meds2014 Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Please post what plan you have too. Also visit: What Smartphone are you Using in Med School? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astudentis Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 The Student plan I had with rogers from last summer 2009 is: 300 week day mins 500 megs of data (a lot now that i look back at it... mostly connected to wifi) my10 NATION WIDE (or you could get unt text and two other options in place of this, good if you have family in another province) Unlimited Evening stating at 5pm and weekends 45$/month + system access fee (7$/mt - which apparently they cant charge anymore... So I am gonna try to get a better student plan this summer/fall.. usually when student plans are around.. you can change your plan even if you have a contract... but you cant get rid of your data) + $1/mt govt fees On top of that 12$/mt for enhanced voicemail (not visual voice which iPhone can have), caller id, and who called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Why aren't wind mobile or mobilicity listed as options? I'm with WIND. Plan: $80/month, unlimited talk (Canada wide) + unlimited data + unlimited text (US/Canada), caller ID, voicemail - $30 off per month for 5 months and first month was $45 off (free voice plan)... I might down grade to the $65/month plan (instead of unlimited data, 500MB)... as long as I'm in a WIND home zone ooo and no contract. PS - astudentis, they have no system access fee, they just renamed it to "government fee" and still charge it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercegovka Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 how does everyone find amazing plans???????????? I got a contract last year with Rogers $50 data plan includes: 400 daytime minutes network calling 500 mb data then I added: $15 for texting plan $25 for 500 long distance minutes I pay over $100/month bahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannn Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 how does everyone find amazing plans???????????? I got a contract last year with Rogers $50 data plan includes: 400 daytime minutes network calling 500 mb data then I added: $15 for texting plan $25 for 500 long distance minutes I pay over $100/month bahhh Threaten to cancel, get transferred to retentions, get better plan (but you must renew at 3 years). You can do this every 6 months until you get an amazing plan. I think my friend has the same plan as you, but is only paying around $40/month -- Buying a BB soon, will be using it on WIND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Threaten to cancel, get transferred to retentions, get better plan (but you must renew at 3 years). You can do this every 6 months until you get an amazing plan. I think my friend has the same plan as you, but is only paying around $40/month -- Buying a BB soon, will be using it on WIND How can you do this every 6 months if you are locked in a 3 yr contract the after the first time you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 how does everyone find amazing plans???????????? I got a contract last year with Rogers $50 data plan includes: 400 daytime minutes network calling 500 mb data then I added: $15 for texting plan $25 for 500 long distance minutes I pay over $100/month bahhh Switch to Wind mobile or mobilicity. (If you're in Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver or Edmonton) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supafield Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Switch to Wind mobile or mobilicity. (If you're in Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, Vancouver or Edmonton) How is wind's coverage outside of the major centers.... If I'm driving home through rural areas between Ottawa and Niagara, am I going to find a lot of dead zones? Another question, how badly do they get you for making calls outside of your home zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 How is wind's coverage outside of the major centers.... If I'm driving home through rural areas between Ottawa and Niagara, am I going to find a lot of dead zones? Another question, how badly do they get you for making calls outside of your home zone? I can't say how good their coverage is outside the major centers... but I've been researching WIND (and will be going with them when I get a BB!) and their plans are simply amazing for what you get. And if you're outside a home zone (not just "your" home zone.... home zones are Edmonton, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Hamilton, Ottawa, Vancouver (with more coming soon)- whereever you are. ie if you live in TO, but come to visit Edmonton, you'd be considered in a "home" zone while you're in Ed... that's the way I understand it anyways) if you're outside those zones, they really hose you for calls... at 25c a minute.. lol. To anywhere. Long distance, or local. 25c a minute:D. That's cheaper than what I pay now on my prepaid plan I'm with (thus the reason I'm switching)! And considering long distance you normally have to pay for the "call" and then for the "long distance" (for me right now: 35c/min regular call + 35c/min for long distance charge=70c a minute).... it's a really damn good deal! From all the companies and plans I've been looking at, theirs is definitely the cheapest (even factoring the cost of the phone). And there's no 3 year contract you have to be locked in at.... like their adds say... everybody WINDS (ok... that was bad, I admit it) Just one question for anyone that's with WIND right now: Do they have any extra fees that pop up on the bills though? ie system access fees etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 ^^ Anyone know if WIND is good in Hamilton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madz25 Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I can't say how good their coverage is outside the major centers... but I've been researching WIND (and will be going with them when I get a BB!) and their plans are simply amazing for what you get. And if you're outside a home zone (not just "your" home zone.... home zones are Edmonton, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Hamilton, Ottawa, Vancouver (with more coming soon)- whereever you are. ie if you live in TO, but come to visit Edmonton, you'd be considered in a "home" zone while you're in Ed... that's the way I understand it anyways) if you're outside those zones, they really hose you for calls... at 25c a minute.. lol. To anywhere. Long distance, or local. 