@Canadian321 wrote:
@stonechucker wrote:
@Canadian321, keeping your Toronto number is fine, but local to you businesses, friends, neighbours, and day-to-day calls will be expensive for those who do not have LD plans.
Will you have a local landline number people to reach you?
I think I will have a local landline, but assuming I won't, would I pay roaming charges when I use my phone FROM Sudbury with Toronto number to call/text people, or use data (since I would be away from my local area)?
I really don't want to lose my current 647 number because I will be moving back and forth from there for a few years.
As @Anonymous has mentioned, it's the people who are calling you from the area you are going to be (Sudbury) would be dialling a long distance plan, and potentially incurring charges to do so. You can use your 647 number anywhere in Canada on the Telus/Bell network, but anywhere outside of Toronto, someone trying to call you while you are there (or in Toronto) will be calling long distance.
Keeping 647 mainly allows your current friends in Toronto to always reach you with LD charges. Changing to local area code (in this case 705) will allow local telephones to call you at no charge, and you would still be able to use the 705 anywhere in Canada. When you're back in Toronto, your calls locally will still be covered as unlimited, but if accept a call from your Toronto friends, they will now be calling LD.
An alternate solution, a WiFi calling app, such as Fongo, to get a free Sudbury number, to use with Sudbury friends. Calling is free, texting would be a small monthly cost if you wanted to use the texting via Fongo.
