topic Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan in Get Support

$15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

fruvous — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:42:12 GMT

Do these no longer exist?

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/mobile/occa.htm

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

slusagm — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:47:47 GMT

if you read it carefully, it is about select providers, not all

"We are therefore expecting Bell, Rogers, Telus and SaskTel to offer .. "

And Telus has the $100 Prepaid plan as well as the $15 postpaid

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

fruvous — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:47:42 GMT

OK, What about the $100 prepaid plan then? I don't see anything like that at PM.

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

slusagm — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:48:54 GMT

sorry @fruvous

i made the update above. The requirement is only for select providers, not all. That requirement was never meant to be for small providers like PM

And Telus has the $100 prepaid plan there

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

fruvous — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:49:38 GMT

I read it as they expected the providers to expected to follow and PM is owned by Telus.

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

slusagm — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:51:48 GMT

no, the requirement was never for all carriers. PM was just offering $15 plan as every Tier 3 has it.

if you check other Tier 3, they moved away from $15 plans too. Some do have annual plan like the $100, but not all

if you really like the $100 or $15 plan, you have to go with Telus

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

softech — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:04:07 GMT

@fruvous wrote:
Do these no longer exist?

https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/mobile/occa.htm

@fruvous

the link is just a customer friendly summary.

to read the regulatory policy with more in-depth details, please refer to :
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/lt210806b.htm
https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2021/2021-130.htm

the policy states clearly it is only expect Bell, Rogers, Telus and SaskTel

And even it said specifically to these 4 providers, they have a choice to offer it on those bands or offer under their "flanker brands". So, as long as they offer in one of their tier, they are in compliance. With Telus, it chose to offer it under Telus instead of Koodo or Public Mobile

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

Phil_Adelphus — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:25:52 GMT

@slusagm if you really like the $100

When I was going to link to that for someone else the other day, the page that came up had it for Quebec only, I'm no longer seeing it generally available to anyone.

https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/prepaid/plans

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

funpig1 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:47:20 GMT

@fruvous

PM still offers a $15 plan to Quebec residents.

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

slusagm — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:48:22 GMT

@Phil_Adelphus

i see the $100 plan for everyone

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

Phil_Adelphus — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:54:16 GMT

@slusagm It doesn't say Quebec exclusive at the top of the page?

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

slusagm — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:33:25 GMT

no..

it is still for everyone

Re: $15 CRTC Occasional Use Plan

Phil_Adelphus — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:38:26 GMT

@slusagm Interesting. Can you post a link to the page? I'm wondering if I'm only seeing Quebec for a browser/server reason (I'm not in Quebec but close enough). Edit - never mind, it is a browser/search engine problem, I just tried with a different browser and didn't get the Quebec exclusive notice.