This is very confusing. Of course, that is probably intentional. Too many merchants are purposely doing that to simply raise prices. Currently I have a $25/mo. plan. That plan seems to no longer be offered to new subscribers. Unltd CDN talk and international text and 1 GB of data. The 1 gig of data is plenty for me as I have wifi nearly everywhere I go and my old tablet (which takes a sim) switches to wifi when it is available, which is nearly always, for data. The 1 GB of data each month is plenty since I use wifi at home, at work and most places I shop. I really only need data for the ~1 hour I walk each night but, even for that, if I walk at the right time, my FM radio app gives me the program I don't want to miss without using any data - it's just an FM radio at that point. (It also helps to keep me on a regular exercise schedule and I need that help.) PM periodically gives me extra data which mostly just has piled up with no expiration data.
PM recently sent me 30GB, I think, more data but the offer was completely bogus. It expires in, I think, 45 days and all my other data needs to be emptied before it will kick in. So, it is just a trick so PM can say it is giving me something at the same time forcing me to switch from rewards to points. Under the old plan I received $5 off for 5 years loyalty and I think $2 off for having posted an auto-pay credit card. So, I pay $18.00/month. Under the points scheme, I will pay $25/month I assume. That will give me 2.5 points each month, or maybe only 2. My bill will then be $22.50/month (excluding taxes). So, that will be a 25% increase (!!!!). Am I getting this correct? Maybe I will get another 1 point each month for the auto-pay. It seems the longevity discount will disappear. It's just a money grab from Telus. I also get my wifi from Telus. They are often completely incompetent when it comes to billing. I balked at my last wifi contract renewal, asked for a supervisor, threatened to go elsewhere and, after months of such nonsense, Telus upgraded me to fibre optic and my bill only went up $5/month. Of course, it took them 12 different contracts before, after offering that, for them to get that correct in the contracts they sent me. If we all send letters to the CRTC with a CC to the Pres. of Telus complaining about the forced 25% increase, they would probably bring back the $1 off/per month (1 point) for the longevity discount. Do it , folks! It will very probably work. As for switching plans. I will do everything I can to stay with my current plan. It works fine for me. If I got anything incorrectly in the above, please let me know in this thread. If some other provider is cheaper, let us all know that to, please.
