topic Re: Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month. in Get Support

Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month.

tzliu — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 07:25:30 GMT

"Starting today, new and existing Fido Pulse plan customers can take advantage of an innovative new feature available in the Fido My Account app that gives them access to 1 free hour of data, 5 times a month – on top of the data included in their plans."

Fido shakes things up, giving customers 5 free hours of data a month

Re: Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month.

TheOldVR — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:42:04 GMT

Thanks for sharing @tzliu - I was just reading this in Facebook.

At first it sounded cool... then after thinking about it, it's actually a waste. Just give me one extra GB a month.

90% of peeps will forget and not bother with this feature... I assume some might use it to stream a game or two.

Overall, good job by Fido in introducing an eye-catching offer that could have very little imapct on usage & cost.

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will13am — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:45:50 GMT

This is low value gimmicky marketing. This makes it easier to consume the metered data.

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Jamar_so_far — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:52:32 GMT

@TheOldVR

I disagree. That is a sweet idea. Think of those times when you are in a pinch. You either find wifi or just swallow the pill and use data. I'm thinking of times when I wish I would have downloaded that playlist or grabbed some podcasts to my phone before a road trip or in an airport with bogus wifi. I was just in this situation a month ago and had to download a few hundred mb's of music.

The other thing that could be pretty cool is with netflix and amazon prime video where you can download to your device. You could easily grab a few gb's of stuff on the run without worrying. As long as the functionality is as promised (open the app and shake the phone) it could be really interesting. But I do hear ya, I think the majority of Fido users won't pick up on this. Plus, Fido could just take it away, so its certainly not a thing that would consider me to switch mobile companies.

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echf — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:57:42 GMT

True. Most people will just forget it.

BTW I know in China, they offer super cheap hourly data package.

CAD$2 you can get 5GB for 12 hours. Public Mobile should consider offering those pre-paid package. I think is better than Fido's plan.

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Acekiller — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:31:37 GMT

it is only good for HD movie streaming/ thethering . Don't really see any other use for it.

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jpar — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:34:57 GMT

@Acekiller wrote:
it is only good for HD movie streaming/ thethering . Don't really see any other use for it.

I wonder if tethering is even allowed with this?

Re: Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month.

xCameron94x — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:43:08 GMT

thats 5 "free" hours of Pokemon Go

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TheOldVR — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:44:59 GMT

@xCameron94x wrote:
thats 5 "free" hours of Pokemon Go

@xCameron94x... Well that changes Everything!!!

Looks like I'm porting over to Fido then 🤣😝

Re: Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month.

stonechucker — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 17:47:54 GMT

The data can be used for anything you wish according to the article I read (netneutrality), however if you want to get an hour of data, it starts immediately, and you use it until a pop up tells you it's done.

Must use each 1GB of data all at once, and can not stop / start within the 1 GB (ie save a bit for later).

I like my PM plan, time of use data doesn't work for me.

Re: Fido offers 5 free hours of data every month.

suefs — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:21:17 GMT

It's a pretty good feature for those who remember to use it. 5 free hours a month could amount to about 5 gb of extra data a month.

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stonechucker — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:02:11 GMT

Potentially, it could be more. How fast can you download in an 1 hour period? Limited only byy bandwith, and the time period.

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Samianauman — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:45:37 GMT

5 hours free data that's won't attract me at all. I would rather like extra gb or 2 but 5 hours won't work. And not enough to get pm customer. Lol

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Acekiller — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:09:07 GMT

it is a tiny step towards unlimited bandwidth.

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shawnie_boy — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:12:27 GMT

Pretty good feature. Something public mobile should think about.

This can come in handy for those random times you are out and want to watch something. For me I am on wifi most of the time, so this would be great addon for those times I need to stream for the kids etc...

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kav2001c — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:59:33 GMT

Its a strange idea

They advertise it as for streaming video, but most videos are longer than 1 hour (so a scam to get you to use paid data?)

They also put a cap on so if you used 1 data byte you can not use the next one for 12+ hours later (so your data is not really "when you really need it" unless willing to pay up)

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Raven_Jet — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:24:56 GMT

Well, if you are allowed to tether your computer to your phone and start downloading torrents and play netflix for 1 hour!! LTE? How much data would that be? 3-5gb?

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kav2001c — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:29:54 GMT

@Raven_Jet not really

If you check the faq while tethering data bytes they cripple your speed to 3G

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Raven_Jet — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:31:24 GMT

OMG that's garbage!!

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choding — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:41:47 GMT

I have used fidoseveral years, but getting worse.

sometimes I compared with other company as virgin, koodo and chatr, etc.

they don't have any benefit on their plan and never mind to compete with wind and koodo.

I hope they run good business.