You could try 711 speakout. http://speakout7eleven.ca/
Their rates work out to 20 cents per min. if you buy $75 or $100 top ups. The good think about 711 is that the top ups last for 12 months and there are no monthly fees. The deal is hard to beat if you have low usage. Caller ID and voice mail are included in the plan.You can retrieve your voice mail from a land-line phone and avoid paying airtime. The bad news is that you can't use your telus phone even if it was unlocked. The Telus network uses CDMA, while the 711 phones run on the Rogers network which uses GSM. The good news is that 711 is selling its' phones for half price if you purchase a $100 refill. The phones start at $59 regular price, so you can get a phone for less than $30.00. One thing you should be aware of is that the 711 phones do not operate outside Canada. If you want more info on 711 service try The Unofficial 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page at http://www.speakoutwireless.ca/ Hope that this is of some help, Peter On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Dick Angus<[email protected]> wrote: > We've had Telus cell service for the past 3 years and not been happy with > them. Our contract is up this month and we are looking at alternatives. We > don't need much, just telephone service. We don't do messaging or hook to > the Internet and seldom use more than 50 minutes a month. We occasionally > travel to the US and would like to make the occasional call down there, so > few that paying for each will be pretty minor. We live in Okotoks and travel > around the foothills so coverage could be an issue. > > We have a Motorola V710 that does all we need and then some. We've talked to > Solo and Fido so far, but we are not sure where we'll settle in. The point > is that they all tell us that we can't use our Motorola because it's locked > to Telus? Is that true or can I unlock it somehow? Basic service cost is a > factor and Solo, Fido, and Virgin have $15.00/month monthly basis service > that seems to fit us. Any thoughts gratefully accepted. > -- > > An old mainframer getting current! > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
