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<DIV>With my wife using the phone bbm is a better option than text messaging.
But I have used voip.ms texting service too, it converts the text to an email so
not as convenient.. You do have a phone number associated with a data only plan.
I never give it out and don’t answer the phone if the tbaytel number rings as
that costs about .40/minute if you used the phone</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=kb@2bits.com
href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">Khalid Baheyeldin</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=kwlug-disc@kwlug.org
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kwlug-disc] Cell phone providers</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>The only downside of using tbaytel + voip, is that there is no SMS in that
solution (there is, but it is not as cheap as $100 a year).
<BR><BR></DIV>Perhaps those needing SMS can buy a dual-SIM phone, and use one
SIM for text and the other (tbaytel) for voip and data.<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Herman Gruetzmacher
<SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:hgruetzmacher@gmail.com"
target=_blank>hgruetzmacher@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I
dealt with a dealer called Teleco in Thunderbay who was willing to mail me a
SIM card. I had to email a scan of my drivers license plus send them a credit
card number to charge the SIM card and shipping too. The cost for the Sim card
plus shipping card and taxes added about $45 to the up front cost. Took a few
weeks for the card to show up in the mail. Below is who I dealt
with<BR><BR>Ashley Sdao, Retail Sales Consultant<BR>E‑mail: <A
href="mailto:ashley.sdao@teleco.ca" target=_blank>ashley.sdao@teleco.ca</A>
Web: <A href="http://teleco.ca" target=_blank>teleco.ca</A><BR>Main: <A
href="tel:%28807%29%20345%E2%80%912900" target=_blank
value="+18073452900">(807) 345‑2900</A><BR>Fax: <A
href="tel:%28807%29%20345%E2%80%914539" target=_blank
value="+18073454539">(807) 345‑4539</A><BR>TELECO ‑ WE HEAR YOU Twitter
Facebook YouTube<SPAN><BR><BR>-----Original Message----- From: Jason
Locklin<BR></SPAN>Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 2:02 PM<BR>To: KWLUG
discussion
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<DIV class=h5><BR>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Cell phone providers<BR><BR>Silly
question Herman, did you go to Thunder Bay to buy that phone+plan?<BR>They
don't seem to have shipping information or any sort of web<BR>storefront. I'll
call them up to see, but wondering what you did. -Jason<BR><BR>On 04/06/15
05:41 PM, Herman Gruetzmacher wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I
setup the plan Dec 24th and have had a difficult time using my 20gb
of<BR>data. I still have 18.5gb left. Mind you I do use wifi at home so
it<BR>isn't drawing down from my plan. I would have gone with a smaller
plan<BR>like you describe but they expire sooner. If I could get a plan for
5gb<BR>it would probably last for a year if it were for voip only. Guess
it<BR>depends how much you use the phone. Right now it is in my wife's
hands<BR>and she hardly touches it<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- From:
Jason Locklin<BR>Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2015 2:03 PM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org"
target=_blank>kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</A><BR>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Cell
phone providers<BR><BR>How do you find this works out, Herman? Considering
doing this as well,<BR>or a split ($100 top-up, but $55 going to 10GB data,
just so I can still<BR>be reachable if the voip goes down for some reason).
Do you find that<BR>maintaining the connection to <A href="http://voip.ms"
target=_blank>voip.ms</A> eats up much of the data?<BR><BR>On 03/06/15 06:09
AM, Herman Gruetzmacher wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">If
you are looking at cheap data I would recommend tbaytel. I pay $100<BR>for
1 year of prepaid access for 20gb of data. Basically you roam on<BR>Rogers
across Canada but only at 4g speeds which is fast enough for me.<BR>I then
use <A href="http://voip.ms" target=_blank>voip.ms</A> for my telephone
provide which is $0.85/month so not<BR>using tbaytel phone service just
data<BR>Herman<BR>*From:* Darcy Casselman <mailto:<A
href="mailto:dscassel@gmail.com"
target=_blank>dscassel@gmail.com</A>><BR>*Sent:* Wednesday, June 3,
2015 12:53 AM<BR>*To:* KWLUG discussion <mailto:<A
href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org"
target=_blank>kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</A>><BR>*Subject:* Re: [kwlug-disc]
Cell phone providers<BR>Laurelwood coverage is better, now that they have
a tower near the<BR>Boardwalk.<BR><BR>Wind also now has a cheap "Wind
Away" coverage. Which is kind of<BR>roaming, but with rates that are
comparable to a pay as you go: 15¢/min,<BR>5¢/text, and 5¢/MB. "Wind
Away" is no longer considered roaming, which<BR>kind of sucks in some
ways, because I've occasionally ended up in an<BR>Away zone while in a
building in a less-good coverage area (namely,<BR>work). So I've
turned off things like podcast downloading and photo<BR>uploading on
mobile data. But it does mean if I need to check data<BR>while I'm
home in Belleville or something, I know my bill isn't going to<BR>be
exorbitant.<BR><BR>I recommend it. Wind isn't the fastest or the
broadest (coverage), but<BR>it's almost certainly the cheapest, especially
if you use data.<BR><BR>Darcy.<BR>On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Khalid
Baheyeldin <<A href="mailto:kb@2bits.com"
target=_blank>kb@2bits.com</A><BR><mailto:<A href="mailto:kb@2bits.com"
target=_blank>kb@2bits.com</A>>> wrote:<BR><BR> On
Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Bob Jonkman <<A
href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com"
target=_blank>bjonkman@sobac.com</A><BR> <mailto:<A
href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com"
target=_blank>bjonkman@sobac.com</A>>>
wrote:<BR><BR> > I know Bob
uses Wind for the unlimited data but
has<BR>poorcoverage.<BR><BR> To
be clear, I only have poor coverage from Wind where I
live,<BR> in Emira. Coverage in
KW and TO is fine.<BR><BR> Not all of KW. The Laurelwood
area in north west Waterloo has bad<BR>
coverage.<BR><BR> Also, when you are outside metro
areas, e.g. the shores of lake<BR> Huron and Erie, you
are "roaming", and pay per minute.<BR><BR> Apart from
that, Wind Mobile is really good. My daughters
had/have<BR>it.<BR><BR> --<BR> Khalid
M. Baheyeldin<BR> <A href="http://2bits.com"
target=_blank>2bits.com</A> <<A href="http://2bits.com"
target=_blank>http://2bits.com</A>>, Inc.<BR> Fast
Reliable Drupal<BR> Drupal optimization, development,
customization and consulting.<BR> Simplicity is
prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger
W.Dijkstra<BR> Simplicity is the ultimate
sophistication. -- Leonardo da Vinci<BR> For
every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear,
simple,<BR> and wrong." -- H.L.
Mencken<BR><BR>
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