[kwlug-disc] cell phone plans

[Mark Steffen]

Wife and kids use Lucky Mobile (mine is covered by work) -- $25/month 
for unlimited Canada-wide calling, 1GB of ~3mbps data, unlimited @ 
128kbps (totally fine for streaming music or email/chat/VOIP 
calls/slower web browsing/maps). Voicemail/CallerID/global texting/etc 
included.  Lucky runs on Bell's network.  They have a $35 plan that 
gives you 3 or 4GB of data too I think.  $40 for 5GB iirc.

On 2021-05-29 12:19 p.m., CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> It's that time of the decade when I sit down and decide that I'm 
> paying waaaay too much for mine and Wifeski's cellphone plans.
>
> So I humbly beseech the experts...
>
> What are you guys using for cell phones plans?  What's the coverage 
> like?  Do you still have money left for food after you pay your 
> monthly phone bill?
>
> Our situation is that Wifeski uses some data and texting, but only a 
> wee bit of voice calls, whereas I only use call forwarding on my phone 
> (to forward my personal calls to my work phone).  My phone literally 
> sits on the charging dock 24/7, and has been there for a few years 
> now.  Once a year I take it out and laugh at the scam texts I got over 
> the year, then I put it back on the docking station...
>
> We are currently with Virgin Mobile.  We got Wifeski's phone on the 
> 2-year contract which has long since run out. I'm paying $106.00 plus 
> taxes for what seems to be a fairly basic plan:
>
> For Wifeski:
> 500 Anytime minutes (she uses much less than that for daytime calls)
> Voicemail 3
> Unlimited evenings & wknd from 5PM
> Unlimited Incoming Text
> plus your usual call waiting/call display jazz...
> Also included is 3GB of data each month for free when we took the 
> contract (I doubt she uses half of that)
>
> My plan is very basic: BYOP 45 100MB for $45/mon, I only use it for 
> call forwarding to the work phone. (that $45 is part of the grand 
> total $106..  the $106 was a hell of a lot less when we started on 
> this plan, as you can imagine...)
>
> What do you guys suggest?  Obviously we could scale back to a smaller 
> plan for Wifeski as she isn't a big user of voice or data, so that's 
> an option..  I really only care that the reception is good out in the 
> country (as we're more likely to be in the Back 40 than the city), and 
> that it's not Bell (some of you have heard of my hatred for Bell..)
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!!
>
>
>
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