It looks like the ‘Big 3’ are in the process of revamping their premium wireless plans, with both Telus and Rogers increasing data buckets to 200GB.
Telus has increased data to 200GB on its $80 and $100/month plans, while both also include Disney+ free for 12 months. Here’s what’s available as of writing:
Rogers has also increased the data amount on its most expensive plans, maxing out to 200GB like Telus:
As of writing, Bell has yet to match its rivals, but expect that to happen very shortly. Here’s what Bell has right now:
Bell’s promo offers its 75GB plan for $60, which is cheaper than Telus and Rogers. But Bell is lagging behind its rivals for its $90 and $110 plans, which are more expensive and have less data.
Again, at the end of the day, how much data do you really need? Ramping up the data amount lowers the price per gigabyte, which can be influential when it comes to government reports claiming the price of data has dropped. But when we look at average revenue per user metrics,
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I don’t know, that seems awfully expensive. Cards on the table, I’m a Freedom customer. I know that I am comparing apples and oranges. At the end of the day, my phone rings when it is supposed to, my texts go through as expected and I have access to data locally and across the country. All that for $30/mo+ gst.
Well to be fair you wouldn’t know if your phone doesn’t ring when it’s supposed to. You would just miss the call and be unaware. I have lots of friends on Freedom and it’s really tough to get in touch of them. But they are blissfully unaware of how unreachable they are.
My wife and I are on a Rogers plan called “Infinite + 10, and own our phones outright. I also have an Apple Watch on that plan. When we got that plan we were given an additional 10GB of shared data. So, 20GB before speeds get throttled, but no overage fees. A few months ago we were given additional data, and we now share 270GB. Earlier this week I received a text from Rogers telling me we were being given 1000 long distance minutes – not sure if they mean monthly or yearly, but it really doesn’t matter because we will never make a call to any of the locations the minutes apply to. The bottom line is that we’re being given “free” additions to our plan that we absolutely don’t need, I think to justify the $188 we pay every month.
I was paying $75 with Rogers, original plan was around $95 until I managed to get someone on the phone to come down by $20 as Telus was offering the same at that time.
, for a cell phone plan on its own. I’ve been with public mobile and the only thing I miss is wifi calling. I see it in settings though, so it maybe is coming soon?
Everything else is no different – minus 20 GB and I also get US data and calling included, so no more roam like home fees – be careful with those with Rogers!
If you plan on holding onto your phones for a while, it might be a solid option, unless Rogers gives you more benefits or Telus coverage is worse in your area.
Hope that helps.
Not available for existing customers yet. Hopefully it will be soon!
200 gb a month that nobody will use. All so that the government can say they are bringing prices down.
Paying $34 a month for Canada/US plan. In two years I can buy a new phone that I will own outright from the savings alone. The alternative is finance a phone through the big three, be forced on these far more expensive plans that start $50-60 more than what I’m paying now, plus on top of $30-40 for the phone itself, and then either pay a ridiculous amount of money to buy the phone outright or start the process all over again in two years. Such a money grab.
I hope we see more people hold onto or buy older devices now that certain Android devices has finally caught up to Apple. Tired of seeing how screwed over we get when financing a phone through the big three.
We don’t care about more data… we have wifi for that… otherwise I’ll need about 2TB a month to replace my home internet…