The rewards switch in May was both a blessing and a curse. I was on a $34/40GB plan that was costing me $26/mth and my wife was on the $15/256MB plan.
The Telus/Bell network around my house is very poor. When we get out of the immediate neighborhood it improves but it is crap at home. That hasn’t been a big problem because we can just use Wi-Fi but, for the odd time the landline internet is down, it’s was annoying to only have 1 Mbps data speed.
So, as I was no longer beholden to PM due to price (plan cost less discounts), I decided to look around. Last year Rogers installed three mini-towers within 600m of my house so their signal is pretty good. As I am not a millionaire I couldn’t afford to signup with Rogers actual so I tried a $34/50GB plan with Fido.
Fido worked great. Their website is responsive and I actually got to talk to a human being to answer a question I had about setting up voicemail. The only downside was Fido bills in advance and I really like paying on my plan renewal date.
I waited a month then ported to Chatr. I’m on a $29/20.5+15GB plan and it works peachy.
Once I sorted myself out I ported my wife to a $15 plan on Fido then, 30 days later, ported her back to PM on the $57/9GB 90 day plan ($19 mth). For a light user that’s a pretty cost effective option. We lost her “loyalty” rewards but she didn’t have any referrals so not much harm done.
