On choosing packages:
I think it can also depend on how you decide to analyse your consumption habits. Do you want peak ever usage? "Yeah one time I was out somewhere and I ran out of data and I really needed it. Never again!" Or do you go average after looking at all your fluctuating usage over say a year. Or do you go minimum and just stick with wifi when done.
I chose average when I first decided to change my provider. I had previously been with Telus and had a 6gb bucket. I primarily used it for hotspotting connecting a laptop to it. I went over just once. Got dinged of course. Wasn't much. When I moved here I looked at all that usage and Telus reported the usage differently from hotspotting and handset usage. I added up all my handset usage over the prior year and averaged it out and found I was around 350mb of handset usage. So I came here and got the 500mb bucket.
It was after that that I found my usage of all services became quite minimal. So I changed to the $10 plan. Bought add-ons as needed. Have acquired all sorts of gift add-ons since. (yes a text add-on would still be nice 🙂 )
But I still like the idea of banking paid-for features. I paid for it. I should keep what I don't use for later. But the companies are rather more interested in their profits. I still leave less than 50 minutes on the table for them to profit on on occasion.
The banking of it also allows for those fluctuating uses. You have it as an excess buffer for those times you go over your plan bucket.
To jinx this or parts of this thread, I predict this will get abyssed. But it could be moved over to the Community category. It doesn't need to be in the Rewards category. We are after all still talking about phone service.
