Been looking at new phones lately & really like the size of the Galaxy S10e, it's about the same size as my S7, with a bit more screen & a few more features. Since my contract was up with Bell I decided to call customer retention to see what they could do for me. My current plan is $90/month for 4Gb of data & then unlimited Canada wide talk & text. The data is plenty enough as I rarely get to 4Gb. The best Bell could do was charge me $100 for the phone & then $105/month for the phone. At the same time my kids phones were up at Koodo & they were one at $55/month for 500Mb of data & unlimited talk & text & $75/month for 4Gb of data & unlimited talk & text. And both of them have the iPhone SE.
So I started to shop around for plans & realized that prices ARE MUCH more competitive in Quebec, Manitoba & Saskatchewan! It's a rip-off in Ontario for cell phone service compared to other provinces. Then I realized that Videotron (Quebec based company) offers services in Ottawa at a much more competitive rates. I spoke to a good buddy who has a cell phone through them & he's had no issues anywhere with his, and he's using it all over Canada & in Florida as well. Yesterday we went to visit the kiosk in the mall & we all got new phones & plans! The boys both got the iPhone 8 for $0 & their plans are both $79/month for 9Gb of data & unlimited talk & text Canada wide. And then I got the S10e for $0 & my plan is $89/month for 10Gb of data & the unlimited talk & text. But because we set up 3 phones on the same account we get $6 off per line per month for the duration of the contract, which makes the boys plans $73 & mine $83! Plus she gave me another $100 credit on my first bill & free activation fees. So overall my monthly bill for the 3 phones is ~$10 more, but with a lot more data for all 3 of us, especially my youngest who only had 500Mb, lol! In speaking the sales rep we also found out that is we add another phone to the plan we will get an additional $6 off per line for the duration. Bella just got her son a new iPhone XR thru Rogers last week, but is now gonna cancel that plan & add him to this package. His will cost $50 for the phone & he'll have to get the same 10Gb package as mine, but when his gets added we'll be paying $67/month for each of the 9Gb plans & $77/month for each of the 10Gb plans, which will end up saving me $8/month over what I was paying with much better plans.
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