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American cell phone plans????

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Rusticles
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Americans, what are your cell phone plans? Data, long distance, cost etc.  Our phone companies in Canada have advertising campaings on right now claiming that our plans are cheaper than yours,  This is all because Verizon is apparently going to be buying a small cell phone company and coming into Canada.  I really doubt Canadian cell phone plans are cheaper personally.

Aug 21 2013 11:25AM
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seward
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theyre not.

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Aug 21 2013 11:29AM
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act.resist
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For a single line on ATT with unlimited texting and 500 minutes of call its 30 dollars a month. For my families plan i pay 40 dollars a month unlimited everything, except shared data (8gb) on verizon.
Aug 21 2013 11:30AM
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howlongcanausern
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>verizon wireless w/ 4g
>4GB data limit
>unlimited text
>1000 anytime minutes

$108 THANKS OBAMA
Aug 21 2013 11:35AM
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yelsel
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AT&T
Unlimited everything
$110/month
Aug 21 2013 11:44AM
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snwbrdmilf
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AT&T
Unlimited txting/calling (shitload of rollover minutes & international)
200mb data
2 lines
$110/mo
Aug 21 2013 11:52AM
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howlongcanausern
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are unlimited data plans still available?
Aug 21 2013 11:52AM
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yelsel
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not sure. all i know is that im grandfathered in so im good lol
Aug 21 2013 11:53AM
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snwbrdmilf
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Me too on the txting, phew!

Unlimited data plans are expensive as fuck. $45/mo with AT&T, such horseshit. No thank you.
Aug 21 2013 11:56AM
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howlongcanausern
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JW, how much data you use a month, do you keep track?
Aug 21 2013 11:57AM
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corona
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yea no. Canada has about the most expensive cell phone plans in the world. Most of what these ads are saying are straight up lies. Especially when they're saying they're the 'little guys who care about their customers' and shit like that. I really hope Verizon gets a foothold here and gives them some good competition. Bell/Telus/Rogers are about the most greedy companies in Canada and deserve a massive slap in the wallet.
Aug 21 2013 12:15PM
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yelsel
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honestly, i have no fucking idea and nor would i know how to check lol
Aug 21 2013 12:23PM
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timmi
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Anybody that falls for those ads is an idiot. "That's not what I call fair competition" Give me a break.

They're complaining that these companies are going to use Canadas infrastructure without contributing anything. They don't get to just tap their wires in and use it for free. They are going to pay huge usage fees on the infrastructure. Rogers wouldn't even exist if Canada didn't do the same thing years ago.

Sorry those ads just irk be because I know people are so gullible they might actually work.

Oh and the whole "close the loophole" thing, isn't actually some obscure loophole that Verizon is exploiting. It's Canada actively trying to bring in more competition to create some more competition.
Aug 21 2013 12:24PM
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clive_bixby
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Family plans are where you save some real bucks. Also you can track your data usage on verizon/AT&T apps
Aug 21 2013 12:25PM
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snwbrdmilf
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Its calculated for you via the website ;)

Not that you need to know, miss unlimited.

And usually you get a txt msg when you're nearing your limit.
Aug 21 2013 12:26PM
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corona
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pfft. $45 gets you 3 gb in Canada. And I'm talking JUST internet. absolutely nothing else.
Aug 21 2013 12:26PM
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howlongcanausern
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3gb is basically unlimited...heavy users barely break 2gb even w/ 4g and never connecting to wi-fi.

i don't understand people's outrage over data caps
Aug 21 2013 12:29PM
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yelsel
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Exactly. That's the best part, I dont need to know hahahaha. all of you minions on a data plan, bow down to my awesomeness :P
Aug 21 2013 12:30PM
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timmi
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I should say that the new legislature on Canadian phone companies has made it much better for the consumer.

I was able to go from 75 dollars a month for

2 or 300 minutes
500 mb of data
voicemail and call display
free long distance

to 50 dollars for

450 minutes
unlimited evenings and weekends
nation wide
600 mb data
picture and video messaging
Aug 21 2013 12:30PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I rechecked my info, $45 is 3gb, and then you pay $10 for every gb you go over. So I was wrong.

AT&T doesn't have a unlimited data plan. At least I didn't see a choice.
Aug 21 2013 12:30PM
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Balto
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No, you are not. AT&T will or already has throttled your data speed, and if you try to upgrade to a 4g lte device they will most likely force you to change your plan.
Aug 21 2013 12:31PM
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Tinga
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family plans are where it's at.
Aug 21 2013 12:32PM
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Static
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bullshit
Aug 21 2013 12:32PM
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yelsel
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I upgraded to a 4G less than 6 months ago - still unlimited.
Aug 21 2013 12:34PM
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howlongcanausern
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damn dude, that's still far behind, haha
Aug 21 2013 12:37PM
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theBearJew
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American cell phone plans are cheaper than any other nation.


OBAMAPHONE tell em all about it.
Aug 21 2013 12:44PM
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corona
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it's not unlimited when you're in rural areas where the only option is wireless internet where they charge you $105 for only 15 GB of shitty internet. That's when you're better off tethering your phone to your computer rather than spend outrageous amounts on little to no internet for a whole household.

the other option being dial-up.

luckily where I am we just are within range of a different wireless internet service that uses a fixed tower and is way cheaper, but some people the next road over are not so lucky.


