Poll of the Day > How much is your cell phone plan and what do you get?

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I'm about ready to switch to another carrier, it's ridiculous. My last ditch effort is going to be calling in and wanting to cancel to see if they'll give me a cheaper plan. But it may not be worth it even then.

$115 a month for unlimited calling and texting and 4GB data.

Would be looking at $65 a month for unlimited calling and international texting and 3GB data. That is a big difference.

If I lived 15 minutes away in Saskatchewan it would be $48 for unlimited calling and texting and 5GB data.

Fucking Canadian telecoms
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Damn, and I was about to say I'm not gonna tell you mine. I pay ~$110, but that includes unlimited everything, the cost of the phone over installments, and an HBO subscription. Since I had been subscribing to it for $15 a month I guess it kinda makes my phone bill cheaper.

No idea because I'm on the family plan for life
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Mine is $30/month, unlimited calling - 100MB/month
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Cacciato posted...

Damn, and I was about to say I'm not gonna tell you mine. I pay ~$110, but that includes unlimited everything, the cost of the phone over installments, and an HBO subscription. Since I had been subscribing to it for $15 a month I guess it kinda makes my phone bill cheaper.

Yeah this current rate includes a subsidized Nexus 6P

But it's just so much less expensive to cancel my current plan, pay off the balance, and bring the phone elsewhere. After 2 months the $125 remaining balance will be made up for and I'll be on a way cheaper plan until I decide I really want a new phone.

Another carrier includes spotify for the $65 and might be worthwhile

What kind of data do you have? Or does that mean unlimited data?
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71.72
Mine is the main line on a family share plan

Includes 7gb of (shared) data
Unlimited Canada wide talk, text, picture and video messaging
Unlimited US and International Text messaging
Preferred rate for US and International calling
Voice Mail and Called ID
Voice Mail to Text (voice mails are texted to me as an audio message)


All my add a lines are about $40 a month
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Who are you with @Ogurisama?

I'm a little miffed that my plan does not include international messaging. Used to like texting Americans. Sadly telus does not include it and charges a good deal extra.
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I am with Rogers, but I also work for them, so i have a 50% discount towards my bill
Without my discount my bill would be like 130 a month
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I pay $47 a month, and that's my monthly payment for my iPhone, unlimited calling, texting, and 20GB shared between my sister and I (which she only ever uses about 3GB of). I have Verizon.

Pretty solid.

$60, everything unlimited. It was a secret plan for Canadian emergency workers I got years ago. Used to be $50, I giv'em hell everytime they try and remove my plan. Funny enough I barely use my phone.
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Ahh Rogers doesn't even have service up here. I can do Telus or Bell. Koodo also works and is where I might end up, even though that's still telus owned.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

$115 a month for unlimited calling and texting and 4GB data.

I'm pretty sure my mom pays $138 for unlimited calling and texting and 12GB of data AND me and my dad are on her plan so we all share the data.
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thecolorgreen posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

$115 a month for unlimited calling and texting and 4GB data.

I'm pretty sure my mom pays $138 for unlimited calling and texting and 12GB of data AND me and my dad are on her plan so we all share the data.

And are you in the US

Here that would be an extra $40 to bump me to only 10GB, plus $30 per extra phone on the account. So $215 for less...
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Flyingpirate posted...

$60, everything unlimited. It was a secret plan for Canadian emergency workers I got years ago. Used to be $50, I giv'em hell everytime they try and remove my plan. Funny enough I barely use my phone.

If you have that, only buy out your phones now. And this is coming from someone that works in the industry
Its alot better plan then anything on market today.

Though one thing to watch for, if your plan is not 4g/LTE (and in the future 5g) compatible. Once old networks start to close down you might lose service. But worry about that when that bridge is crossed.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Ahh Rogers doesn't even have service up here. I can do Telus or Bell. Koodo also works and is where I might end up, even though that's still telus owned.

