Current least terrible wireless plan with data?

Sunspark said:
I don't like retention plans. One shouldn't have to attempt to haggle like at a flea market. Also, don't you get stuck with yet another contract?

When my 3 years were up with Rogers both my partner and I ported right out. Rogers dinged us each with that last $30 kick. I never got around to arguing it, it helps cement the finality of how much they steal even when they're not entitled to it. So many Rogers loyalists around (there is a memo from an agency saying they're not actually entitled to charge that $30).

One scam Rogers ran on me at their corporate owned store is to tell me that I couldn't have the corporate plan from my work right off the bat so that the store ******* could get more commission. This caused me to lose a promo bonus and despite actually trying to get it back via email or visiting the store Rogers always had a runaround or reason why they couldn't give me what I was entitled to from day 1. It was too difficult. I consider Rogers a dishonest company with a poor network and I encourage ALL of you not to use Rogers or their subsidiary Fido.

Re: Retentions - It's no savings saving a few dollars for another contract if it's no signal in an area you want signal.
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Amen brother!

I quit their internet & they ding me $2.
They once tried to force a charge on me. I called Better business Bureau. It was resolved in less than a week. I had a supervisor from Rogers called me. That's what it takes for them not to rob you. I promise myself the last day for my phone, I will rack up quite a bill. Revenge is a dish served cold
 
While satisfying, don't rack up a bill. Rogers reports to the credit bureaus now and then sells the debt to a collections agency which then hammers the lid even tighter.

Just bide your time and then port away.

Porting is the way because it sends a message that one of "their" #s left without cancelling or going through their "detentions" department. They will call you in a week or two asking you to please come back.
 
Sunspark said:
While satisfying, don't rack up a bill. Rogers reports to the credit bureaus now and then sells the debt to a collections agency which then hammers the lid even tighter.

Just bide your time and then port away.

Porting is the way because it sends a message that one of "their" #s left without cancelling or going through their "detentions" department. They will call you in a week or two asking you to please come back.
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What do you mean by "porting?"
Having another company bring your # over?
 
RockerGuy said:
What do you mean by "porting?"
Having another company bring your # over?
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Yes, I believe thats what he meant.

Also, racking up a huge bill on your last day makes no sense. As the other person mentioned, they report it to your credit bureau. Good luck getting a phone card let alone a loan/mortgage for the next seven years after going to collections.
 
Yes to both.

Re: Porting, once you pick a new provider, you go to the new place and say you want to port your existing number. There'll be a form to fill out and it'll take several hours. Once it kicks in their SIM card will start working with your old number. Rogers cannot stop this as it was CRTC mandated to allow people to leave without cancelling their #. (Forcing you to cancel was a penalty if you had your number with a lot of people and places.) Of course though, if you are still on contract you still have penalties.
 
There is something else to consider when moving to WIND though. There have been numerous complaints about cellphone reception OUTSIDE the GTA. There are some dead spots in the surrounding cities and when you go for a long ride out on the country side, you will hit large spots where you have no signal whatsoever.

So basically, stay in the city and the surrounding areas otherwise you're pretty much out of luck.

I'm with fido but don't have data cause I just can't really afford it nor do I really need it.
$25 after tax
unlim texts/pic/vid
250 mins
unlim evenings/weekends from 5
caller id/voice mail

It does the job considering I have wifi most of the time.
 
Dresden said:
Yes, I believe thats what he meant.

Also, racking up a huge bill on your last day makes no sense. As the other person mentioned, they report it to your credit bureau. Good luck getting a phone card let alone a loan/mortgage for the next seven years after going to collections.
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I've been in collections a few times. I still got to finance my car. No clue how that happen
 
I just jumped from Rogers to Wind as soon as my 3-year contract was up and finding out Wind supports iPhone 5s. I've been Rogers customer for over 10 years and finally got fed up. I am paying $30 per month with some promo from Wind right now for unlimited local calls and unlimited data. Knowing there will be some coverage issues outside of city and no LTE, but I can live with it as 99% time I am in GTA and I never had LTE so I don't know any better:-). This saves me $60-70 every month because somehow I was always over the limit with Rogers before. It appears Wind throttle bandwidth at certain location or time of the day but I am ok with it. So if your phone is supported by Wind give it try. No contract required.
 
Sunspark said:
Yes to both.

