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Virgin adds 5 more buddies to the $35/month talk and text plan

By on January 19, 2012 at 12:03pm in Mobile News, Virgin Mobile News


Virgin has upped the amount of ‘buddies’ on their $35/month talk and text plan. Starting today the plan will see unlimited Canada-Wide Calling to 10 Buddies, up from 5. As the doc states above, this is in place “until further notice”. Here are the plan details:

- 10 unlimited buddies,
- Unlimited text (international text included)
- Unlimited canadian LD+ no roaming charge in Canada
- Unlimited evenings and week-ends starting at 5pm
- 200 anytime minutes
- Data starting at $5

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15 comments for “Virgin adds 5 more buddies to the $35/month talk and text plan”

  1. very good. wish they would buck the trend and include caller ID, though.

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    Posted by mrlostman | January 19, 2012, 12:12 pm
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    • It’s definitely horrible that carriers refuse to include caller ID because most people will pay for it without thinking…but try calling in to customer service and asking if they can give it to you as a bonus. Virgin’s pretty good about free CID/VM.

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      Posted by Lazed | January 19, 2012, 1:00 pm

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    Posted by Matt | January 19, 2012, 12:14 pm
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  3. I’d rather have caller ID than some of these features. The price carriers in Canada pay for caller ID is highway robbery.

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    Posted by Jason Keirstead | January 19, 2012, 12:20 pm
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  4. @ Jason – These Caller ID fee is really the act of a serial rapist!

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    Posted by Katie Little | January 19, 2012, 12:25 pm
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  5. Do any of thesese x buddy plans allow one to specify an international number from which calls can be just _received_ for free?

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    Posted by ant6n | January 19, 2012, 12:55 pm
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  6. @ Matt, yeah but Virign doesn’t charge LD on the anytime minutes or the evenings and weekends, which start at 5pm as apposed to 6pm. Honestly I would rather spend the extra 3 bucks to guarentee no LD charges in Canada..

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    Posted by blekdar | January 19, 2012, 12:56 pm
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  7. Virgin will not allow you to combine this with the 6gb for $30…. unfortunately. They have the $70 10 buddies with 6 gig but no Canada wide anytime minutes.

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    Posted by rodstarrr | January 19, 2012, 1:10 pm
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  8. Too funny… Give you 5 more buddies that you aren’t going to call. Let’s face it, most cell phone users are all about texting and data usage these days. Then again, Bell is good at giving customers nothing and making them think they’re getting a good deal. Oh wait… I mean Virgin. ;)

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    Posted by Jay | January 19, 2012, 1:34 pm
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    • Let’s face it, you’ve no idea what the average consumer wants. You’d think they text and data, but more often then not, they are constantly on the phone with their coworkers, bosses, employees, spouses, friends, etc.

      The high end users are doing the data thing, everyone else, not so much.

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      Posted by You'd think so, right? | January 19, 2012, 3:38 pm

    • I sell Virgin (different Matt to the one above). Believe me, people use it. Ive seen several bills with more than a thousand minutes, billed for none of them because of the buddy system. Ive seen more than that even, way more. I myself get pretty close to 500. That would cost a lot.

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      Posted by Matt | January 19, 2012, 10:01 pm

  9. 2 reasons why this plan is good:

    Unlimited long distance with ALL candians, not just the top 10

    +

    5pm is better than 6pm :)

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    Posted by Dr Cell | January 19, 2012, 1:49 pm
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  10. anyone know any company other than Wind that gives you free international calling…

    i know that verizon has unlimited calling to verizon customers but thats in the US (they do have no roaming fees though which is awesome) but what about here in Canada…

    anyway I can bypass the $35.00 a month add on with Rogers? (which would make my montly over $100 a month… no thanks)

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    Posted by sp | January 19, 2012, 2:54 pm
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  11. - 200 anytime minutes..lol

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    Posted by Tj | January 19, 2012, 5:20 pm
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  12. Does it include in 35$ city unlimited?

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    Posted by mazda | January 20, 2012, 12:39 am
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