It's mentioned in the article linked earlier in the thread about Telus' response
Must have missed that. Thats dial up modem speeds. Urgh. The US plans never come close to that slow I dont think.
It's mentioned in the article linked earlier in the thread about Telus' response
Wait that low? goddamn I haven't seen speeds like that since the days of dual dialup modemsIt's throttled to 256kbps after you go over your cap which is pretty much useless for most things except email and Whatsapp.
I don't think I've ever came close to the cap, the only issue I have is the plan is a BYOD plan, so since I'm in the market for a new phone, I have to buy the phone outright to keep my plan.
It ends up being cheaper to buy a new phone outright almost every single time nowadays (unless you're getting a cheap phone). I need an iPhone for work and it is essentially impossible to get a better deal than BYOD amortized over the life of a contract. And even if it was slightly better, ok cool I saved maybe a hundred dollars or two, that's a worth while cost to be off a contract.
For what it's worth I have a 6s plus and which I've had for 3 1/2 years and don't plan on upgrading soon.
Also for what it's worth, Bell did have unlimited internet years and years ago but people were running entire server farms off their wireless connection so the slow rate is designed to disincentivize those kinds of people.
It's a lot better than it used to be, particularly in buildings. They expanded the network a bit a few months back, too - I don't know how much it impacted other areas but I get 'home' reception a lot further out of Edmonton than I used to.
The main drawback is if you travel a lot as they are still confined to the bigger cities.
Also I love how the Big 3's super awesome deals are always still more expensive than Freedom.
I'm actually surprised that the $75 a month doesn't include the BYOD discount - so it's $65 for $10GB and unlimited calling/messages.
Freedom's current 10GB plan is also $65, although there is a $5 bonus for prepaid bills and a 4GB bonus. Either way it's not nearly as steep an increase as I expected to get better coverage.
It's a harder switch for me as right now I pay $40 for 5GB - and that's generally enough.
$75 IS the BYOD discount. Contract version is either $95, $105 or $115 depending on the tier you sign on for. Plus then theres the 20GB version and the 50GB version.
My bad, somehow their site defaulted me to MB instead of AB.
I guess it's $65 in Manitoba, at least.
My bad, somehow their site defaulted me to MB instead of AB.
I guess it's $65 in Manitoba, at least.
...I pay twice as much for 3GB. Christ I'm getting ripped offI'm grandfathered into a 6GB for $30 plan on Rogers that I'm never leaving.