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Poll: How much is your wireless bill per month?
Every Monday we conduct a new poll… this time we’re curious to see what dollar amount Canadians pay out each month to our wireless carriers. With all the new carriers in Canada the monthly rates are getting more competitive and supposed to be dropping. However, people are transitioning away from basic devices and adopting Smartphones and possibly spending a bit more to have additional services.
So take this quick poll and also leave your comments. We’ll have it open for the next day.
Update: The poll is now closed. After 1,189 votes it seems that at the top was 30% of Canadians pay between $50 – $69 per month on their wireless bill.
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My bill with Telus is $91.40 inc taxes
2GB data
500 min voice
incoming calls
unlimited text
Would love to lower bill, however, can live with it
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$80 with Telus (on BlackBerry Storm.. Soon to be Desire)
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iPhone 3GS with BELL Mobility
$115.00 per month.
3gb Data. 900 Daytime… Unlimited Incoming, fab 5, and Bell to Bell calling.
Fine with me…
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(Vancouver) $56 at the moment with telus (Smartphone). I’d prefer to swap to Wind, but AWS handsets are kinda meh, but on top of that coverage is always questionable.
I probably would have jumped ship fast if the new entrants were standard 3G+ frequencies.
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The frequencies “problem” is a regulatory one. Nothing much can be done.
And they are STANDARD. Just that they are not the same as what is deployed by the incumbents.
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That is wishful thinking dude.
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I guess you only want certain people to take your poll? This poll is not viewable from mobile devices.
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they should know better…
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Um… I beg to differ. I can see it perfectly on my android smartphone.
It is flash-enabled of course…
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LOL, iphone users….
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fido…
$25 = unlimited texts, 100 anytime
$ 6 = call id
+12% tax
= $34.72
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I will one-up you:
Virgin: $25 = unlimited texts (Canada/US), 100 daytime, unlimited evenings/weekends, caller ID, Call Waiting, Call forwarding, Voicemail, one ringtone/wallpaper a month.
+10% tax
=$27.50
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$25 for a fab 5 plan, $0.53 911 fee and $7.00 for caller ID (which is a rip off but who wants a phone without it)for each phone (we have two).
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Wouldn’t know… my employer pays it!
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Currenly on Telus with my BlackBerry its $35 a month for the BB Student Bundle and included 12 dollar loyalty package, and when I get my Desire, I’m switching to the clearchoice 50 plan which will end up being about 3 dollars more since I don’t have to pay a system access fee.
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Bell – unlimited Internet, unlimited texts, unlimited incoming calls, unlimited local calls
$56 a month
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I spend about $70 a month!
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Robbers takes almost 200$ from me a month for two phones, my wifes iphone and my whatever minutes + 6GB plan… WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to much.. then i pay 50$ to Tmobile in the states for my travel down there… that 50$ down south gets me 1000 minutes + unlimited data
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I so get you Adam! I was paying $150 a month, with about $70 in overages. I would call into Bell, they would move me to this plan or that, add this, take away that and I always got these outrageous bills. A friend of mine recommended me calling eTopia Communications and they looked at what I used & how I used it and got a plan just right for me, and saved me $80 a month ( and switched me to Rogers). I couldn’t be happier! No more struggles with any carrier, eTopia took care of it all for me!
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With Fido I pay $100, and I get unlimited texting/unlimited calling anywhere in north america/6 gigs of data and unlim picture msging…Caller id and voicemail included!
For my boyfriend, he gets unlimited calling 6 gigs of data and texting for the same price with Fido.
I LOVE MY PLANNNN!!!!!! lol
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Rogers 1200 daytime min. 6g data. 2500 text. Total = $105. Ok with plan..
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Base: $25/month with Virgin
100 daytime min, unltd eve/weekends start @ 7, unltd text/pic msgs.
However I seem to be going over that consistently with my latest being around $74.. Would switch but would have to get a decent value for $35/month, there’s a mental block that’s preventing me from paying that much.
