Re:The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)
by 29083011397778 on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:26AM
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I think you're over-estimating the discounts - the plans you linked were for talk, text, and data. The plans I'm talking about are here[1] at nearly the very bottom of the page.
Current plans listed are 4Gb for $10/month, though they would require being paired with a voip provider, as I mentioned above.
Fido is available nation-wide, AFAIK. You're likely thinking of Wind. Originally available in select cities (such as Toronto or Vancouver), they were bought out by Shaw in... 2015 (?) I believe, and renamed to Freedom Mobile. They are currently available in most major cities, and rely on roaming in less densely populated areas.
Isn't Fido Toronto only or have they changed that? (it's been a while since I checked)
Also worth mentioning is this marketing thing where each of the major carriers own several cheap carriers. E.g. Roger's has: Fido, Chatr, Cityfone, Primus, Zoomer, and SimplyConnect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_mobile_phone_...