Subj : rogers/telus cutting off
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Aug 07 2025 20:36:00

Hello Rob!

** On Thursday 07.08.25 - 07:47, you wrote to me:

 AA>> Yep.. the full enchilada.  Actually, the $29/mo plan was only
 >> intended for new customers, and they had accidentally included
 >> it for existing customers to pick.

 RM> I think I remember seeing that one listed but saw that it was
 RM> for new customers only. It seems to me I looked into new plans
 RM> offered a while after you did, after you told me about them,
 RM> and by then it wasn't offered to existing customers.

Yep.. you probably checked too late.  :(


 AA>> Yep.. Lucky still seems to disfavour existing (long-time)
 >> customers!

 RM> Yes, I feel the same way about Satellite TV service, they should
 RM> add bonus channels or lower prices to customers who stay with
 RM> them for years. If you threaten to quit they often give you a
 RM> super deal for several months or a year, but you shouldn't have
 RM> to go through that when paying $100 for a fairly basic package.

Right, I don't understand this non-favoring towards existing  
(long-time) customers.


 RM> Lucky bugs me a bit because they never tell you when they bring
 RM> out better deals, you have to find them yourself and I rarely
 RM> go to their site. If things are working I just pay the bill.

I find the app more responsive and easier to check and see if  
there is an alternative plan available.  I don't check for  
other plans regularly either.  But when the $29/mo plan rolled  
out that was fluke timing when I decided to casually check for  
plan prices in general.


 AA>> Lucky recently dropped and USA calling from their base plans.
 >> Now, USA calling is an "extra" minimum $10/mo.

 RM> Oh, I hadn't heard that yet either. I currently have no need for
 RM> USA calling but it was a cheap bonus to upgrade from my $35 plan
 RM> to the $40 plan which gave something like 80 Gig of data plus
 RM> unlimited USA.

Good to hear that they threw in the USA calling.  It's not  
available like that anymore.  Now, it's a special add-on.

Speaking of USA-calling, I recently looked to sign up a senior  
friend to NonameMobile.  They advertised (and still do) a $19/ 
mo that includes USA-calling.  So, I purchased the NonameMobile  
SIM.  But upon registration, the process sent me to PCMobile,  
and there was *no* $19/mo plan!  And.. and the lowest plan that  
did include USA-calling as $29/mo!  I felt very disappointed.   
It's basically a bait 'n' switch - which is illegal, no?


 RM> Yes, it's amazing when you think back. Back in the 90's
 RM> when I had to call long distance to access a Global BBS it
 RM> was always a rush to do the exchange and get off because I
 RM> was paying about 45c a minute for the call.

I had a 3rd-party phone plan that offered unlimited LD minutes  
for $20/mo.   I polled a hub in Montreal from Ontario that way  
to deliver and pick up email + echomail.


 RM> In the past 5 years I've had Bell in twice because of noisy
 RM> lines so it's not quite as bad as yours. Back when I was using
 RM> dial-up that was a real problem though.

For me, the situation simply started getting worse and worse.   
I have an underground feed from a pole on the property but then  
it continues a fair distance (about 50ft) under the driveway to  
the house and demarcation point.
-- 
  ../|ug

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