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Mine is $56 (plus taxes) includes 200 day mins, 5 Nation wide Fav Numbers, evenings at 6pm with VM10, call display, 250 texts, call forwarding and 30 mins of additional long distance over and above the 5 Favs and can’t forget 500MB of BlackBerry Data. Unlimited talk and text plans for $50 aren’t a bargain and $65 unlimited BB plans from the new guys are limited in where you can travel before additional roaming fees kick in outside a major city. Pretty useless. My plan suites me perfectly!
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Until Province wide calling becomes the new local calling (or WIND expands), I will stick with PC Mobile pre-paid… $12.50 per month.
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We used to use them for one of our phones but it was getting too expensive on pre-paid so we put my wife on a plan under my account on Bell, should save us some money.
PC in my opinion is one of the best pre-paid services around though.
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Was $103 a month on Telus with HTC Touch Pro, but recently lowered it to $70 by getting rid of my unlimited data, and a few other things.
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My Rogers Wireless bill is 50/MONTH + 2.58 rip-off fee, 8 call display = 60.58 + tax
price is not bad because it has 500 mb data, unlimite evenings and weekends at 6, and unlimited text and pic messaging… but the disturbing part is that 8 bucks for call ID is a little too much, and 2ndly, for a basic voice and data plan that above 60 bucks per month before tax… it should have few more hundred minutes… like 600 or 700 mins, instead of 200 mins. and here is the JOKE (they say its 150 minutes plus 50 BONOUS minutes.. ) they are jews with minutes and still manage to make you think that they are giving you a bonus… BOOO
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My wireless bill on Bell Mobility is $70.00 tax incl. with a Blackberry Storm and 200 minutes, unlimited calling after 6 pm & weekends, unlimited text msgs, 500 MB data, call display and msg centre. Uber 20 extended hours + Blackberry 35 bundle + System access fee + tax = $20+$35+$6.95+$8.05 = $70
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let me just say that the customers who pay 230$ and more would not be on this site they are too busy trying to run their business and make money to worry about answering polls of this nature.
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Manitoba, Telus. BB Storm 2. approx $46 a month. Unlimited text, 500mb data, free telus-telus, free voicemail 10, free caller id, free evenings +weekends starting at 6, 250 mins.
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Hey, how long have you been with Telus? I’m within the 6-month range of signing a new contract, and I need some fodder for arguing with the Loyalty department… I have had a two-year plan before, and am currently winding down my second 2-year plan…
Thanks, Cal
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50 a month.
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$15 monthly, unlimited talk/text. Unlimited Canadian LD, unlimited data, CD VM all included
koodo employee plan
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A poll regarding mobile devices, presented in Flash? Guess you didn’t consider what would happen if people were viewing it on mobile devices.
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Dude.. you don’t need flash on your phone.
Steve said so.
Who cares about the internet. Its all about being cool with your iphone man.
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$115/month… Rogers… HTC Magic… BC
Unlimited Text/Pic Msg/Vid Msg
Unlimited incoming
My 10/Canada
550 min Anytime
Unlimited Eve/Wknd 6pm
500gb Data US/Can
Vce Ml/Call Dsp/Call Fwd/Lst Call/SpinVx
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$56 with Telus, Blackberry Pearl
500 MB Data
Voicemail 3
Not sure of calling minutes
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75 bucks gets me 350 minutes, my5, 500mb, unlimited sms/mms, voicemail, call display and probably a couple other things on rogers
ends up being about 90 after fees and taxes
not sure what we were voting(before or after fees+taxes?)
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53$+tax ~ 60$ with Bell
200 minutes per second billing
caller id + msg centre
10 cents Canads long distance, 20 cents US LD
250 txt msg to North America
Unlimited Internet data
This plan is more than enough for me as I use skype to make outgoing phone calls. The major problem I have is the issue with reception inside buildings. Bell us really bad inside. My Rogers friends always have reception when I have no signal
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LINE 1: FIDO unlimited everything @ $95/month.
