My, talk about a breath of fresh air. Canadian wireless subscribers have
long since dealt with inhumane
three-year contracts on mainstays like Rogers and Bell, signing over their cellular soul on a whim in order to get a marginally subsidized phone and a guaranteed bill for 36 months. We've heard for awhile now that
Mobilicity was jonesing to change things up in the Great White North, and change it has. Shortly after receiving an all-important
green light from the CRTC, the company has gone live with mobile service in Toronto, with a number of other large Canadian cities to follow in the months ahead. What's most unique about the service, however, is that every single plan it sells is unlimited in nature, and there's nary a contract to be found -- you simply pick the phone you want, the plan you want, and then you pay upfront. It's most akin to the various prepaid options here in the States (Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, etc.), but still -- it's a lovely alternative to have if you're a Canuck. Unlimited calling and texting can be had for just $35 per month, while $65 per month nets you unlimited everything (including global texting, US long distance calling and data usage). The phone selection ain't half bad either, with the only major "gotcha" being that extra roaming fees can apply if you use your mobile outside of metro Toronto (or in the future, away from the carrier's specific coverage cities). Hit up the source link to get the facts straight from the
horse's moose's mouth.
[Thanks, Endi]
posted May 16th 2010 4:37AM
@Tuxy79 If you're still under contract, call them up and tell them about this unlimited data plan. they'll say they can't offer that, then you tell them (nicely throughout) that you'd like to cancel and switch over then. They'll warn you about ETFs and what not and make you wait on hold for like 5 minutes, but after that you'll be in the cancellation dept. and they'll basically just ask you want you want. I told them I was worried about going over 1 gb of data so they gave me 3 for the same price.
Did that before when Wind first came out and got $8 off my dumbphone plan each month before I got a Nexus and added data.
They have a $15 unlimited texting w/ unlimited calls to other Mobilicity phones...sounds like a good option for my teenage daughters but after having to pay for the phone it is not significantly better than Virgins unlimited text w/ talk after 7 and weekends for 25 with a free phone.
@kspraydad
can you not BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone)? That is one thing I don't understand, people have no problem giving/getting hand me down clothes, or car, but don't dare give me someone's old cell phone. What is with that?
@kspraydad
unless your moving from wind you most likely don't have a AWS phone and why would you move from wind when there plans are very comparable and the coverage is much bigger. (but sill small)
@Inect Based on kspraydad's comments, a Wind phone is not required at all. I am assuming that his teenage daughter doesn't need 3g, so Rogers/Fido phones work fine for Mobilicity and Wind. You won't get 3g but Edge will work for data, and so will calls and text.
The great white north, eh? I wish...damn hot in my 19th floor apartment over looking coal harboUr.
Here in Montreal we are stuck with the worst plans possible. It's just the sign i was waiting for so that they really start to compete as they should and nobody is going to tell me that a three year contract is fair or that i have the possibility of 1 year with ridiculous prices as an option. We are taken for idiots and this prooves it, no real competition exist yet here in my market seing now what is available in TO. Unlimited on a phone is not crazy thinking!!
It's pretty sick, we're going from 3 major carriers in 2009, to having 6 independent carriers in 2010. Wind Mobile launched a few months ago, I'm on Wind now, and they actually have impressive coverage for a start up carrier. Mobilicity, Public Mobile, and I think I heard Videotron was planning on building it's own aws network as well.
i have the 30.00/6gb plan on fido. with talk i pay much more then this mobilicity plan. but my coverage is near perfect. i do not get subsidized phones anymore as there are much better phones on the market. for someone in my position i would wait out the contract and see how all the carriers adapt to these new competitors and maybe the coverage will improve.
p.s. so far there is no small print at mobilicity.
wow $40 unlimited 3g, this + ipad = sex
It's still a f*cking rip-off. $65/mo for "unlimited everything"? Roaming charges for outside the GTA???? This blows. I'm in the same country.
@TareG don't forget the unlimited GLOBAL sms, that alone is quite nice if you have relatives in a different country...
@bruslim My entire family lives in another country. That's why Fring mobile exists. But I can't believe that I'll be "roaming" for simply moving from Toronto to Ottawa.
Why can't we get a Cell Phone company in the US to provide real competition and offer real unlimited wireless broadband or at the very least at least different levels of service so like 5 or 10gig caps. It's like all the companies in the US are in conclusion with each other as there's no real difference in the prices between Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or T Mobile. Sure you may save $5 here and there but the service offerings are pretty much exactly same, only difference is network quality.
Living in Toronto this company is perfect. It's only flaw that it wouldn't probably work globally for a while. But really, if you're going to a foreign country, it's cheaper to either go voip for the trip, or to buy a pay as you go phone there or put that countries sim card into your unlocked phone.
This company has the most solid data plans, and the most solid daytime minutes plan that i've ever seen as it's all unlimited local talk.
...for $25 per month- unlimited toronto talk!
@Darkroom Yeah, Montréal got f-ed to put it mildly, as usual.
It'd be nice if a US carrier included free long-distance to Canada, the way Voicestream used to before T-Mobile.
I can call Alaska for free, but Toronto is long-distance? That's ridiculous!
THAT'S how it should be.
wooow i'm switching asap