Yeah, Koodo is Telus, and Virgin is Bell. Fido is Rogers.

Looking at the coverage map, we do have coverage, but I cant really say that is the best way to tell coverage maps are never 100% accurate. But either way, my plan would be impossible for you to get, short of you working or going on an employee line.
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30 or 35 a month

Unlimited text/calls/mms and 4gb data

RCtheWSBC posted...

No idea because I'm on the family plan for life

Awww, mommy and daddy take care of their wittle baby, huh?
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Ogurisama posted...

Yeah, Koodo is Telus, and Virgin is Bell. Fido is Rogers.

Looking at the coverage map, we do have coverage, but I cant really say that is the best way to tell coverage maps are never 100% accurate. But either way, my plan would be impossible for you to get, short of you working or going on an employee line.

Yeah. They say there's coverage. There's a lot of dead zones, especially near the water. I have known people with Rogers that move up here (just so but outside town) and get threatened to be dropped for their data because they're always roaming. Either way it's only LTE and not 4G or LTE-A with them here.

I know the telus coverage is a bit better than bell.

Somehow I doubt telus is going to agree to cut $50 off my bill each month so I think I'm just going to look at transferring to Koodo or Virgin.

Maybe not virgin as the nearest store is over an hour away. We do have Fido here in town. Hmmm.
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To answer the question: too much and not enough.

The only good thing is that I can write mine off for taxes since I'm on call.
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Renraku_San posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

No idea because I'm on the family plan for life

Awww, mommy and daddy take care of their wittle baby, huh?

They sure do! :D
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$6 a month, 200 texts, 200 minutes, 200 mb of data. My android phone cost me $40 and it runs virtually just as well as the $800 phones.

Anything you don't use carries to the next month.

I use tracfone for anyone interested.
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I don't have my phone on contract because I don't like paying monthly for something that's not all that important to me and I don't feel the need to spend vast amounts of money on the latest phone. I have a pay as you go Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. I don't need anything more than that at this point. I'll only upgrade to something better if apps start not working on my phones current OS.
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I don't know the specific price, since I'm on a family plan, but I've unlimited everything with T-Mobile. Ive used my phone as a hotspot numerous times when the internet was out to game on, and never had any lag. Speeds clocked anywhere from 30-150mbps, but of course depends on time/location. I know it was over $1500 cheaper a year though, compared to AT&T, for 5 lines.

Yellow posted...

$6 a month, 200 texts, 200 minutes, 200 mb of data. My android phone cost me $40 and it runs virtually just as well as the $800 phones.

I use tracfone for anyone interested.

Six dollars? SIX??

holy poop
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$117 a month

unlimited talk, text and data
plus my phone rental is included - $30/month
i get 10 gb of mobile hotspot data too
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Yellow posted...

$6 a month, 200 texts, 200 minutes, 200 mb of data. My android phone cost me $40 and it runs virtually just as well as the $800 phones.

I use tracfone for anyone interested.

Six dollars? SIX??

holy poop

Yeah, I've heard of that. Drug dealer's preferred choice lol.

My bill last month was $62.69 and that includes unlimited talk, text, and 2GB of data (with up to .5GB rollover data). I get like a 10% discount from my company since my phone doubles as a pager. I also have payed off my phone so it is not included in the price.

This is through Verizon BTW.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Yellow posted...

$6 a month, 200 texts, 200 minutes, 200 mb of data. My android phone cost me $40 and it runs virtually just as well as the $800 phones.

I use tracfone for anyone interested.

Six dollars? SIX??

holy poop

Payphones can be a great deal, I'd recommend everyone check out the phones they see at Kroger or their convenience store. I don't see any reason to get a contract.

Also before you buy anything, everyone should google *name of thing* promotion code. It's basically throwing away money if you don't. Every time I renew my phone I get something like double the minutes just for that.
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Yellow posted...

Payphones can be a great deal, I'd recommend everyone check out the phones they see at Kroger or their convenience store. I don't see any reason to get a contract.

