PM, Can you do better then this?

[thymaster]

[kutzki]

@srlawren Yeah but that spotify though. 😄

[Kayfun101]

Here is the thing pc mobile is not the same anymore this is a bare bones service but 47 a month with pm mobile you save that money because a normal contract is like 87 you pay more always with contracts getting locked in a cage is how it feels and they can charge you more I had a 300 dollar phone bill one time with Koodo mobile it sucked so much so have caution wean looking for a new plan and read the fine print all of it please have a great time going to a new provider

[srlawren]

@Kayfun101 made me wonder about the PC Mobile plans and I had a quick look and PM seems to bury them on pricing.

Example:  Unlimited Canada-wide calling, global texting, and ~2GB per month:

Public Mobile:

90 day Canada-wide, Global, 6GB = $135 / 90 days = $45.63 per calendar month

PC Mobile Post-paid:

UNLIMITED NATIONWIDE TALK & TEXT, PLUS - $44 with no data! Add $5 for up to 500MB of data, $10 for up to 1GB of data, or $20 for up to 2GB of data!  Cost with 2GB data = $64 / month, or $18.37 PER MONTH more than PM

PC Mobile Pre-paid:

Unlimited nationwide calling and texting is $50/month, plus you pay for data on top of that.  The most they offer is 1GB of data for $30 (the same $/GB as as PM's outrageous--sorry--add on pricing).  So on pre-paid it's even worse, you pay $80/month, $34.37 more than PM per month, and get half the data.

BAM.

Nuff said.

🙂

[Rockdaddy22]

To be fair, you can go month to month with all carriers.

[Kayfun101]

And I like public mobile for that reason your not locked in and my iPhone 6 has another 2 years of life so keeping til it breaks

[Kayfun101]

I actually like the plans and the ability to change a addon and to be not locked in pc mobile has lots of issues associated to bell cell towers and kinda like not have Ingrid dropped calls anymore I do with virgin and every time I call customer service they tell me do you want another addon and the costs have skyrocket so that's why I don't want to be with virgin plus I am not a virgin lol

[thymaster]

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@Rockdaddy22 wrote:
@thymasrer just curious why you're even here? Obviously you don't feel PM offers you any value. Between all my rewards the the PM price I pay is actually pretty amazing. 🤑

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This is a general discussion forum. You're right PM don't offer me any value that's worth switching so I'm here to input my thoughts of how PM can do to make a difference. 

It seems like everyone here is hostile when it comes to competitive price plans.

[Kayfun101]

i mean pc mobile is expensive now they went with 2 year plans for phones now and now they can charge more to there customers after i looked on there website there plans my look appitizing but there has to be some hidden fees associated with these plans four 60 dollers you get unlimited but remember the dirty word contract thats why i will never go with them ever again and they limited there pre paid selection as well

[Kayfun101]

Yea virgins rates have went up a lot I have been with them 3 +2 equals 5 years but what I have heard from of mobile customers is call quality sucks and I was with them wean they first came out had a Nokia brick phone man tech has changed and I am only 25 vary soon

[Rockdaddy22]

That's terrible, I hope you got a lot of PC points for that lol I'm so happy to see you here now, it's an awesome place to be 🙂

[Kayfun101]

Yea I do it was 75 dollers originally but found out fast I was going over like a river in charges

[Kayfun101]

Yea with 1000 local and 1000 long distance the plans are not available anymore and will be kicking there butt to the curb soon

[Kayfun101]

I mean PC mobile sorry typo

[Rockdaddy22]

You pay $111 a month with virgin? Is that with a device subsidies

[Kayfun101]

Wean I did a calculation on the build a bundle it came to 47 a month I pay currently with virgin 111 dollars that's even more reasonable then I could ever be in history if you go 90 days with all the bells and 3 gigabytes and Canada and USA calling and global text 150 and remember you got 3 months worth of service the other provider witch is creeping up on public mobile is of mobile at superstore but a hell of a lot more with secret fees so just do a compare chart and you will make the right choice for you

[Rockdaddy22]

@thymasrer just curious why you're even here? Obviously you don't feel PM offers you any value. Between all my rewards the the PM price I pay is actually pretty amazing. 🤑

[choco]

CRTC is doing a review of the Wireless Code; perhaps you can ask them to review. (I would certainly like the notion of "offer to one" means "offer to all" but that's a discussion for another day.)

[thymaster]

It seems like everytime I bring up competitive pricing this PM community gets histerical and offended by it. PM rate plans are somewhat comparable to their competitors but nothing great nor worth the time switching to. Compared to PM competitors, their plans might be slightly higher but they offer other better services to compensate for the minor price increase, like a quick responsive call in center.  I think PM can do better if they distance their branding because right now I just see another Fido wannabe start up company.

[srlawren]

@thymaster most of the Canadian providers have a few special plans for certain provinces (typically Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), due to those provinces having some regional players that require more competitive pricing, and yet will gouge the rest of the country with higher prices for the same services.  PM appears to have made a conscious decision to level the playing field and charge everyone in Canada the same price.  For most of us, this means we're getting, on the whole, some very good prices relative to the other providers. For folks in Quebec and/or Manitoba and/or Saskatchewan, PM may not always be as compelling due to the increased competition in their provinces.  

[rugerty100]

It's still competitive nationwide if you include Quebec.

Overall, it typically has better prices than other providers.

You can't compare Public Mobile's nationwide plans vs. a Quebec exclusive Fido plan and say that means PM isn't competitive nationwide.

If you compare Public Mobile's nationwide plans vs Fido's nationwide plans, it's clear who wins.

[thymaster]

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@thymaster wrote:

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@Rockdaddy22 wrote:
I believe these are the Quebec only plans.

PM offers extremely competitive national plans, and I love them 🙂

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So excluding Quebec out of the nation is competitive?

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So not including Quebec is nationwide competitive. Ok I understand the double standards.

[thymaster]

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@Rockdaddy22 wrote:
I believe these are the Quebec only plans.

PM offers extremely competitive national plans, and I love them 🙂

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So excluding Quebec out of the nation is competitive?

[Rockdaddy22]

Like I stated above, they're for Quebec. PM offers national plans, same price for all Canadians 🙂

[Chaos_Scorpio]

Those must be another area. Fido - Ontario is above and clearly PM blows them out of the water.

the higher Gb are higher prices than above... 

[datako]

I think the real question is: Can Fido beat PM? 🙂

I don't think any other provider will come close to providing 2GB for $38/mth

[Rockdaddy22]

I believe these are the Quebec only plans.

PM offers extremely competitive national plans, and I love them 🙂

[thymaster]

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IWIK wrote:

Does it say how many minutes of calling other then the unlimited evenings?

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[IWIK]

Does it say how many minutes of calling other then the unlimited evenings?