<div dir="ltr"><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><div class="gmail_extra"><br><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="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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>
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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>
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Fax: <a href="tel:%28807%29%20345%E2%80%914539" value="+18073454539" target="_blank">(807) 345‑4539</a><br>
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-----Original Message----- From: Jason Locklin<br></span>
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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>
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On 04/06/15 05:41 PM, Herman Gruetzmacher wrote:<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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