Cellular Carriers in Canada Now Charging for Incoming Texts!
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Canada has always been the worst as far as mobile phones go. We were the last major (maybe even completely last) country to allow you to keep your phone number when you switch providers and the only reason we have that now is because the head of Virgin Mobile (that British guy) came to Canada and said this is BS. We're still the only country that gets away with charging a monthly "system access fee" (8-10 bucks)
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They really are a bunch of lucky bastards.
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As far as I know they don't. Richard Branson (that's his name) was doing an interview on MTV Canada a while back.
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From: Whitehorse, Yukon
Hopefully an American will chime in here and tell us what they pay.
For us, it's an automatic $6.95 system access fee ;per month.
(another word for this is convenience fee)
and then we've got the 75 cents (911 fee)
add 13% tax to that ($7.70 + $1.00)
Right out of the gate were stuck with $8.70 worth of bs before we even begin paying our rate plan.
Curious what our friends south of the border pay.
For us, it's an automatic $6.95 system access fee ;per month.
(another word for this is convenience fee)
and then we've got the 75 cents (911 fee)
add 13% tax to that ($7.70 + $1.00)
Right out of the gate were stuck with $8.70 worth of bs before we even begin paying our rate plan.
Curious what our friends south of the border pay.
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From: Canada
Canada has always been the worst as far as mobile phones go. We were the last major (maybe even completely last) country to allow you to keep your phone number when you switch providers and the only reason we have that now is because the head of Virgin Mobile (that British guy) came to Canada and said this is BS. We're still the only country that gets away with charging a monthly "system access fee" (8-10 bucks)
I know they are trying to switch to the same system that rogers is on, and they are trying to get money from somewhere to do the upgrades
I'm with rogers and here is what I get from them, after checking my bill :
No outgoing text charges (10,000 Sent limit)
Free incoming
600Mbites used for web browsing 6 gig allowed
$6 access charge
Unlimited Canada wide calling after 5 pm and weekends
Visual voice mail (iPhone)
Plus plus plus
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From: Whitehorse, Yukon
Here's what I've got:
* My fave 8 - unlimited national calling to and from any 8 numbers I select.
* 450 anytime minutes.
* Free evenings & Week-ends start at 5pm
- free voice mail & caller ID
The above is $40 a month.
Add ons:
$15 : Unlimited incoming calls
$15 : unlimited email, Instant Messaging and Data (not offered anymore)
So lets see, $70 + 6.95 + .75 = $77.70 + tax
How does this compare with you guys? The deal I like is the unlimited data, this makes it worth it I think.
* My fave 8 - unlimited national calling to and from any 8 numbers I select.
* 450 anytime minutes.
* Free evenings & Week-ends start at 5pm
- free voice mail & caller ID
The above is $40 a month.
Add ons:
$15 : Unlimited incoming calls
$15 : unlimited email, Instant Messaging and Data (not offered anymore)
So lets see, $70 + 6.95 + .75 = $77.70 + tax
How does this compare with you guys? The deal I like is the unlimited data, this makes it worth it I think.