Agreed.
I mean for example if I pay £10 top up I get 1GB UK mobile internet bundle and 400 texts for free. After that I still have my credit for as long as it lasts me. Not too bad really considering the most internet I use on my phone if over WI-FI anyway so my credit is just for texts and the odd phone call.
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Yellow posted...

Payphones can be a great deal, I'd recommend everyone check out the phones they see at Kroger or their convenience store. I don't see any reason to get a contract.

Also before you buy anything, everyone should google *name of thing* promotion code. It's basically throwing away money if you don't. Every time I renew my phone I get something like double the minutes just for that.

You mean the prepaid? That's what I had in the US but they're not so cheap or available here.
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Yeah prepaid, but I do live in the US.
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£18 all unlimited.

($23)

Yeah it looks like prepaid is going to be 55 a month or more if I want to have 1GB data a month. Yikes.
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RCtheWSBC posted...

Renraku_San posted...

RCtheWSBC posted...

No idea because I'm on the family plan for life

Awww, mommy and daddy take care of their wittle baby, huh?

They sure do! :D

So what are you going to do when they die?
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Verizon

$75 a month

Unlimited talk and text

2 gbs

If Verizon wasn't sooooo good with customer service/phone service I would switch to one of these ghetto $50 unlimited anything plans, but meh
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Renraku_San posted...

So what are you going to do when they die?

Get my own plan, duh
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Three

$43/month

Unlimited data and hotspot

3000 minutes

3000 text
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prepaid

$19 every 3 months

free calls to same provider

100mb data
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I'm also on a family plan.
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MetroPCS, $50 5gb of 4glte data, unlimited text/calls.

I could upgrade to the $60 plan for unlimited data but the 5gb is enough for now.
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Yeah it looks like prepaid is going to be 55 a month or more if I want to have 1GB data a month. Yikes.

I just looked, tracfone doesn't work in Canada.

I bet you could find a cheap phone from the US that lets you cheat the system. I know Canada gets royally screwed when it comes to phone and internet.
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Yellow posted...

I bet you could find a cheap phone from the US that lets you cheat the system. I know Canada gets royally screwed when it comes to phone and internet.

I pretty seriously doubt it, but if you come up with something I'd be interested to know.
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AT&T

It's $75 a month but I'm also paying like $25 a month on the phone itself so it's really like $50 a month for service. I have unlimited data though. I think if I were to ever hit 22GBs in a month they start throttling my speeds but the closest I've ever come was like 16 gigs in a month because my wifi was out.
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Going to go check out koodo after work. My phone month ends on the 21st so if I get set up elsewhere today I can just not worry about next month's bill

Then just back up and format my phone and it's almost as good as new
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Work pays for mine, but I few friends pay about $70 for unlimited everything, including data.
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$45, might as well say $50 after taxes

unlimited everything

Zangulus posted...

Device payment: Samsung flip phone
Device payment: Samsung flip phone

why
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Yellow posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Yeah it looks like prepaid is going to be 55 a month or more if I want to have 1GB data a month. Yikes.

I just looked, tracfone doesn't work in Canada.

I bet you could find a cheap phone from the US that lets you cheat the system. I know Canada gets royally screwed when it comes to phone and internet.

Uh you'd have international roaming to use US phones and service in Canada. That's not cheap.
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Kana posted...

Yellow posted...

I bet you could find a cheap phone from the US that lets you cheat the system. I know Canada gets royally screwed when it comes to phone and internet.

I pretty seriously doubt it, but if you come up with something I'd be interested to know.

I see there are "black market phones" that offer the scandalous price of... $45 a month. -_-

This is probably the most barebones at $20 a month, 100 minutes and unlimited text, no data. If you think about it most Americans probably pay more than that and they end up using not a whole lot anyway.
https://www.speakout7eleven.ca/phone-rates.html

Apparently 7eleven does phone service.
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