Re: Porting, once you pick a new provider, you go to the new place and say you want to port your existing number. There'll be a form to fill out and it'll take several hours. Once it kicks in their SIM card will start working with your old number. Rogers cannot stop this as it was CRTC mandated to allow people to leave without cancelling their #. (Forcing you to cancel was a penalty if you had your number with a lot of people and places.) Of course though, if you are still on contract you still have penalties.
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I missed this post.
Very informative, I'll give that a try
 
ajaxguy said:
Rogers for me... how can people say the coverage sucks?? LTE pretty much everywhere... never hsd any call reception problems and I wouldnt say horrible customer service. yes they can be expensive for some( Me and my wife are on 6gb for $60 which includes unlimited everything else) but if you get in at the right time, you can get the right deal. Any carrier that has decent coverage will be pretty much the same price.
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That's a pretty decent plan. Mine comes to $62 all in (fees, taxes, etc) with Telus. I have 6GB but otherwise I only get 250 text messages, 50 any time minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends, call display and vmail. But I just use Fongo for free calls on the data and TextPlus for free texting. I mostly have the plan just for the data since my work provides me with another phone I can use for all calls and texting and no one ever calls me anyway.
 
Most people nowadays only care about data anyways and thats the most expensive thing with all plans. I will never give up my 6gbs for the price I pay. Plus LTE all day!!!!

unL33T said:
That's a pretty decent plan. Mine comes to $62 all in (fees, taxes, etc) with Telus. I have 6GB but otherwise I only get 250 text messages, 50 any time minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends, call display and vmail. But I just use Fongo for free calls on the data and TextPlus for free texting. I mostly have the plan just for the data since my work provides me with another phone I can use for all calls and texting and no one ever calls me anyway.
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ajaxguy said:
Most people nowadays only care about data anyways and thats the most expensive thing with all plans. I will never give up my 6gbs for the price I pay. Plus LTE all day!!!!
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I got a non LTE and, while the data speed is fine, I do kind of wish I got LTE only because it drops my data connection all the time for power savings and sometimes it takes forever for it to come back on. My understanding is LTE is always connected so you don't have that problem but it uses more battery life.
 
Exactly! Always connected and super fast. it's 2013 , so these guys that say they care about LTE nonsense are lying to themself.

unL33T said:
I got a non LTE and, while the data speed is fine, I do kind of wish I got LTE only because it drops my data connection all the time for power savings and sometimes it takes forever for it to come back on. My understanding is LTE is always connected so you don't have that problem but it uses more battery life.
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ajaxguy said:
Exactly! Always connected and super fast. it's 2013 , so these guys that say they care about LTE nonsense are lying to themself.
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The one thing that ****** me off with LTE was when I helped my gf pick a phone. She wanted one with FM radio to replace her MP3 player (which has an FM radio on it and she uses that feature a lot) so we look up a pile of specs and end up on the Galaxy S3. So I hunt down an unlocked S3 on Howard Forums for her. She loves the thing for like a day and then comes to me asking where the radio app is. After a little more research it turns out all the specs and reviews I read were for the non-North American GS3. Turns out all the GS3s sold here are LTE and on LTE models they replaced the FM radio with the LTE radio.

Of course my Note2 has FM but no LTE. I would use LTE almost constantly and have never used the FM radio, lol.
 
Thats pointless in my opinion anyways. If she wants radio, just download tunein radio and you can find any local and non local radio stations just a like a fm radio.

unL33T said:
The one thing that ****** me off with LTE was when I helped my gf pick a phone. She wanted one with FM radio to replace her MP3 player (which has an FM radio on it and she uses that feature a lot) so we look up a pile of specs and end up on the Galaxy S3. So I hunt down an unlocked S3 on Howard Forums for her. She loves the thing for like a day and then comes to me asking where the radio app is. After a little more research it turns out all the specs and reviews I read were for the non-North American GS3. Turns out all the GS3s sold here are LTE and on LTE models they replaced the FM radio with the LTE radio.

Of course my Note2 has FM but no LTE. I would use LTE almost constantly and have never used the FM radio, lol.
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ajaxguy said:
Thats pointless in my opinion anyways. If she wants radio, just download tunein radio and you can find any local and non local radio stations just a like a fm radio.
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She doesn't have a data plan yet and would probably eat through it pretty fast streaming all day every day, even with 6GB.
 
Streaming radio over cellular is a bad idea. You need to transmit packet acknowledgement of receipt. That will drain battery. Physical radio is better, low power and doesn't need to transmit.
 
PLau said:
There is something else to consider when moving to WIND though. There have been numerous complaints about cellphone reception OUTSIDE the GTA. There are some dead spots in the surrounding cities and when you go for a long ride out on the country side, you will hit large spots where you have no signal whatsoever.

So basically, stay in the city and the surrounding areas otherwise you're pretty much out of luck.
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Outside of the GTA or Zones, you roam on ROGERS. If you're not getting signal, you won't get it with Rogers either. Also make sure the phone is set to Automatically select network.
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