Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Nov 27th 2016, 5:28 pm
#16
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Call collect, saves a bundle.
Nov 27th 2016, 6:13 pm
#17
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
That's an option
. Last time one of my family members tried that, dad (call recipient) refused to accept the call saying "I don't know anyone abroad".At the time, 3/4 of his offspring were "abroad"...
Nov 30th 2016, 9:49 pm
#18
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Did you sign up with a contract on Virgin?
If not, cancel and move to Koodo, they have the same plans as Virgin, same network, less shoddy of a company and unlimited UK calling for $20/month extra if your chosen plan has unlimited Canada-wide minutes.
https://www.koodomobile.com/
If not, cancel and move to Koodo, they have the same plans as Virgin, same network, less shoddy of a company and unlimited UK calling for $20/month extra if your chosen plan has unlimited Canada-wide minutes.
https://www.koodomobile.com/
Dec 1st 2016, 12:32 am
#19
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
+1 for the cici card which I have used for several years
Dec 2nd 2016, 2:01 am
#20
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Hi we use LocalPhone and its pretty good and inexpensive.Koodo also do a deal on a sim only package for $55 and you get 4gb data and unlimited Canada calls plus free 1000 international calls.
Dec 2nd 2016, 11:15 am
#21
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
The 1000 free minutes is limited to a select number of countries and does not include the UK.
Dec 2nd 2016, 1:14 pm
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Dec 2nd 2016, 6:06 pm
#23
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
From Koodo's website:
1000 international LD minutes only available for new activations and upgrades. Includes calls to India, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Italy, Mexico, Australia & Taiwan.
1000 international LD minutes only available for new activations and upgrades. Includes calls to India, Germany, China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Italy, Mexico, Australia & Taiwan.
Dec 3rd 2016, 10:02 am
#24
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Not directly related to the original question, but from experience: Koodo coverage (compared to Virgin & maybe other providers) is not as good as it is claimed to be, outside the cities in this part of Canada.
Dec 3rd 2016, 4:26 pm
#25
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Interesting, in these parts koodo blows the likes of wind and public mobile clear out of the water!
Dec 4th 2016, 12:14 am
#26
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
I had exactly the same problem with virgin, no one said we couldn't make international calls when we signed up. I urgently needed to call my UK bank & asked if they would lift it & they refused stating some rubbish about not being able to whilst they still have a deposit from us (zero sense I know).
I bought credit on Skype in the end.
I was going to switch to koodo who don't discriminate against immigrants but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of it.
I bought credit on Skype in the end.
I was going to switch to koodo who don't discriminate against immigrants but couldn't be bothered with the hassle of it.
Dec 5th 2016, 3:10 am
#27
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Koodo uses the Telus network (they are owned by them) , Virgin uses the Bell network. (Owned by them)
Telus and Bell share towers with each other. From Ontario east its Bell towers Manitoba West Telus towers. When they built the new 3G and 4G networks they had this agreement that one of them would build the network on the west coast the other on the east and they'd share it. So Virgin/Koodo should have the exact same coverage.
How long ago was it that you had these observations, or do you have Koodo atm?
Dec 5th 2016, 5:45 pm
#28
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Thats weird.
Koodo uses the Telus network (they are owned by them) , Virgin uses the Bell network. (Owned by them)
Telus and Bell share towers with each other. From Ontario east its Bell towers Manitoba West Telus towers. When they built the new 3G and 4G networks they had this agreement that one of them would build the network on the west coast the other on the east and they'd share it. So Virgin/Koodo should have the exact same coverage.
Koodo uses the Telus network (they are owned by them) , Virgin uses the Bell network. (Owned by them)
Telus and Bell share towers with each other. From Ontario east its Bell towers Manitoba West Telus towers. When they built the new 3G and 4G networks they had this agreement that one of them would build the network on the west coast the other on the east and they'd share it. So Virgin/Koodo should have the exact same coverage.
Dec 5th 2016, 5:51 pm
#29
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Re: Mobile phone plan not allowing international calls for a year.
Weird ... Are they both the same generation? (iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, etc)