As a point of reference, I'm a current PM customer with the $50 CAN-USA plan that doesn't exist any more (I moved from Telus this summer when the $50 plan was offered and I couldn't handle the $15 roam like home charges anymore with Telus - so I don't have the old loyalty rewards just the $2.5 a month in points credit). The Freedom mobile $34 US-CAN was very tempting to me because of the significantly reduced price and the ability to have add-on packages for the Caribbean and Europe travel, but I had heard so many terrible things about Freedom's coverage though, that I was concerned. I'm in Edmonton. I signed up for Freedom prepaid for the $34 30GB US-CAN plan a week ago, so it is prepaid like Public which I like. I have both sims running still but turned data off on PM, as I wasn't sure I would commit to Freedom. I have been testing calling and data on Freedom everywhere I go. I have to say, for my use I have not seen any difference with Freedom and in fact I get better service with Freedom in my house and in my office downtown. I was streaming music last weekend while driving on the Anthony Henday and then headed out of town (out of the Freedom network to my parents house) and it seamlessly transferred to roaming on Rogers with no issues at all. I'm going to try it for a bit more, before I make the switch for sure, but so far, everything is pointing to porting my number to Freedom. Yes, I did double pay for a month, but I decided it was worth it instead of risking switching and hating Freedom. The more research I do, it really seems that Freedom and whether or not you will hate it may depend where you are located and maybe your phone (I have an iPhone 14 pro max). It also seems that some people have different experiences in the same city, so I am glad I did the trial first to be sure.
