Futur Public plans to challenge Freedom

[Ron_B]

Hi,

is Public is going offer in the next months some plans like Freedom offer, 35$ / month (Canada/ US /Mexico and 100 destinations ) at 5G (unlimited talk and SMS) and unlimited data at reduced speeds thereafter?

We can see in the last months a kind of plans war between Public (Telus) and Freedom (Videotron).

The Freedom plans are very attractive since Public cut off almost all rewards to the old good clients.

[Toon23]

I started with that plan for CDN$34 ($38 with tax) on 31 Jan 2025, but with "unlimited international text and picture messaging" added to my 10 GB of data, unlimited Canada, US, Mexico minutes and messaging. So, not new. But seems PM switches plan details as often as I change socks, and "hides" cheaper plans just as you're trying to sign up. Happened to me and my techie helpers.

Also, I see Telus has suddenly started advertising PM on TV. Hmm. Guess enough customers are dumping their costlier plans that Telus figures hey, if we can't beat 'em, join 'em (but still for little or not customer support).

Well, I'll see how this evolves. I'm not a cellphone fan to start with, I just want a working phone + texts, period. Forget the extremely confusing bells and whistles, no clue what most of them do or mean (or cost, lol).

[computergeek541]

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@rraso wrote:

 The big perk I feel for PM is that it is subscription based so there is literally never any extra fees. When I was in Freedom, I really had to make sure to check my bill every month. If you were to get a new phone and wanted some upfront savings, certainly freedom might be better, though.

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All cell phone plans are subsription based, even at Freedom.  Freedom has both prepaid and postpaid subscription plans.  For postpaid plans, customers are also billed in advance for plans.

[rraso]

 The big perk I feel for PM is that it is subscription based so there is literally never any extra fees. When I was in Freedom, I really had to make sure to check my bill every month. If you were to get a new phone and wanted some upfront savings, certainly freedom might be better, though.

[slusagm]

We are only customers so we don't know the plan for PM.  what you said could happen.  Come back daily for the latest plans and deals

[funpig1]

@Ron_B 

I wish I had a crystal ball. 

Generally, the cell providers are always competing with each other.