@Chalupa_Batman I don't know what's going on with the Telus deal, however I will note that it's a temporary promo that will expire. Also they're getting the revenue for a full year up front.
As for Public Mobile, $8 won't even buy you a McDonald's meal anymore, so it's not surprising that a Telco [with high infrastructure costs] doesn't want to provide their service for a measly $8. In the context of $15 plan holders with 50% discounts, there was very little risk to Public Mobile cancelling the old rewards program; if customers choose to stay, they've doubled their revenue. If customers choose to leave, big deal, it's $8. Not a big loss.
It will cost Public Mobile if they lose a bunch of higher ARPU clients in the process, but they've done a pretty good job of bringing down the price of the higher value plans in the past year. In my situation I went from paying $50/month base minus $6 in discounts ($44 net), to now paying $34 base minus $3.53 in points ($30.47 net). So although I lose a few bucks in points, my net spend dropped $13.53 and I get more data. Every situation is different, but even at the $25 level they have the $19 plan now.
This impacts those on the $13/$15 plans the most, which Public Mobile seems to be okay with taking the risk of losing them. And I don't blame them. And for the record I have a few family members in that situation. It's unfortunate, but they get it.
