Author Topic: The Cell Phone Thread (Read 111911 times)

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #400 on:** August 03, 2019, 12:48:17 pm »

Is anyone use Freedom Cell service from Shaws ?

dkaz · « **Reply #401 on:** August 07, 2019, 05:58:47 pm »

Thought about it but I'd be roaming often. Still, $75/mo for 10GB and a phone like an iPhone XR seems like a good deal.

I see Kelowna just got Freedom coverage finally.

I got my oldest kid on Lucky Mobile which runs off Bell's network, $25/mo for unlimited Canada wide and 1 GB of data if paying automatically every month (500 MB otherwise), but they also have $15/mo for 100 min/250 MB, $40 for unlimited/4.5 GB, and $50 for unlimited/8.5 GB. It's only at 3G speeds but the coverage is anywhere you get a Bell signal. Public Mobile (Telus) and ChatR (Rogers) offers the same plans and price points.

I wasn't going to get him a cell phone plan as he's only 10 but the ability to let him go play around the neighbourhood and know where he is is good peace of mind. When school is in session, I'm going to downgrade him to the $15 plan. The only thing he's allowed to do on data is message and Facetime us which is surprisingly efficient on bandwidth. It's nice too that I can set all restrictions on his phone from my phone, and wiping his phone does not take those restrictions away unless I allow it. Only thing is that they only allow one downtime per day which I set for bed time, it would be good to have a second one for during school. Sent that feature request to Apple.

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #402 on:** August 07, 2019, 06:10:35 pm »

Freedom pay as you go plans are $24 with unlimited Canada calling and worldwide texting , wi1.5 gigs, and it as no roaming charges in Canada, it works off the Bell network

dkaz · « **Reply #403 on:** August 07, 2019, 07:33:18 pm »

Wow, that's a good plan.

Railton · « **Reply #404 on:** August 07, 2019, 07:47:43 pm »

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 07, 2019, 06:10:35 pm

Freedom pay as you go plans are $24 with unlimited Canada calling and worldwide texting , wi1.5 gigs, and it as no roaming charges in Canada, it works off the Bell network

Do they offer any Family plans (like Rogers) where you share data between family phones? I didn't see it on their web site.
Or adding additional lines to a "big gig" plan?
Railton

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #405 on:** August 07, 2019, 09:13:58 pm »

Quote from: Railton on August 07, 2019, 07:47:43 pm

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 07, 2019, 06:10:35 pm
Freedom pay as you go plans are $24 with unlimited Canada calling and worldwide texting , wi1.5 gigs, and it as no roaming charges in Canada, it works off the Bell network
Do they offer any Family plans (like Rogers) where you share data between family phones? I didn't see it on their web site.
Or adding additional lines to a "big gig" plan?
Railton

There is saving for multiple lines , but did not see anything about sharing data

dkaz · « **Reply #406 on:** August 07, 2019, 10:41:08 pm »

They brag that you get 10GB of your own data, no sharing required. Probably no sharing period.

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #407 on:** August 15, 2019, 08:58:55 pm »

Moved our cellphones to Freedom , cost will be $23 a month pay as you go , 1.5 gigs at LTE , unlimited Canada wide, and global texting
Once you hit the 1.5 they slow down the service and dont charge you for overages

dirtyjeffer · « **Reply #408 on:** August 15, 2019, 10:23:14 pm »

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 15, 2019, 08:58:55 pm

Moved our cellphones to Freedom , cost will be $23 a month pay as you go , 1.5 gigs at LTE , unlimited Canada wide, and global texting
Once you hit the 1.5 they slow down the service and dont charge you for overages

prior to moving to Rogers a couple of years ago, we had Freedom for a couple of years...service was ok, but not as robust as Rogers, but the price was great.

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #409 on:** August 16, 2019, 08:05:46 am »

Quote from: dirtyjeffer on August 15, 2019, 10:23:14 pm

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 15, 2019, 08:58:55 pm
Moved our cellphones to Freedom , cost will be $23 a month pay as you go , 1.5 gigs at LTE , unlimited Canada wide, and global texting
Once you hit the 1.5 they slow down the service and dont charge you for overages
prior to moving to Rogers a couple of years ago, we had Freedom for a couple of years...service was ok, but not as robust as Rogers, but the price was great.

Rogers service out here is not great , and their price sucks

dirtyjeffer · « **Reply #410 on:** August 16, 2019, 10:42:27 am »

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 16, 2019, 08:05:46 am

Quote from: dirtyjeffer on August 15, 2019, 10:23:14 pm
Quote from: Airbalancer on August 15, 2019, 08:58:55 pm
Moved our cellphones to Freedom , cost will be $23 a month pay as you go , 1.5 gigs at LTE , unlimited Canada wide, and global texting
Once you hit the 1.5 they slow down the service and dont charge you for overages
prior to moving to Rogers a couple of years ago, we had Freedom for a couple of years...service was ok, but not as robust as Rogers, but the price was great.
Rogers service out here is not great , and their price sucks

Rogers service around here works quite well...our price is what i would consider "average"...we pay $122 all in for two phones, unlimited calls/texts/etc and we have 4 GB each phone for data...for comparison, our previous Freedom plans were about $80 all in for two phones with unlimited everything (data speeds may be lowered if you exceed 6 GB each phone, but we never used anything near that anyway)...it was a great deal.

