Canada Needs Better Voice and Data Plans

Ron — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:03:41 +0000

I am a Fido user and my 3 year contract is going to finish in a few months. Looking for current plans out there and none of them is really appealing. Almost all the cell phone carriers in Canada are selling the same plans with identical features. This proves the lack of competition in the industry. GSM network is still a Rogers and Fido monopoly. CDMA network has Telus and Bell. They are not really competing much. What I have noticed is that available plans now are worse than the plans offered a few years ago. I have the $30 150 day time minutes, unlimited evenings and weekends, unlimited incoming, and unlimited network calling between Fido and Rogers users. $30 now can only get you a bit more day time minutes and unlimited evenings and weekends. What about the unlimited incoming and network calling? I once thought that by the time my contract ends, plans will be more affordable and will have more features. But reality is things become more and more expensive and features get taken away.

Data is quite important to me since I like to check my email and look up stuff while I am away from home. But data options in Canada is really really expensive. Telus, Bell, Rogers, and Fido all offer 1GB of data for $30 per month. I know people can get 6GB for $30 if they are willing to sign another 3 year contract on data. But who needs 6GB of mobile data and another 3 year contract? People really need to shake things up in the cell phone industry in Canada or users like us will continue paying high prices for years to come.

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Canada Needs Better Voice and Data Plans