Major carriers and their weaknesses and strengths

[fixin]

Here is the comparison of the big three and their subs.

Category	TELUS Mobility	Bell Mobility	Rogers Wireless	Koodo Mobile	Virgin Plus	Fido Solutions	Public Mobile	Lucky Mobile	Chatr Wireless
Customer Service	Great - Gives things when they can and when you get mad.	Bad #1 worst. Doesn't give any good promos.	Mid - Gives free promos and when you want to cancel they get mad.	CSA fee but good CSA's	Bad CSA's in General. Also doesn't give cheaper plans!	Mid - Gives free promos and when you want to cancel they get mad.	Online only - Great CSA's and may let you switch to a new activations only plan.	Bad CSA's because Lucky is owned by Virgin / Bell.	Mid - Gives when they can.
Coverage	Nationwide with Bell & TELUS Towers. EXT coverage on Rogers.	Nationwide with Bell & TELUS towers. EXT Coverage on Rogers for Postpaid customers.	Nationwide with EXT coverage on TELUS / Bell Towers	Nationwide with Telus as an MVNO. EXT coverage with Rogers.	Nationwide with Bell as an MVNO. No EXT coverage.	Nationwide with Rogers MVNO and EXT with Bell / Telus towers.	Nationwide with Telus MVNO. Not confirmed if EXT Rogers is available for PM.	Runs on Bell as an MVNO. No EXT coverage.	Runs on Rogers  as an MVNO.  EXT with Telus / Bell towers.
Buy phones?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No, says to get CPO phone with Mobile Klinik.	Yes, but little selection.	Yes, but little selection.
Physical SIM card charge?	$10	$5	$10	$10	N/A ($10)	$10	$10	$5	$10
eSIM capability?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes In App Activation and Promos with $0 eSIM.	Yes ($0)	Yes
Wi-Fi Calling?	Yes in Canada	Yes in Canada	Yes	Yes in Canada	Yes in Canada	Yes	No	No	No
Apple Watch?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Hotspot to all plans?	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	? Yes ?
App?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Here is a play with the regional carriers (Not independent MVNO's that are using bell, Telus & rogers towers.)

Category	Videotron	Fizz	Freedom	SaskTel	Ice	Eastlink
Customer Service	Not so good	Not so good	Okay	No	Okay	Okay
Coverage	Using Videotron home network in QC and Rogers outside coverage.	Using Freedom, Videotron, and Rogers towers. Uses Rogers outside coverage range.	Using Freedom home network & Videotron in QC. Uses big three outside network.	Uses provincial network, uses big three outside coverage.	Use for the territories. Roams on Rogers outside coverage.	Towers in Alberta, and Maritimes. Uses big three outside network.
Buy phones?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Physical SIM card charge?	N/A	N/A	$10	$10	N/A	N/A
eSIM capability	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Wi-Fi Calling?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Apple Watch?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Hotspot to all plans?	N/A	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
App?	N/A	No	Yes but laggy	Yes	No	Yes

This is just what I've gathered.

[fixin]

@Luddite - Thanks for the info! 🙂

[Luddite]

When I last looked Luck has free eSIM. 

[hTideGnow]

thanks @fixin .. interesting info