- Unlimited nationwide calling 24/7 to and from anywhere in Canada on the Rogers/Fido network, no zones or restrictions whatsoever
- Unlimited text messaging
- 6GB data for any device including Blackberries and tethering
LINE 2: WIND unlimited everything @ $50/month
- Unlimited nationwide calling 24/7 (from any WIND zone)
- Unlimited text messaging (CAN/USA)
- Unlimited data for any device including Blackberries and tethering
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Fido
17.50 plan with 200 min
night and weekends start a 5pm
caller ID 7
=28.22 with tax
Virgin 35 350 min with VM and ID
night and weekends start a 7pm
=39.96 with tax
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I pay $25 a month with Koodo using a Samsung Intensity phone.
I get:
-100 Anytime Minutes
-Free Weekends and Evenings
-Unlimited Text & Picture Messaging (In Canada, USA, and other countries)
It’s good enough for me, and I really like not having to pay extra for texting in the States.
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My Telus phone, I pay $87 for unlimited internet, 100 day time mins, unlimited txt in and out, unlimited incoming calls, voicemail and call display but I am stuck on CDMA
My Wind phone is $65 unlimited everything
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and I have fav5 on my telus plan
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$120 with ROGERS WIRELESS
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Anyone here heard about retentions department?
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Unlimited Voice and Data… gotta love working for Bell
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$45.00 plus taxes
Unlimited in Canada.
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My line
Mega Promo plan (250 mins, 6pm eves & wknds, Unlimited Network calling to Rogers, Fido and Rogers Home)
6GB Data
Retentions Value Pack (voicemail, call display, 2500 SMS)
1000 long distance
With SAF and Taxes is less than $70
Roommates line
250 mins, 6pm eves & wknds, unlimited network calling, Value pack (voicemail, call display, 1000 messages (sms, mms, im, email), Unlimited Mobile Browsing)
100 long distance
With SAF and taxes about $38
All in for the two lines is $108. Not the best, but okay. Voice plans are not Retention plans either, so room for improvement.
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$15 all in the family wind mobile plan
Unlimited canada talk
incoming calls free
us/canada texts unlimited
vm, caller id, 4 other features
eat that i win
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On Telus – $73.92 after tax (But usually add ~$5 LD charges)
450 Daytime
6PM Eve/Wknds
Ultd Txt/MMS
CID
3 GB Data
VM, Conf, CW
Device Protect
Roadside Assist
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FIDO prepaid (includes voicmail,callder id, etc for free)
$20 a month BUT balance rolls over.
5 cents a minute evenings and weekends after 7pm. 40 cents a min during the day.
pay per use text, free to receive, which is fine for me.
thinking of switch to rogers chatr for $35 unlimited province wide calling on wed. any1 know where there stores.kiosks will be in downtown toronto (pref near eaton centre)?
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I pay about $72-$76 every month on Rogers, here’s the details:
*BB Mega Value Combo/MY5 LD
- 100 Weekday Minutes
- 100 Bonus Weekday Mins
- Unlimited Eve/Wknd Mins(Starting at 9pm)
- 500MB Data Plan
- MY5 Canada-wide Talk, Text, Picture & Video Msgs
- 2500 Call Forwarding Mins
- Conference Calling
- Call Waiting
This plan is not worth $70………………..
Can’t wait to switch to WIND.
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Canada One 500 min Plan(call anywhere in NA) $60.00
Communicate Value Pack(Voicemail) $12.00
SAF $6.95
911 Fee $0.75
Taxes $9.74
Rogers Total take $90.89/mth
No Data plan as yet, not looking forward to what that will add.
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Telus ($40 after taxes)
200 outgoing
unlimited incoming
local my faves
free after 9pm/weekends
voicemail 3
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Rogers- 100 day min, 1000 even and weekend min, 500 incoming min, Local My 10 No, 2500 text messages, call display, voicemail= $20 +GST
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Does anybody here know of a good web page that has tips for dealing with the Loyalty/Retentions department with Telus? I seem to only be able to find message boards where people complain how useless they are… lol.
