[GTALUG] Alternative to Rogers

[Dave Cramer]

At $5 US it's pretty close to 6 CDN?

Dave Cramer

On 3 April 2018 at 09:43, Digiital aka David via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> When I'm traveling to the US I just load up my Roam Mobility Card before I
> leave. It's a MUCH better deal than using one of the CDN providers with
> roam option.
>
> https://roammobility.com/plans
>
> This company uses T-Mobile network. I have not had a issue with coverage(a
> few yrs ago in VT it was pretty spotty, but other wise when I drive to NJ
> there is zero problems)
> At some point in the past you could choose the City where you got a number
> from. Now it's a random location when you signup.
>
> 512MB  per-day is plenty and if you do use it up it just slows down to 2G
> speeds afterwards. For Emails and GPS it's plenty.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Tim Tisdall via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On 3 April 2018 at 08:08, Dave Cramer via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> > So one more time they put the prices up.
>> >
>> > This time the Roam Like at Home. now max of $90. Started at 50, that was
>> > acceptable. then 60, now 90.
>> >
>> > So what options are there for
>> >
>> > 1) internet. 150M plans
>> > 2) US SIM or even a US plan
>>
>> Are you wanting to replace Roger's entirely or just get phone coverage
>> in the US?  Freedom Mobile has a $20/month add-on to roam in the US
>> with 1GB of data.  Their regular roaming fee without that add-on is
>> only $0.25/minute.
>>
>> If you can manage with hopping between wifi hotspots, voip is very
>> effective with voicemail.
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