@adamlaj77 very good questions, I find it odd as well in a world that highly advertises speed and ability to stream in seconds, I thought it was weird that PM was pushing 3G speeds so hard. But then I remembered that PM is owned by Telus and is pretty much the 3rd string company down the line. With that said you can kind of see PM as a sub tier provider, and Telus wants to position each tier differently. Why would they want to compete with their big brand name, and then create confusion for clients. I know PM's business style is much different than the others (i.e. all self-serve, no retail, no customer service call centre), but from a plan perspective they do need to show some difference between all the Telus tiers.
After reading all the threads about 3G vs. LTE regarding speeds, as much as I'd want more data, I don't think I'll have the patience for 3G speeds, even more so when I'm in a rush. Sometimes the LTE doesn't move fast enough, so going to 3G would probably make me go crazy. And once you go you can't reverse, I have a plan from last year that they no longer offer, so if I had to go back to LTE then I would have to pay more for a similar plan.
All rewards work for all plans except their $10 "seniors" / "child" plan, so if you do switch to this plan don't worry about that. I'd say just think about whether you want to wait a few seconds longer (1..2..3..4..5..6....), if you have a little bit of patience then I'd say go right ahead and take advantage of this offer, but if you're like me and can't wait after about 3 seconds, then wait for new promos that I'm sure will come out during the back to school time period, or during the holidays (there's always promo offers during these times).