Railton · « **Reply #411 on:** August 16, 2019, 11:39:37 am »

What kind of phones were included in that plan dirty Jeff?
Railton

dirtyjeffer · « **Reply #412 on:** August 16, 2019, 11:41:21 am »

Quote from: Railton on August 16, 2019, 11:39:37 am

What kind of phones were included in that plan dirty Jeff?
Railton

no phones included...you had to buy something outright, or make use of the "tab" system (get a discount for an additional charge on your monthly bill)...that's pretty much the norm with all of them now, unless you get a pretty old phone.

dkaz · « **Reply #413 on:** August 16, 2019, 11:52:55 am »

You people and your peasant data usage. I'm up to a full gig a day.

Railton · « **Reply #414 on:** August 16, 2019, 12:00:19 pm »

Quote from: dirtyjeffer on August 16, 2019, 11:41:21 am

Quote from: Railton on August 16, 2019, 11:39:37 am
What kind of phones were included in that plan dirty Jeff?
Railton
no phones included...you had to buy something outright, or make use of the "tab" system (get a discount for an additional charge on your monthly bill)...that's pretty much the norm with all of them now, unless you get a pretty old phone.

Oh...
Railton

Railton · « **Reply #415 on:** August 16, 2019, 12:07:46 pm »

I'm starting to look now for replacement phones (3) for our family and a family shared data plan. The two year deal is up now that got us 3 iphone 7's with a shared 10G data plan for ~$200. This is with Rogers who we've been with for 10 years now.
I see FS has a BELL deal now for iphone XR's and $330 cash card on certain plans.
Railton

dkaz · « **Reply #416 on:** August 16, 2019, 12:10:27 pm »

Quote from: Railton on August 16, 2019, 11:39:37 am

What kind of phones were included in that plan dirty Jeff?
Railton

Freedom hsa a free iPhone XR 64GB, Samsung Galaxy S10e, or LG G8 ThinQ on a minimum $75/mo plan which puts you in the 15 GB full speed data (reduced speed after that), or there's the Samsung Galaxy A10 or LG Q Stylo+ on a minimum $50/mo plan that gets you 10GB. There are a few in between options too.

https://shop.freedommobile.ca/devices?manufacturer=absolute_$0

My only problem with Freedom is only having 2GB of roaming data (outside Freedom zones). I use a lot of data...

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #417 on:** August 16, 2019, 01:30:35 pm »

Quote from: DKaz on August 16, 2019, 12:10:27 pm

Quote from: Railton on August 16, 2019, 11:39:37 am
What kind of phones were included in that plan dirty Jeff?
Railton

Freedom hsa a free iPhone XR 64GB, Samsung Galaxy S10e, or LG G8 ThinQ on a minimum $75/mo plan which puts you in the 15 GB full speed data (reduced speed after that), or there's the Samsung Galaxy A10 or LG Q Stylo+ on a minimum $50/mo plan that gets you 10GB. There are a few in between options too.

https://shop.freedommobile.ca/devices?manufacturer=absolute_$0

My only problem with Freedom is only having 2GB of roaming data (outside Freedom zones). I use a lot of data...

Stop watching porn on your phone

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #418 on:** August 16, 2019, 01:32:22 pm »

Quote from: Airbalancer on August 16, 2019, 08:05:46 am

Quote from: dirtyjeffer on August 15, 2019, 10:23:14 pm
Quote from: Airbalancer on August 15, 2019, 08:58:55 pm
Moved our cellphones to Freedom , cost will be $23 a month pay as you go , 1.5 gigs at LTE , unlimited Canada wide, and global texting
Once you hit the 1.5 they slow down the service and dont charge you for overages
prior to moving to Rogers a couple of years ago, we had Freedom for a couple of years...service was ok, but not as robust as Rogers, but the price was great.
Rogers service out here is not great , and their price sucks

Got an email from Rogers , they are sorry to see me go and to wait for a phone call for a special deal

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #419 on:** August 16, 2019, 01:33:47 pm »

Quote from: Railton on August 16, 2019, 12:07:46 pm

I'm starting to look now for replacement phones (3) for our family and a family shared data plan. The two year deal is up now that got us 3 iphone 7's with a shared 10G data plan for ~$200. This is with Rogers who we've been with for 10 years now.
I see FS has a BELL deal now for iphone XR's and $330 cash card on certain plans.
Railton

Does your wife work for the government, isnt there usually a group deal for them ?