While this may be possible, I think you are drastically misrepresenting your own situation and the rest of Canada.

If you're phone plan is legit, I'd like to see what it is. My bet is that you're paying Rogers $40/month for some tiny amount of data over LTE[1].

Secondly, this is like saying "I live in a super rich suburb and never see homeless people around. Must not be an issue."

Now, I don't actually think that your intention was malicious, but come on. Vancouver is the rich suburb of Canada when it comes to anything.

Cheap fibre in Vancouver is more or less something you luck into by getting into a new and super expensive condo or hopping on an intro offer from Shaw or Telus.

[1] https://www.rogers.com/consumer/wireless/smartphone-plans?ip...

Edit: I'd be so bold as to suggest that even while Vancouver does have some options for cheaper internet, the median cost per person would be notably higher than the rest of the country.

The good deals on fibre in Vancouver come from companies like Novus[1] that only serve the downtown core. Most of the city is stuck with Telus and Shaw.

[1] http://www.novusnow.ca/internet/

Indeed. Though I didn't realize they only serve the downtown core. I lived in Burnaby, in a new condo development that was contractually locked in to Shaw for the entire building. Telus came in after, but I imagine things like that make it more difficult to compete as a smaller company.

I don't live in the downtown core, though I do have Novus

It starts getting throttled at 5 GB but I've never used more than 2

I live in an inexpensive building built in the 1980s

There are options, but many people don't know about them or are unwilling to do anything

This is a terrible case of anecdotal evidence, and you contribute absolutely nothing to actual sentiment of most Canadians. Most Canadians pay more than $85/mo for 5GB of data. Furthermore, I'm originally from Manitoba, where people are upset that our $48/mo 5GB plan is increasing next year to prices similar to other regions, because our local telecom service (MTS) has been bought out by Bell (one of the big 3). The only reason this cheap plan existed was because there was competition within our province, and now it has been sold to the highest bidder.

In Florida, I pay $20/mo for 10mbps cable and it includes 5 cellphone lines w/ unlimited voice+text and 100mb mobile data... $12/month for each additional gb or $45 for unlimited data, shared among the 5 cellphones. https://www.xfinity.com/mobile/plan

To keep the $20/mo, I will have to call them after 1 year of service.

In Canada, isn't there a data cap on your fiber internet? I think I have 1tb/mo here for my cable internet.

"I will have to call them" ends after a few years. I got brickwalleded trying to renew my starter fees last time; they've raised rates so many times and don't care (and added data caps).

Depends on the carrier. I've always been able to add "unlimited usage" as an add-on (usually about $15). I'm currently on Videotron's 1Gbps package which is unlimited.

Wow, that's impressive, because Telus charges about $100/mo for fiber, and even something like Freedom Mobile charges $60 for "unlimited data" but only 8GB on LTE and everything after that on low speed. I don't know what magic packages you managed to arrange for yourself, but the rest of us sure as hell don't pay that litte.

Several of the top carriers are running a promo right now that includes unlimited calling and 10GB of data for $60/month. It's literally the best publicly available plan I or anyone I've spoken to have heard of. Several people I know, including myself, have switched.

So, the wireless situation does finally seem to be getting better due to competition from new entrants like Wind/Freedom mobile. I've never heard of anything close to $40 for unlimited LTE + calling though. (Although I believe Freedom does throttle your connection rather than cutting you off when you hit their data cap; is that what you're referring to as "unlimited LTE"?)

Can you link to the promotion?

It's described here: http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/telus/koodo-promo-60-p...

All that Koodo has online is a message on their homepage: "You want gigs? We got gigs! Bring your own phone and get 10GB of data for $60/month. Details in store." - https://www.koodomobile.com/

I signed up for the plan today though and can confirm the details in that first link.

$40/mo for unlimited LTE + calling is absolutely not the norm here in Ontario at least. I pay $40/mo with freedom for "unlimited" LTE but signal is iffy if you go to suburbs (works for me since i live and work in DT).

Check all the deals today, and every provider is giving $50/$60 per month for 10 gb data + unlimited calling.

Note that only Koodo and Freedom are offering this indefinitely. The other carriers' plans expire after 2 years. If trends continue it will be possible to find something at least as good by then, but no guarantees.

I just switched to Koodo from Fido, since Freedom isn't available on Vancouver Island.