[steelst]

I would be very interested to hear from all the BB users who think their rate plans are a "good deal", and why.

We pay approximately 160% of what my European friends pay for VERY similar plans and coverage.

Any takers?

Thanks to all those who replied; your input is very much appreciated I pay approx $85/month for my BB with Telus, and I also have a Moto Krzr which runs me $25/month. What I was actually trying to say, is that we in Canada pay far too much for wireless services compared to Europe, and was wondering why this is the case. I have my own theories, but would like to hear what everyone else's thoughts were on this subject.

Thank you.

[blazanik]

your choice 30 - 150 day time minutes
evenings and weekends at 5
unlimited text
voicemail 3
caller id
Personal Email, IM & Web 30
international stuff
$70 amonth all in including tax and random telus fees

[korkie]

Sweet Deal 25 -100 day time minutes
200 Bonus Minutes
Unlimited Evenings/Weekends after 6pm
Messaging Unlimited
Caller ID
Voicemail 10
Personal Email, IM & Web unlimited
Incoming Calling free
$77 all in and I'm more than Happy

[blazanik]

i have a work phone so i needed a plan that let me use my personal phone after 5 for free. It was tough to find a good one.

[korkie]

I guess I should of given the reason..oops

I was paying WAY to much with my old plan ( I had a HTC touch ) so I got $400 off the Storm (which now it's on sale for the same price I paid) and my present rate plan. So considering what I was paying, I am not complaining

[BBTelus8330]

I paid $100

Super talk 40
Smartphone bundle 45 and
nationwide 10 that was $15

takin advise thats its too high

i'm going to swtich it to

Your Choice 30 - 200/$30
Smartphone pack 45/ $45

brings me down to $75.

its a more reasonable plan, i found myslf not using more then 200 mins any given month, i'll upgrade when i need to

[ryanlrobinson]

I got a Student Plan that Telus phased out soon afterwards which was a steal relative to other Canadian options, but you're right that it would probably still be way above European equivalents.

200 Anytime Minutes, Unlimited Nights and Weekends
Fave 10 National
Unlimited Data
Unlimited Text
Voicemail
Call Display
Conference Calling
Call Waiting

$65, or $82 after SAF and taxes

[SuperMesh]

Your Choice 25

100 Daytime Minutes
5 local numbers - unlimited talk and text
E&W 6pm
Caller ID
Voicemail
Unlimited Data
Messaging 250

$40 + SAF and taxes

[thvpham]

300 local daytime minutes, unlimited nights & weekends 6pm
Call display, voicemail (25 msg inbox capacity)
Unlimited text messaging, unlimited email (includes attachments) & BlackBerry Messenger
$0.10/min CDN to CDN long distance rate, $0.20/min CDN to US

$39.55 total after taxes

[WarHog]

I just niggled with Telus to match MTS in Manitoba, and got
350 daytime
Unlimited after 6
Favorite 5 (unlimited)
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
Caller I'd
Unlimited evenings and weekends.

On a bb curve 8330 for 55.34 month tax incl.
So unlimited everything for what I need for a pretty reasonable price.

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[Telus Toronto]

I just niggled with Telus to match MTS in Manitoba, and got
350 daytime
Unlimited after 6
Favorite 5 (unlimited)
Unlimited Email
Unlimited Text
Unlimited Data
Caller I'd
Unlimited evenings and weekends.

On a bb curve 8330 for 55.34 month tax incl.
So unlimited everything for what I need for a pretty reasonable price.

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Wow thats amazing.

How did you get that??


I got Sweet deal 25 for 17.50/month
200 min
Unlimited n/wkends 6pm
VM, CID
25$ data plan
Unlimted email, IM &txt

$56/month including everything

[fraunhofer777]

Ok well here's what I got and I believe that its almost a perfect rate plan for whatever everyone could realistically live with (no I don't have the $15 dollar unlimited data but i'm working on that :P)

Sweet Deal 40:
350 + 250 = 600 anytime minutes
caller ID
Call waiting
voicemail
unlimited after 5 PM
Personal email, IM, and Web 30
unlimited data/txting
15% discount

which runs me about $72 per month, now if I had the $15 unlimited data i'd be sitting at 58 per month which would be nicer but hey, now that they've jacked up unlimited data to 45 a month, I think i'm doing ok.

