topic Re: $30 Data-only plan in Get Support

$30 Data-only plan

ECook — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 09:07:13 GMT

I'm thinking of your $30 for 1 GB/mo plan.

https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/30for1GB-4GLTE

I have a 2 year old iPad that is WiFi+3G.

Will this plan work for me?

I live in Stratford.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:27:10 GMT

@ECook Probably, but check the compatibility of the specific model you have on http://willmyphonework.net/

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:29:05 GMT

@ECookYou can check the compatability of you r specific model on http://willmyphonework.net/, look specifically at the 4LTE compatibility.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:30:19 GMT

@ECook You can check the compatibily of your specific model on http://willmyphonework.net/

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:31:57 GMT

@ECook You can check the compatibility of your specific model on http://willmyphonework.net/

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:32:27 GMT

@ECook You can check the compatibility of your specific model on http://willmyphonework.net/

Re: $30 Data-only plan

hairbag1 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:34:01 GMT

@ECook wrote:
I'm thinking of your $30 for 1 GB/mo plan.
https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/30for1GB-4GLTE
I have a 2 year old iPad that is WiFi+3G.
Will this plan work for me?
I live in Stratford.

All depends on your personal requirements. Use wifi whenever you can to reduce your data needs. Good luck and welcome to Public Moibile.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

mimmo — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:34:06 GMT

If you have a koodo account they offer a $15 tablet plan and I believe so does fido ( try purcasing from a non fido store, ie bestbuy or mobleshop etc)

Re: $30 Data-only plan

Alex888 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:36:43 GMT

@ECook You can check the compatibility of your specific model on http://willmyphonework.net/

Re: $30 Data-only plan

mimmo — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:49:21 GMT

@ECook why not get the $25 plan that includes calling and sms and 1gb data. thats chreaper than the data only plan.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

cavemantoronto — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:26:30 GMT

@ECook wrote:
I'm thinking of your $30 for 1 GB/mo plan.
https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/30for1GB-4GLTE
I have a 2 year old iPad that is WiFi+3G.
Will this plan work for me?
I live in Stratford.

Will work if unlocked but 1GB isn't that much. Very easy to use up quickly if on full LTE.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

geopublic — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:29:50 GMT

@ECook wrote:
I'm thinking of your $30 for 1 GB/mo plan.
https://publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/30for1GB-4GLTE
I have a 2 year old iPad that is WiFi+3G.
Will this plan work for me?
I live in Stratford.

If you are looking for a data only plan for a tablet you better off going with another provider like Fido. I think they were offering a 3GB plan for $15.00.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

uma1016 — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:57:19 GMT

I think you should change get this plan

$25 30-days

500 MB Data⁴ at 3G speed
+ BONUS 500 MB with AutoPay
UNLIMITED Talk Canada-wide
UNLIMITED International Text and Picture Messaging
VOICEMAIL & Call Display

Re: $30 Data-only plan

JackQuint — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:58:46 GMT

Will you actually use 1GB a month? For the most part, I would think your tablet would be used on WiFi (eg. home, etc).

If you think you will use less than that, I have a different solution. Buy No Talk/No Text/No Data for $10/month (or $19 for 90 days) and the $30 1GB LTE add-on. For a tablet you might want LTE and not 3G. If you use 500MB/month, it works out to $18/month with Autopay.

Doesn't make sense if you use more than that because $30 for 1GB is actually expensive, but if you don't anticipate consuming much data and need it only for occasional use when WiFi's not available and you don't feel like tethering it works out well.

Re: $30 Data-only plan

wetcoaster — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:34:53 GMT

@JackQuint wrote:
Will you actually use 1GB a month? For the most part, I would think your tablet would be used on WiFi (eg. home, etc).

If you think you will use less than that, I have a different solution. Buy No Talk/No Text/No Data for $10/month (or $19 for 90 days) and the $30 1GB LTE add-on. For a tablet you might want LTE and not 3G. If you use 500MB/month, it works out to $18/month with Autopay.

Doesn't make sense if you use more than that because $30 for 1GB is actually expensive, but if you don't anticipate consuming much data and need it only for occasional use when WiFi's not available and you don't feel like tethering it works out well.

@JackQuint

This doesn't work the way you described it: You can't have an active plan without any features, you must choose at least one of the three.

Also, your numbers are off... 500Mb/month = $30 divided by 2, not by 3.

If you want to go the add-on route, you better get the $10 50minutes/50texts plan. (It becomes $8 if you enable auto pay.) Adding the $30 1GB data add-on will still not be very economical if you can get 1GB per month with talk and text for $23 (with auto pay) or 250MB, 100 minutes and unlimited text for $13 (with auto pay)...

My vote is for the $15/3GB tablet plan from the competition mentioned earlier.

For what it's worth, small data amounts like this would be used up in minutes for anything that actually benefits from full LTE (HD streaming, real time gaming or transferring huge files). For the average usage pattern, Public Mobile's 3G speed plans are absolutely adequate. E-mail, social media, messaging, VoIP, music streaming and lower resolution videos work flawlessly on Public Mobile's LTE light. I prefer to call them LTE light because you still use LTE where available, it's just throttled to 3Mbps (you potentially get higher speeds if you force your phone to a 3G only connection).