25c a minute:D. That's cheaper than what I pay now on my prepaid plan I'm with (thus the reason I'm switching)! And considering long distance you normally have to pay for the "call" and then for the "long distance" (for me right now: 35c/min regular call + 35c/min for long distance charge=70c a minute).... it's a really damn good deal! From all the companies and plans I've been looking at, theirs is definitely the cheapest (even factoring the cost of the phone). And there's no 3 year contract you have to be locked in at.... like their adds say... everybody WINDS (ok... that was bad, I admit it) Just one question for anyone that's with WIND right now: Do they have any extra fees that pop up on the bills though? ie system access fees etc? in your example - does this mean you can answer your phone whilst in edmonton and not get charged? because otherwise, rogers and telus do that too. i currently have a halifax cell # but can make calls local calls in toronto at no extra charge. if i answer my cell phone, however, then i get slapped with $0.35/min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 in your example - does this mean you can answer your phone whilst in edmonton and not get charged? because otherwise, rogers and telus do that too. i currently have a halifax cell # but can make calls local calls in toronto at no extra charge. if i answer my cell phone, however, then i get slapped with $0.35/min. Yup. If you answer your phone while in a "WIND home zone" you won't be charged. So, if I live in Edmonton, and visit Calgary, and someone phones me (from anywhere in Canada) while I'm in Calgary, I won't be charged. Likewise, if I phone someone (while I am in Calgary) that lives in Toronto, I won't be charged for the call either because Calgary is also a "WIND home zone". If, however, I am in Saskatoon and someone phones me, I will be charged 25c a minute for the call because Saskatoon is a "WIND away zone". No wonder Rogers/Telus/Bell were mad when WIND wanted to come here... they realized that people would soon learn how much they were being hosed on their current cell phone plan:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 ^^ Anyone know if WIND is good in Hamilton? According to their map, WIND should work perfectly fine in Hamilton: http://care.windmobile.ca/Support/StoreLocator/store-locator.aspx Just zoom in on the Toronto area to see the areas it covers. Looks like Hamilton is one of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I still have the discontinued Bell student plan from a year and a half ago. For $50 + $7 system access fee I get: Unlimited data Unlimited early nights and weekends (6 pm - 7 am) Unlimited incoming text, MMS, and video messages Nationwide call and text to 10 numbers 200 local anytime minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 I still have the discontinued Bell student plan from a year and a half ago. For $50 + $7 system access fee I get: Unlimited data Unlimited early nights and weekends (6 pm - 7 am) Unlimited incoming text, MMS, and video messages Nationwide call and text to 10 numbers 200 local anytime minutes That's a pretty sweet deal Data is mad expensive these days. Rogers has some pretty wicked retention plans if you've been with them for a while. Give them a call and hope for the best. After calling 3 times and negotiation for around an hour, I ended up with: $30/month Unlimited evenings/weekends after 6 Unlimited text Caller ID Voicemail 15 gigs of data per month 200 local anytime No contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeopener Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 That's a pretty sweet deal Data is mad expensive these days. Rogers has some pretty wicked retention plans if you've been with them for a while. Give them a call and hope for the best. After calling 3 times and negotiation for around an hour, I ended up with: $30/month Unlimited evenings/weekends after 6 Unlimited text Caller ID Voicemail 15 gigs of data per month 200 local anytime No contract Wow. Amazing plan. How do you use 15 gigs of data per month!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rext Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Wow. Amazing plan. How do you use 15 gigs of data per month!? To browse porn whilst sitting through endocrinology lectures of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannn Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 How can you do this every 6 months if you are locked in a 3 yr contract the after the first time you do it? You just keep renewing your contract for 3 years every 6 months, so instead of being in the contract for 2 years 6 months, you'll be in it for 3 years again after 6 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arekieh Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Telus Retention Plan 200 Anytime Minutes 500mb Data unlimited text my5 evenings weekends start at 6 cid vm $50/month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 That's a pretty sweet deal Data is mad expensive these days. Rogers has some pretty wicked retention plans if you've been with them for a while. Give them a call and hope for the best. After calling 3 times and negotiation for around an hour, I ended up with: $30/month Unlimited evenings/weekends after 6 Unlimited text Caller ID Voicemail 15 gigs of data per month 200 local anytime No contract 15 gigs of data and $30 for all that. Did you hold them at gun point?! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 That's a pretty sweet deal Data is mad expensive these days. Rogers has some pretty wicked retention plans if you've been with them for a while. Give them a call and hope for the best. After calling 3 times and negotiation for around an hour, I ended up with: $30/month Unlimited evenings/weekends after 6 Unlimited text Caller ID Voicemail 15 gigs of data per month 200 local anytime No contract Holy crap!!! 15 gigs? Really - are you sure?? I want it! I want it! I want it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igotacookie Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Fido Retention Plan: City Fido 2000 minutes Unlimited txts 6gb Data Voicemail/Caller ID $66 (I think if you can get this plan for $76 normally) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderpig Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 As someone fairly timid about bargaining, how should I go about asking for a retention plan? Should I actually threaten to leave, or be more subtle than that? Should I mention the things that I know other people have on their plans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Law Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 Holy crap!!! 15 gigs? Really - are you sure??I want it! I want it! I want it!! I know and for $30, that's an INSANE steal. Right now $30 barely buys you 1GB! (Unless you're with WIND, in which case it gives you UL data. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest postman Posted June 13, 2010 Report Share Posted June 13, 2010 That's a pretty sweet deal Data is mad expensive these days. Rogers has some pretty wicked retention plans if you've been with them for a while. Give them a call and hope for the best. After calling 3 times and negotiation for around an hour, I ended up with: $30/month Unlimited evenings/weekends after 6 Unlimited text Caller ID Voicemail 15 gigs of data per month 200 local anytime No contract Holy $#@T that's wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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