topic Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin in The Lounge

Lucky mobile or Virgin

troyfy — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:22:27 GMT

I have been waiting forever for PM to have a migration offer to Koodo! Do you think I should keep waiting or switch to Lucky Mobile and then take Virgin's $40 for 6GB promotion?

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

bravo_md — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:24:38 GMT

You'll regret leaving PM! DON'T DO IT!!!!

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

KB1325 — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:26:55 GMT

I find Virgin is really good in reception; and with the $40 for 6GB, that's a good price.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

RossN — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:27:34 GMT

@troyfy Isn't that your decision?

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:28:14 GMT

@troyfy wrote:
I have been waiting forever for PM to have a migration offer to Koodo! Do you think I should keep waiting or switch to Lucky Mobile and then take Virgin's $40 for 6GB promotion?

You spending your hard earned money is entirely up to you.

Again with these competitor threads...if anywhere they should down in The Lounge. But at least its in Discussions.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

PMFanatic — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:33:21 GMT

Stick with PublicMobile!! Better loyalty rewards over time IMO...

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

stonechucker — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:44:44 GMT

It's the same network, so service received will be the same. You might get perks on Virgin being a second tier, but same with Koodo here.

Public Mobile pays you to stay here. My next renewal is almost free.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

missorange — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:56:20 GMT

you might get 1.5 GB more by switching, but you also lost the rewards. However, I just saw the post that there will no longer had $10 plan in future, but from I know, Lucky mobile had $10 plan, a lot of people might go with Lucky mobile.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

stonechucker — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:02:32 GMT

The $15 is $13 after autopay reward. Gets cheaper as you stick around each year for 5 years.

The $10 plan will continue to exist for those currently on it, so no need to move, and it's already $8 after autopay, and also gets cheaper by each year.

Community participation and friend referrals also help reduce cost.

Stay here, unless you really wish to hurt your wallet.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

mh1983 — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:03:42 GMT

@troyfy wrote:
I have been waiting forever for PM to have a migration offer to Koodo! Do you think I should keep waiting or switch to Lucky Mobile and then take Virgin's $40 for 6GB promotion?

Agree with others...it's up to you and not for us to decide. Most of us who help out are PM fans and enjoy the savings so you're likely to get a bias towards staying.

Speaking of which, what are your specific reasons for wanting to leave PM in favour of another carrier?

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

troyfy — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:10:24 GMT

Well, I like Virgin as I was with them a few years ago. I was hoping Koodo would have a migration offer, to take advantage of the faster data, but I am not sure when they will have a promotion again. I know everyone here is biased, I would just rather get LTE eventually than get a few reward dollars off each month. I thought someone might know a trick or secret deal to migrate to Koodo!

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

wywang97 — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:13:05 GMT

I'm just going to let you know that the difference in 4G vs LTE may seem big in the numbers department, isn't really felt by the average consumer.

Source: I used to network for tech companies.

I'm not too familiar with Virgin, but I know Koodo often has deals for new customers, but they're often for customers who want to purchase a new device.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

geopublic — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:51:36 GMT

@troyfy wrote:
Well, I like Virgin as I was with them a few years ago. I was hoping Koodo would have a migration offer, to take advantage of the faster data, but I am not sure when they will have a promotion again. I know everyone here is biased, I would just rather get LTE eventually than get a few reward dollars off each month. I thought someone might know a trick or secret deal to migrate to Koodo!

@troyfy I agree. Virgin competes with Koodo and PM competes with Lucky. Comparing Virgin to PM is not fair because Virgin wins they support VoLTE etc. Comparing Virgin to Koodo is a different story.

As for the Koodo migration offer your guess is a good as anyone else's because I don't think anyone around here really knows. As others have mentioned it's your money so you decide. My understanding is that the migration offers occur because the party that it is offering them need to maintain a certain number of customers for quarterly reporting purposes. Telus & Bell are public companies and shareholders like to see customer numbers being maintained and growing not shrinking so a provider will use migration offers when the flanker brand is growing quickly and the Tier 2 is not. In the end it's all about the numbers.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

bridonca — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:58:09 GMT

Set up another Lucky Mobile account. Wait till the Virgin offer you are looking for kicks in, get it, and when you want, ports your Public Mobile number over. Might cost you around $40 extra, but in the long term, it really will not matter.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

Karnbot13 — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:44:07 GMT

@KB1325 wrote:
I find Virgin is really good in reception; and with the $40 for 6GB, that's a good price.

Virgin and PM share the same Bellus network, reception will be identical

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

geopublic — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:58:59 GMT

@Karnbot13 wrote:
@KB1325 wrote:
I find Virgin is really good in reception; and with the $40 for 6GB, that's a good price.
Virgin and PM share the same Bellus network, reception will be identical

Incorrect Virgin supports VoLTE and PM does not do it's not the same reception.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

ShanieBerthelot — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 00:42:15 GMT

I think you should stay with PM. We get helped by the comunity way better than customer services from other company. 🙂

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

stonechucker — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:33:26 GMT

Anyone who doesn't need VoLTE or VoWiFi doesn't care about the two protocols. LTE and 3G coverage is exactly the same between the networks - so that is the same reception. Delivery of the products that make calling more available is great (if you have it, and you need it). For those of us who don't need the enhance calling access, not having it is less work for our devices, and less costly for our service needs.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

Karnbot13 — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:26:00 GMT

Virgin has VolLTE. The frequencies are the same and shared between Bell and Telus. If you're here at PM, you don't care about VolLTE, so there is no error. Thanks for coming out.

Re: Lucky mobile or Virgin

cavemantoronto — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:58:49 GMT

@troyfy wrote:
I have been waiting forever for PM to have a migration offer to Koodo! Do you think I should keep waiting or switch to Lucky Mobile and then take Virgin's $40 for 6GB promotion?

Do what is good for you. Community here are Public customers so we can be biased. We can't predict Koodo offers. Stay with Public if you like earning rewards.