Canada
Prepaid / Pay-As-You-Go
So I'm driving up to Saskatchewan in May for 2 weeks for a vacation. I'm probably going to need a cell phone while I'm up there. What are the activation fees for some of the carriers? Who has a better deal in terms of how far a certain dollar amount will get you for minutes? Who has the cheapest phones? Not going to buy a $300 for half a month. As far as I know, Sasktel, Telus and Rogers all operate in Saskatoon, could be others I'm unaware of.
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SgtFlaman said:
So I'm driving up to Saskatchewan in May for 2 weeks for a vacation. I'm probably going to need a cell phone while I'm up there. What are the activation fees for some of the carriers? Who has a better deal in terms of how far a certain dollar amount will get you for minutes? Who has the cheapest phones? Not going to buy a $300 for half a month. As far as I know, Sasktel, Telus and Rogers all operate in Saskatoon, could be others I'm unaware of.
where are you now and what service provider do you have...it may be cheaper
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Agreed. The roaming rates for your current carrier (if you switched to a North American plan) might not be all that bad. (Don't forget to account for the exchange rate when comparing Cdn. rates: C$1 = US$0.85 roughly.
Prepaid rates are all over the map, depending on quantity that you buy at a time, but often Canadian 25-35 cents/min. Activation for your phone shouldn't be more than C$20-25.
If you have an unlocked GSM phone, Fido offers a decent prepaid SIM card deal: C$25 to buy SIM and get assigned a phone #; then, add airtime in C$10 increments (Cdn. 30 cents/min., good for 30 days) or C$30 increments (Cdn. 15 cents/min., good for 60 days). Airtime cards can be bought at most any convenience store, some gas stations and some d...
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Prepaid rates are all over the map, depending on quantity that you buy at a time, but often Canadian 25-35 cents/min. Activation for your phone shouldn't be more than C$20-25.
If you have an unlocked GSM phone, Fido offers a decent prepaid SIM card deal: C$25 to buy SIM and get assigned a phone #; then, add airtime in C$10 increments (Cdn. 30 cents/min., good for 30 days) or C$30 increments (Cdn. 15 cents/min., good for 60 days). Airtime cards can be bought at most any convenience store, some gas stations and some d...
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Agreed. The roaming rates for your current carrier (if you switched to a North American plan) might not be all that bad. (Don't forget to account for the exchange rate when comparing Cdn. rates: C$1 = US$0.85 roughly.
Prepaid rates are all over the map, depending on quantity that you buy at a time, but often Canadian 25-35 cents/min. Activation for your phone shouldn't be more than C$20-25.
If you have an unlocked GSM phone, Fido offers a decent prepaid SIM card deal: C$25 to buy SIM and get assigned a phone #; then, add airtime in C$10 increments (Cdn. 30 cents/min., good for 30 days) or C$30 increments (Cdn. 15 cents/min., good for 60 days). Airtime cards can be bought at most any conve
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elmo01 said:WesternCanadian said:
If you have an unlocked GSM phone, Fido offers a decent prepaid SIM card deal: C$25 to buy SIM and get assigned a phone #; then, add airtime in C$10 increments (Cdn. 30 cents/min., good for 30 days) or C$30 increments (Cdn. 15 cents/min., good for 60 days).
he can use your method quite easily if he has an unlocked phone...(buying a fido or rogers prepaid sim)
airtime cards do no good at all from a gsm based phone... its the sim that determines the billing... if he was to keep the same sim he has now and use a prepaid card... he would still be billed his roaming rate...
That's how I prefaced my comments: "IF you have an unlock...
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