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Rogers: $49.96/month (includes all taxes). 150 min, UNLIMITED local my5 calls, 1000 sent text and video messaging, UNLIMITED incoming messages, UNLIMITED web browsing (3G phone) and voicemail.
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$12.95 per month!
3000 mins daytime, unltd eve and weekends @6pm
250 Can LD
5GB Data w/tethering
Unltd SMS/MMS
Voicemail, Call display
Unltd Network calling
One of the perks of working for a carrier
Sometimes I think I do it just for the wireless bill every month.
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I pay $25 with WIND MOBILE
$15 – All in the family
– Unlimited Incoming (Anytime)
– Unlimited Outgoing (Anytime)
– Unlimited Canada-Wide Long Distance (Anytime)
– Unlimited Incoming Text
– Unlimited Outgoing Text
– Caller ID, Voicemail, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Call Conference, Call Alerts
$10 – Social Mobile Data
– 50mb on device/tethering
=$25+tax = $28.25 tax included.
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I pay about 65 after tax for 350 anywhere in north america unlimited text anywhere in the world free evenings and weekends (anywhere in Northamerica) 1gb of data 100 pic and video messages caller ID and visual voice mail… WOOT WOOT FIDO ROX….
To those with bills over 150…. Message me… I might be able to find you a better plan that works for you
rickybest@hotmail.com
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Halifax, $206.00 Tellus
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Same as djino above:
WIND Mobile:
-$15 Friends & Family unlimited voice nationwide
-CD/VM/CF
-$20 500MB incl tethering
$39.55 incl tax
Suck it, Chatr.
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$56.50/month
200 Minutes
Unlimited evenings and weekends
Fido to Fido
2500 Text messages
Caller ID and Voicemail
6GB Data plan
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I grabbed onto a corporate plan with Bell at my old company, 32.50 after tax and service charges gets me a pretty sweet plan – unlimited mobile browsing, unlimited nights and weekends (6pm start) 400 anytime, Caller ID, Voicemail, Bell to Bell and some other stuff I never use. My bill says I’m getting comped $69 every month.
Add on another 3.50 a month for my long distance number, so $36.
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I’ve been with Fido for 14 years and I can’t remember if I’ve ever switched my plan.
$45/plus package (includes VM, CID)
300 mins
UL E/W starting @ 7pm till ??
+ $10 for 2500 txts (used to be for UL but they changed it)
+ 911 and SAF and taxes
Base bill = $69.24
Unfortunately, bills of this amount are extremely rare. My bills typically come in somewhere between $150 to $230 each month.
I’ve been hunting for a new plan for probably a year but it keeps getting put off.
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$105/mnth
450 mins local
6pm unlimited nights/wkends
10 Numbers Unlimited nationwide
Unlimited Texting
Unlimited Data (real world is 5GB cap)
Caller ID, 3 way conference, voicemail
Access Fee chrg
Replacement Insurance
Things not covered in my plan:
- tethering (not allowed)
- MMS(extra chrg)
- Visual voice mail
- TV/Radio apps
Phone in use is a Palm Pre. For the record, I think I’m paying way too much. I’m holding on till I see Palm/HP’s next gen phone or the Android ones hit v3.0 on the OS with a 4.3″ screen in canada.
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Samsung Link = $80 (white and purple
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Bell Prepaid = $15
Unlimited Text
Call Display
Message Centre Express
Call Waiting
Conference Calling
Call Forwarding
+ Unlimited Mobile Browsing $10
= $25
I never talk on the phone, so this is perfect for me
!
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Chat-r $35.00 a month
Unlimited incoming
Unlimited out going anywhere in the Province
50 texts
Call display, waiting and forwarding, Group calling.
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Koodo:
100 anytime minutes
Evenings and weekends
Unlimited messaging/picture messaging (global)
Voice Mail
$25
Then you have to add on Data but it’s usually only $10 – $15. It varies because it’s pay-as-you-go. I don’t use much because I have WiFi at school, home and work.
Total around $35. I get a 25% discount because of my employer.
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