Emergency plan

[murpharator]

Is there any cheap emergency plans that you guys know of?

[Luddite]

@murpharator  Check out speakout711; can be strictly pay as you go for $25/yr but expensive to use. See https://www.speakoutwireless.ca

[darlicious]

@murpharator 

Choosing public mobile has one distinct advantage....rewards. The autopay and loyalty rewards will eventually lower the plan amount to $8/30 days. Suspending via lost/stolen before midnight eastern on the night before renewal will keep your voicemail active. Of course no active plan is necessary to access 911 services.

Waiting for another free month promo likely around xmas/boxing week and activating on a slightly higher plan to qualify for any bonus data add ons pm may offer and then scheduling a change plan on next renewal after the add on is added to your account will allow you to maximize your savings and value you will recieve when activating at this time of year. Combined with referring yourself and the $30 bonus referral credit you would recieve along with the $10 bonus referral credit the new account will have an average cost of about $8 per month. Additional savings can be had when stacking with Canadian Cell Supplies pm promotions....private message me if you want additional advice on those promos as well.

[411]

For emergency use, another prepaid option within the TELUS family is the $100/year plan:

https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/prepaid/plans?linktype=subnav

[esjliv]

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@murpharator wrote:

Is there any cheap emergency plans that you guys know of?

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Nice summary @srlawren !

@murpharator  to add to what srlawren posted, and I can only speak for the Public Mobile plan (maybe the others have similar options); if you only want the $15 plan for emergency use, then you can activate a plan, and do not add funds to renew it in 30 days, so it goes into Suspended status.

When a plan/account goes into Suspended Non-pay status, you do not have services on this plan but the plan and phone number is still yours.

BUT - NOTE: After 90 days in Suspended Non-pay status you WILL lose your phone number and account.

So, if you want a spare/emergency plan/phone number the $15 plan is a good one to let suspend, BUT ENSURE to REACTIVATE your plan before the 90 days is up.

Reactivate A Suspended Plan:

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/reactivate-a-suspended-plan

[srlawren]

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@srlawren wrote:

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Deciding between 1 and 3 comes down to preference of pre-paid vs. post-paid basically.  

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@murpharator if you're not sure what the differences are between prepaid and postpaid, here's a recent discussion thread that might help: https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/The-Lounge/Prepaid-vs-postpaid/m-p/758394#M17370

[Anonymous]

@murpharator 

at public mobile the have a lower plan price for $15 to $70, 

review Plans (publicmobile.ca)

[srlawren]

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@murpharator wrote:

Is there any cheap emergency plans that you guys know of?

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@murpharator with the Telus family, I'd suggest you look at one of these 3 $15 plans.

1) Pre-paid $15 plan at Public Mobile

https://publicmobile.ca/en/bc/plans/15for250MB-3Gspeed

100 mins outbound, unlimited incoming calls

Unlimited texting

250MB free data if you use AutoPay to automatically pay for your plan every month

2) Pre-paid $15 plan at Koodo Mobile:

https://www.koodomobile.com/prepaid-plans?INTCMP=KMNew_NavMenu_Shop_PrepaidPlans

100 mins combined outbound and incoming calls

Unlimited texting

--I would say choose the PM plan over this, for the unlimited incoming calls and small amount of data

3) Post-paid "starter" $15 plan at Koodo Mobile:

https://www.koodomobile.com/rate-plans

Basically the same as the Public Mobile plan: 100 mins outbound, unlimited inbound, unlimited texting, and 250mb of data

Deciding between 1 and 3 comes down to preference of pre-paid vs. post-paid basically.  Also overages differ: with PM, if you run out of data, you buy add-ons that stay on your account until used up, and the cost per GB is lower; with Koodo, your data also stops when you run out, and you can optionally authorize overages by responding to a notification text, but then your overage is billed at a very high $13/100mb ($130/gb) with no rollover of unused data.  For most people, I would suggest Public Mobile out of these 3 plans.