying to the person who suggested that we get rid of the 3g network all together.
I meant the 3G speed plans, not the 3G network. The 3G speed plans used to be 3-10 Mbps speeds.
Is 3G going to shutdown here like they have in the US?
If 3G shuts down Telus need to support alien devices with VoLTE & VoNR features on OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo & ViVo. Currently they disable this feature deliberately so that we buy through them. Remember Canada is made of immigrants. Students,visitors, parents and Grandparents comes from different parts of the world will bring their own devices with them. You can’t turn off this feature for the sake of your own interest. Policymakers were not aware of this situation when they were writing your corporate policies. Wakeup !
The 3G towers still exist, devices will still be able to connect to them. It’s just that the plans will not be restricted to 3G speeds anymore when connecting to a newer generation tower.