Try spending over $100 as a basic fee for only 15 gb/month for a household of 5 people. It makes you want to murder every Bell employee ever.
Aug 21 2013 12:59PM
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Spinoza
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yeah Verizons gonna come over here and put Rogers and Bell in their fucking places. fuck those companies they gouge you at every step.
we pay WAY more than you Americans
Aug 21 2013 1:06PM
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howlongcanausern
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oh, well for data caps on home internet connections i totally get that...especially if they are wired.

damn dude canada must be a third world county, my home in rural WA state (1100 people in the town) gets full bars LTE and 100 up and down fiber to the home
Aug 21 2013 1:11PM
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timmi
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Canada has what I'm guessing is about 20-30 percent more land mass, and about 1/10th the population. So I can see why our prices are higher since we don't have as many people to break down the costs. But hey if they're working on lowering them I'm all for it.
Aug 21 2013 1:32PM
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marsh.
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Got grandfathered in with sprint. My fam pays like $120 a month for 4 lines of unlimited everything
Aug 21 2013 1:59PM
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tomPietrowski
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Not sure if this is serious but the uk is alot cheaper. I pay £30 so about 45 bucks for unlimited texts, unlimited data which I can use as a hot spot so use it for my laptop, and 1000 mins. Free phone too, and mine is one of the more expensive plans.
Aug 21 2013 2:02PM
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daannnnieel
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unlimited multimedia texting
2gb of data
i think like 120 calling minutes with free calling to my family.
and it's like 60 / month

it's bs.
Aug 21 2013 2:15PM
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Rusticles
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This is good info, going to dinner with a friend that works for Telus so I've got some good ammo haha
Aug 21 2013 2:17PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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400 Anytime, UNL N&W 7-7, UNL Mobile2Mobile, UNL SMS, UNL Data: $52.49/mo. with Sprint.
Aug 21 2013 2:38PM
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Ben.
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I dont understand the need for unlimited data. I have exceeded 1 gb of data like 3 times in the entirety of owning an iPhone. And I make no effort to control my usage.
Aug 21 2013 2:58PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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For most people, you're right...there isn't much of a need for unlimited data. However, I am not most people...I use 3-4 GB pretty regularly.

I administer our corporate accounts and we've got several iPads that use 3-5 GB pretty regularly as well.
Aug 21 2013 3:10PM
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Ben.
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Makes sense for work,, but i dont think thats very typical on NS. I just dont understand how the average 13-18 year old uses that much data.
Aug 21 2013 3:33PM
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tomPietrowski
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You can use your iPhone as a hotspot. So if you don't have Internet where you are you can connect your laptop to your phone and use the Internet like normall. So you can download films music ect, you quickly can get up to 10-15gb's if your downloading films ect.
Aug 21 2013 3:50PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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downloading movies via cell phone tethering is one of the most retarded things i've ever heard.
Aug 21 2013 3:52PM
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tomPietrowski
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Why? We have 4g here in London I generally get a good signal so although it takes a bit longer then broadband you can still get stuff pretty fast. And if you have no other option why not. I stayed in a place recently for a month and did not want to get braid and just for a month so used the phone and it was pretty good really.
Aug 21 2013 3:54PM
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Rachy
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Really? I'm the only Tmobile user here?

4g/LTE unlimited data with no cap.
2 GB tethered data with $10 per 1GB over that.
Unlimited text
Unlimited talk
Free roaming on At&t towers

(Unlimited 3G data tethering with no cap if you have an android and 3g hotspot app)

$70 a month.

Oh.... and no contract. Month to month.
Aug 21 2013 4:02PM
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.tony
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When I go to Norway, plans, let alone cell phones (if you get it with a plan), cost half as much as they do in the US, if not less.

My verizon plan in the US costs about $110 per month.
Aug 21 2013 4:04PM
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.Rybak.
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I use just about 3 gb regularly with just ns and apps.
Aug 21 2013 4:06PM
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timmi
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The way you wrote this made my head hurt.
Aug 21 2013 6:14PM
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Rusticles
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Holy fack, I just got my first cell bill that was under $70 and my plan isnt even fucking close to that
Aug 21 2013 6:26PM
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.Hugo.
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Sprint, unlimited everything $80
Aug 21 2013 6:31PM
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.squirrely.
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we have me, my mom and two brothers on our plan, 2 iphones and 2 old phones, a mifi mobile hotspot because we dont get any other internet service at our house and a home phone, and we sometimes go over $400 a month. fuck dat even if we stay under all our data limits its still $320 i think.

and to the kid who said 2gb is a lot even for a heavy user, its not at all hahah i have 2gb and ive gone over to 3 or 4 each month because we dont really have wifi at home
Aug 21 2013 9:45PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i would think it would take forever. i have a hard enough time downloading via broadband. i'm way too damn impatient to download via wireless tether.
Aug 21 2013 10:00PM
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tomPietrowski
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^ well it depends on your signal I guess an if you get 4g. I would say a popular film would take 30mins in broadband and maybe 2 hours on a phone so yeah slower but no too bad at all. You can stream stuff online fine too so you can watch films and TV that way if you don't want to wait.
Aug 22 2013 5:14AM
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Dan.
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I used 18.2gb of data this month and it's only the 22nd.. I get that warning text from ATT that they're going to throttle my data pretty much every month, so I have to call customer service and use the phrase "I've been paying you cocksuckers for unlimited data for 4 fucking years, and I'll be damned if you try to slow down my bandwidth, now pass the phone to your supervisor you little bitch". lo and behold, never have had to deal with throttled bandwidth.
Aug 22 2013 6:06AM
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