[Telus Toronto]

When was the 15$ unlimited data availible??

[HouseApe]

When was the 15$ unlimited data availible??

Nov 07 - Feb 08 AFAIK
The codes do not exists anymore so you can not get it no mater how hard you try.

I have
400 Mins
Free Incoming
E/W @ 6
200 LD
VM 10 / CID / 250 Txt
Unlt'd Web, Email & IM 15
Total is $44.81 (tax and fees included)

[wxmancanada]

Share 30 - Ultd Local Incoming $30.00

• Air Minute Pooling
• Call Waiting
• Canadian LD @ $0.35
• Conference Calling
• Free Incoming Minutes
• Free Local Birthday Calls
• LD Minutes Pooling PCS
• Mobile to Mobile
• Mobile to Mobile LD
• Outbound Call Display On
• Unlimited Evenings/Weekends

$15.00 - Unlt'd Data / Personal Email & IM 15
$15.00 - XM Mobile Radio
Free - Loyalty Messaging (SMS, MMS)
Free - Voice Mail
Free - Caller ID

2 other phones on the account, comes to $114 a month.

[digijay]

I've got the Student $50 plan (and I'm no student)
200 daytime
eves/wknds free after 6
MY 10 (Unlimited talk/text to ten phone numbers)
caller id, voicemail, call forward
unlimited data
$50 plus taxes/network fees

[Directional]

With Bell I get the following

400 Daytime LD minutes
Unlimited evening and weekend LD minutes
Unlimited email
Unlimited text
Unlimited data
Voicemail
Caller id
Conference calling
Free Bell to Bell
System access fee and 911
All for $75 + GST
Decent deal I think anyways.

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[fraunhofer777]

Unlimited LD eh...dang i want that

[adsam]

Im sure Telus would match that...I have a wicked plan

[mello13]

i haeve the telus student 50 and i abuse it +100 local min for being such a great telus customer

[malongpre]

450 Minutes Daytime
Unlimited E/W 5pm
Unlimited incoming call
175 Long distance minutes (canada)
caller id - Voice mail 10
Data Unlimited
250 text messages

64$ (all fees and taxes included)

With Telus... Also got a free Storm after only 11 months in my last contract

[mello13]

450 Minutes Daytime
Unlimited E/W 5pm
Unlimited incoming call
175 Long distance minutes (canada)
caller id - Voice mail 10
Data Unlimited
250 text messages

64$ (all fees and taxes included)

With Telus... Also got a free Storm after only 11 months in my last contract

wow u got ur self a swweeeeeeeeeeeet deal every 11 makes it even sweeter

[southnam]

I got:
Supertalk 10:
250 daytime
E/W at 5 pm
unlimited incoming
250 text message
call ID, Voicemail, Call Forwarding
100 LD Canada

Unlimited everything Data, email etc...

$37 plus SAF and taxes.

[Lenerdosy]

We pay more than even most of the states, its just the lack of quality carriers. Just went to telus from bell too cause I didn't get **** all reception out here in BC.

Bell:
100 minutes
7PM-7AM weekdays/weekends
unlimited mobile browser
unlimited texting
That ran me $66/month with a Samsung M500

Now that I am with Telus I have:
Sweet 25 (17.50)
Smartphone 35
I get pretty well everything and anything I need that Bell gave me, plus I haven't had a dropped call in the month I have switched over (100+ in a year with Bell). I pay less than $1 more than I did with Bell, get better service, better phone, etc.

[freshsince1982]

I have a Storm.

Unlimted Income.
250 Anytime mins
275 CDN long distance
person 2 person with telus
Unlimted outgoing text
unlimited incomes texts
unlimited data (Im, Web, Email)
evening and weekends starting at 8.
Free voice mail
Free caller ID
Free 3 way calling
free call display

59 taces in a month. I have never gone over that