[clug-talk] Cell phones and Telus

[Graham Monk]

Speakout, the prepaid service from 7-11 is currently 25 cents/minute
if you buy in $100 increments, 35cents/minute for $25. That's a
maximum of 17.50 for 50 minutes. The minutes do not expire for a year,
and currently there is an half off the phones if you buy $100 air
time. They have a fairly nice flip for $90 so, $145 total for a years
worth of calls. Well, 10 months or so at 50/month. Coverage is same as
Rogers as they use their network.

I have had no problems with them.

graahm

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:03 PM, TekBudda <tekbudda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dick,
>
> A few things:
> * I am on Bell & they aren't that bad.  Much better then when we were
> on Telus.  As well, I used to mange corporate contrcats with Telus &
> it doesn't matter what level of service Telus just sucks all around.
> * Virgin is now owned by Bell & Solo is also Bell.  Solo is basically
> there no/low commitment product...similar to the Rogers/Fido &
> Telus/Koodo coonections.
> * I have been pretty impressed with Bell actually with regards to
> coverage & service.  I did have a bad instance with customer service,
> but I think you get that with everybody.  Coverage wise, my wife, here
> sister & I were recently down in Waterton & the campsite was deeps in
> the woods.  Wife & I (Bell) were both able to get cell service &
> sis-in-law (Telus) was not.  This of course flucuated a bit with
> conditions, but it was pretty stable.  We regularry go to Columbia
> Valley in BC, have found that coverage is decent with the exception of
> a few dead zones as you are before you travel up the mountains again
> into Radium & places that are very out of the way, but in Radium,
> Inveremere, Fairmont...all is well.
> * Cost-wise everything is pretty much the same with only minor
> difference between them.
> * Phones on Telus & Bell tend to be locked to those networks.  Rogers
> is based on a SIM card so can be swappered out.  There are guys out
> there that will unlock your phone, but I am not sue of prices & who to
> recommend.
> * Whoever you go through you are pretty much looking at getting a new
> phone, but most of the main guys offer the same phones anyways.  If
> you are avoiding contracts, you will likely be purchasing the phone
> for the full price, so be prepared, especially since everybody is
> trying to lock their customers in before a raft of competition start
> sweeping in.  B ut from the sounds of it, a simple phone should be all
> you need.
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Dick Angus <rja-linux at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> We've had Telus cell service for the past 3 years and not been happy with
>> them. Our contract is up this month and we are looking at alternatives. We
>> don't need much, just telephone service. We don't do messaging or hook to
>> the Internet and seldom use more than 50 minutes a month. We occasionally
>> travel to the US and would like to make the occasional call down there, so
>> few that paying for each will be pretty minor. We live in Okotoks and travel
>> around the foothills so coverage could be an issue.
>>
>> We have a Motorola V710 that does all we need and then some. We've talked to
>> Solo and Fido so far, but we are not sure where we'll settle in. The point
>> is that they all tell us that we can't use our Motorola because it's locked
>> to Telus? Is that true or can I unlock it somehow? Basic service cost is a
>> factor and Solo, Fido, and Virgin have $15.00/month monthly basis service
>> that seems to fit us. Any thoughts gratefully accepted.
>> --
>>
>> An old mainframer getting current!
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