Don’t get me wrong, Telus has been good to me. But they do hit seniors hard. My MIL is 94, almost blind and very deaf. She pays $90 for 15 speed internet and the odd time might exceed 9gb of data. She also has a useless, cost wise, prepaid Telus phone....she carries it religiously, but never uses it. And probably can’t see it to use it.
I have looked at the Telus seniors plan and you have to qualify income tax wise and you need a code to qualify with Telus. <= I think...or I may be confused with the low income plan.
I had a cell phone for work in my last years of employment and since I was not paying for it....I had no issues using it. But I come from the era when an important message to my parents would be a telegraph delivered to the door. Phones came later in our house. LD was very expensive by the minute and poor quality. Hence I still stay away from LD....and today I still do...even with low cost LD and Canada wide calling. I tend to use the free option of FaceTime audio. Finally I am using my LD and mobile phone more and more. I must call my friends in Calgary and Okotoks to break this old haunting way of thinking.
So what am I getting at.....seniors paying $25 for a Telus plan will likely only use it for emergency and use will be minimal. And is this plan a contract? Would it no be better to have the PM $15 plan with the odd $5 500 minute top up? And if senior cannot manage the account themselves...let a son or daughter help out?
