I was with Rogers and then they said hey, switch to fido and get the same stuff for $10 less so I did. Was fine for a few years. Then Rogers had a deal and I switched back, got more data for $10 less.

Started at $80/month and now at $60/month with way more data than I'll ever need.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

$60 for phone service is highway robbery. Unless you have specific needs that the big 3's main brands plans give you, you should be on a discount carrier. For years now you have been able to regularly get a plan in the $28-32 range for 20GB data from Virgin/Fido/Koodo. The only downside has been they were LTE only for a long time, but 5G isn't really a noticeable upgrade, and it looks like they have all upgraded to 5G for their plans since I last looked.

I'm currently on a plan from Koodo that is only $24/mo for 10GB data which is plenty.

These are the plans that seem to creep up in price over time until you switch providers when another good deal comes up.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

Ya I'm sure I could find cheaper, but I currently get 150gb data. I'm on the road a lot for work and also have a cabin with no internet access other than through data so I can go through a fair bit.

My main point is that my plans were typically never being increased, only ever offered a decrease.

[–] TheBloodFarts@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

That's still a crazy high bill. I'm at like $26 after tax with fizz, effectively unlimited data