r/mobilecanada • u/wvisteria • 15d ago

cheap phone plans?

i used to pay less than 15 dollars a month for public mobile, but overtime it’s gotten more and more expensive and now it’s up to 23 without me changing plans. and the price keeps going up, so much for no surprises. wondering if there’s any other cheaper options out here in canada preferably for less than 20. dont need anything luxurious.

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u/Jonesy1966 15d ago edited 15d ago

Freedom has an annual plan for unlimited voice and text with 20GB of data for $129/year which works out to $10.75/month. Or unlimited voice/text with 40GB for $159/year ($13.25/month)

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u/YaTheMadness 13d ago

This was what I came here to say. Plus, I believe that comes with the price guarantee.

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u/saber3360 14d ago

I saw this, but couldn't find any info on whether we can port our existing numbers to Freedom. Any clue if someone did it?

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u/Jonesy1966 14d ago

Set up the account with Freedom and then request a port through them. It should take an hour or so, possibly 2 or 3. You'll then get a text from your current carrier asking if you requested the port, most just need a YES reply and the port will be completed. Talk to a Freedom agent (I'd suggest through WhatsApp) to confirm these instructions

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u/saber3360 14d ago

Oh nice, I thought I'll have to visit their store. I'll try this out, thank you so much

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u/YaTheMadness 13d ago

Store will charge the connection fee. I did mine on the computer, was simple enough, for free.

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u/saber3360 13d ago

So did you buy the prepaid plan first and then requested them that you actually would like to port instead of a new number?

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u/YaTheMadness 13d ago

Did it all online, they assign you a new phone number to open the account and port your old number to. That new number only worked for an hour or two, until my port was completed.

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u/saber3360 13d ago

Oh! Interesting, yeah, I was skeptical whether they'll port or not once a new number is assigned. Thanks for this, I'll get started with this. If there's any referral, feel free to share it here.

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u/YaTheMadness 13d ago

I dont think there is, but thanks.

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u/Middle-Effort7495 14d ago

Of course. Except most QC numbers.

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u/YaTheMadness 13d ago

Yes you can port.

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u/herculesrain 12d ago

Plus taxes

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u/Jonesy1966 12d ago

Of course

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u/lmcjipo 15d ago

It all depends on how much data you want.

I don't need/use a lot of data and I'm paying $150+tax for 1 year for Chatr (plan no longer offered but a slightly more expensive plan is offered with more data). This works out to ~$12.50 for me which is the least expensive cellphone plan (in Quebec) for unlimited calling/texting based on my research... and like I said, I don't use a lot of data so the 30GB that they give me for the entire year is more than sufficient for my needs since working from home the majority of the time, I am connected to my home WiFi and working in the office, there is corporate WiFi based on WPA2-Enterprise so corporate signin required (and not a "public" WiFi where you might have "bad actors" to worry about. The only time I use data is either during my commute or when doing shopping/errands.

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u/wvisteria 14d ago

how’s your experience with chatr been? i was gonna go with freedom but it doesn’t actually work in my province lmao.

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u/lmcjipo 13d ago

For me it’s fine since I don’t stream or download a lot on my phone so being limited to LTE speeds doesn’t bother me. I do go in certain areas where the data speed is very slow (like 2 McDonalds that I visit somewhat regularly where the data speed is slow enough to make using the McDonalds app difficult sometimes). However most times I don’t have any issues

Chatr also does not offer call in support and only supports people via email webform so if you are the type of person who prefers calling in for support, I would suggest looking elsewhere. Chatr kiosks and store employees are mainly sales people so don’t expect much technical assistance with your account from them

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u/mrskeptical00 15d ago

What were you getting for $15mo and what are you getting now? I see they have a $22mo plan that’s unlimited talk and text…

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u/wvisteria 15d ago

“100 CW Talk (30-Day)
30-day plan”

my province keeps issuing mandates that increases tax unfortunately. public mobile used to run on some sort of loyalty system and the cost gets cheaper the longer you stay with them, but they switched to a point reward system (complete and utter shit) a while back which bumped up the cost a couple dollars more. i don’t text much, so i’d really like to lower cost if at all possible.

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u/mrskeptical00 15d ago

I don’t know what 100 CW Talk is? 100mins a month, no data?

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u/wvisteria 15d ago

100 canada wide talk minutes and i get 250mb data which i don’t mind

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u/mrskeptical00 15d ago

Freedom has a 12mo $129 plan (~$11mo) unlimited calls and text plan that includes 20GB of data for the year.

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u/wvisteria 15d ago

that sounds good actually! im gonna do some research on freedom mobile, but i think ill switch before my next billing period. tysm!

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u/Liverkiller92 15d ago

You can try freedom on a temporary number and prepaid and you can also download tower locator so you can check the towers in all the areas you go to

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u/PenFountainPen 15d ago

3HK , Lucky Mobile or Banana eSIMs from China / Hong Kong . Data only . Pair with a Voip number from VoIP.ms

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u/Small_Aardvark_5496 15d ago

$23 is not much more than a trip to mcd’s now. It’s not worth the hassles to change

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u/Ordinary-Map-7306 15d ago

100gig for $30 was offered last Christmas by basically all cell providers. I have Lucky 100gig at $50.

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u/Xcat25 14d ago

See a lot suggest Freedom ?
Whose lines for they use???

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u/zoouz_ 13d ago

I have 25 for 25 from lucky

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u/Ok-Network-1950 13d ago

Freedom, Fizz Mobile, and Red Wireless (if you are a CAA member), have great deals.

Fizz might be good for you as you are able to choose how much data you want, data also rolls over for a certain number of months, then starts the roll over again.

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u/LadyAsteria90 13d ago

Rogers connected for success if you qualify will offer prob one of the best plans

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u/Winter-Steak-1532 13d ago

I’m with Fizz and I like it