Cell Phone...pay As You Need Plans

[Guest Sundancefisher]

The wife figures she needs a cell phone for emergencies.

 

Any idea which company/plan is the best deal?

 

Thanks.

 

Sun

[j5ep00]

well it doesnt sound like she will be using it much.

most cell phone providers sell airtime in 10 25 and 50$ ammounts

the 10$ card expires after 30 days. the 25 and 50 after 60days

im with telus and the rate is 25cents a min. they round up to the next min even if you only use 9 seconds.

im with telus because for 2$ a day i get unlimited incoming calls and evenings and weekends free starting at 6pm.

 

fido offers per second billing. so you are only charged for what you use.

only there 50$ card lasts 60 days. but they dont offer as good of packages as telus or rogers

 

you can purcahse a cheaper phone at london drugs on telus from 50-100$

they give you a 50$ sign up credit on your account. im not to sure if fido or rogers offers this.

 

hope this helps, now off to work

[ladystrange]

if by emergency she means 911 calls only, no plan required. by some legislation somewhere all phones must be able to call 911 whether on a network and activated or not..

 

if she means emergency as in 'honey i need a loaf of bread and quart of milk can you stop at the store on your way home', i had telus on a pay as you go plan for 10cents a minute for a number of years but my calling and text msg out grew that so i switched to a plan. i paid something like $50 and had a 50$ credit applied to the phone but that was 5 years ago. but at least you get the full telus service and coverage

[Castuserraticus]

Just switched my wife and kids to Virgin mobile - no system fees or other add-ons. Just $0.32 per minute. You have 45 days to use the minutes. Automaitc top-up means minutes are always there. Virgin to virgin texts are only $0.05.