Subj : Re: rogers/telus cutting
To   : JAY HARRIS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 07:47:01

RM> I did manage to get my unlimited in Canada 4G plan with 16 gig
RM> of data  (with loyalty bonuses and such) for $35. That was good
RM> enough for me so I haven't even checked for new plans there since.

JH>I was able to snag a Boxing Day deal with Public Mobile this past December wh
  > I get 75GB of 5G Data (5G = Up to 250Mb) that can be used anywhere in Canada
  >he US & Mexico along with unlimited calling to those three countries as well.

That's really good, although you didn't mention price..

My optional upgrade would give me about 80 gig of Data plus unlimited
calling to the USA added to the Canadian calling for just $5 more.

Texting through Lucky is Global which the 'full' Bell services don't
offer (Lucky is a Bell company for prepaid users). If I use up all
the data, it doesn't stop, it just slows down. They then offer to
sell you more data at that point but if you don't need the speed you
can just use it at the slower rate which allows for eMail and very
low end Surfing, but it is free and unlimited at that point.

5G where I am would be like your dad's situation in Muskoka. I'm a ways
north of Parry Sound and things work well enough for what I do but I
don't push things too much. I usually get 3 or 4 bars at 4G but on
occasion it could drop to 1.

We've always had to put up with poor communication here because the
Bell Box is probably 60 years old. When I was using dial-up on the
land line I could only get half the normal speed because the Box
was still set up for party lines. It works like a private line now,
no waiting for a neighbour to get off the phone, but the lines are
still shared or throttled back. I was quite happy when we could
finally get Data through a Cell Phone.

JH>My only real "snag" with Public Mobile is when I got a new debit
  >card in the mail with an updated expiry date.  I forgot to put
  >the new details in Public Mobile

Yes, I've done similar things. I get bonus data, pretty much doubling
it, because I've been with Lucky for so long and am set to auomatically
pay every month, but I've run into credit card issues when getting a
new card, although possibly that has changed to automatically update
that now for regular repeating payments. It's a long time since I had
to change that.. But every few years I change my plan at Lucky and it
appears I will lose all my long time user bonuses, but usually that
gets sorted out by the next month.

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