Speakout, the prepaid service from 7-11 is currently 25 cents/minute if you buy in $100 increments, 35cents/minute for $25. That's a maximum of 17.50 for 50 minutes. The minutes do not expire for a year, and currently there is an half off the phones if you buy $100 air time. They have a fairly nice flip for $90 so, $145 total for a years worth of calls. Well, 10 months or so at 50/month. Coverage is same as Rogers as they use their network.
I have had no problems with them. graahm On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:03 PM, TekBudda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dick, > > A few things: > * I am on Bell & they aren't that bad. Much better then when we were > on Telus. As well, I used to mange corporate contrcats with Telus & > it doesn't matter what level of service Telus just sucks all around. > * Virgin is now owned by Bell & Solo is also Bell. Solo is basically > there no/low commitment product...similar to the Rogers/Fido & > Telus/Koodo coonections. > * I have been pretty impressed with Bell actually with regards to > coverage & service. I did have a bad instance with customer service, > but I think you get that with everybody. Coverage wise, my wife, here > sister & I were recently down in Waterton & the campsite was deeps in > the woods. Wife & I (Bell) were both able to get cell service & > sis-in-law (Telus) was not. This of course flucuated a bit with > conditions, but it was pretty stable. We regularry go to Columbia > Valley in BC, have found that coverage is decent with the exception of > a few dead zones as you are before you travel up the mountains again > into Radium & places that are very out of the way, but in Radium, > Inveremere, Fairmont...all is well. > * Cost-wise everything is pretty much the same with only minor > difference between them. > * Phones on Telus & Bell tend to be locked to those networks. Rogers > is based on a SIM card so can be swappered out. There are guys out > there that will unlock your phone, but I am not sue of prices & who to > recommend. > * Whoever you go through you are pretty much looking at getting a new > phone, but most of the main guys offer the same phones anyways. If > you are avoiding contracts, you will likely be purchasing the phone > for the full price, so be prepared, especially since everybody is > trying to lock their customers in before a raft of competition start > sweeping in. B ut from the sounds of it, a simple phone should be all > you need. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
