Last week, Public Mobile and Fido noted July 8th as an end date for select promo plans, hinting new plans were coming.
We just saw Telus-owned Public Mobile reduce the data for its $29/month 4G plan, while introducing some other options with smaller data buckets. Now, as expected, Fido has switched up its plans as well, increasing prices, following in the footsteps of Bell’s Virgin Plus.
Fido’s plan changes are as follows (prices after autopay discounts):
According to a “limited time offer” on Fido’s website, you can get the 50GB plan for $44/month “for 24 months”, so it looks to include an extra $5/month credit.
Recently, we told you Koodo also jacked the price of visual voicemail to $8/month. Bell also recently told select customers their plans were increasing by $6/month.
First Virgin Plus increased its wireless prices, then Telus-owned Koodo followed shortly. Now, Rogers-owned Fido follows in the footsteps of its rivals. Nothing to see here, folks.
Are you seeing wireless plan changes or increases on your billing statement? Email ti**@************da.ca so we can share it with the community.
Want to see more of our stories on Google?
P.S. Want to keep this site truly independent? Support us by buying us a beer, treating us to a coffee, or shopping through Amazon here. Links in this post are affiliate links, so we earn a tiny commission at no charge to you. Thanks for supporting independent Canadian media!
Follows Videotron’s self-gratification about achieving all requirements of their Freedom Mobile acquisition… The Big 3 are likely anticipating less competitive behaviour from Freedom moving forward.
It would be pretty cool for them to do the opposite eh? While all their competitors raised their prices by $5, including VVM in their plans (the way Fizz currently does) would be an effective $4 price drop for some users (as well as bridge the gap of Live VM for iPhones not working on Nationwide).
It’s a real competitive opportunity for Videotron at a time when they’ll become the only carrier that offers access to 5G mid-band (sup-3000mhz) for under $50 a month.
They could squander this opportunity pretty damn easily by doing a classic Canadian carrier status quo and following the ARPU.
5g isn't good though… Can't penetrate buildings, and kills your battery faster.. 4G is still King. Prove me wrong