Freedom Mobile

[jeffster1970]

I just wanted to share my experience that I had with Freedom Mobile; in particular, their $15 tablet plan. 

So I signed up for this - basically because my son needs a tablet anyway, so I got the new tablet for myself and gave him the Fido tablet. 

As far as speeds go -- my FM speed, typically, has been higher than Fido, but lower than PM. 

That said, FM still had dead/poor area's.  Fido also has some dead/poor areas (in comparison to PM) but for the most part, Fido usually works fine.  Basically, my FM tablet was useless in certain spots of my workplace (including the 1 lunch room where I'd use it the most). 

Part of my reasoning for getting this was for the potential (and now reality) of FM getting Apple's approval to sell iPhones PLUS their upgraded (upgrading) network.  Sadly, though, for FM, signal still struggles in some geographical and inside locations. Not that I am itching to leave PM, but FM still has 'unlimited' data, meaning that, while you can run out of full-speed Internet, you still got it, even if it's slow + nation wide calling. 

Still hoping competition heats up more...but it's realling going to depend on FM providing better coverage. 

[will13am]

@jeffster1970, the coverage holes you allude to is the reason why I am here after suffering through 4.5 years with Wind.  I left before the LTE rollout.  I suspect the better latency has been a huge benefit.  When there is no signal, there is not much to talk about. 

[Michael77]

I had no issues with the FM throttled speed. I was still able to do the basic stuff. Sure, a video would toggle but e-mails, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. would work just fine.

[Luddite]

I know other regions have offered "unlimited" data but slow speed after the high speed allotment is used. There are MANY complaints about the slow speed being virually useless for anything but email. So, be cautious with unlimited, or always on, data plans.