Hi all, I've recently found the following cell phone/plan comparison websites that let you compare various plans currently on offer by different carriers in each province. I just thought to share them on here, hope they will be of help to some of you looking for new contracts or upgrades:

www.comparecellular.com

and

www.cellphones.ca

Amazing, thanks so much!

This one in particular looks like a winner: http://www.cellphones.ca/cell-plans/2822/ unlimited international texting which is probably important for anyone around here!

Excellent thread - very helpful for people like us who are heading to Canada soon. Thanks.

Do you get a phone with most contracts or are you better to take a sim free phone from UK?

Regards

Andrew

SIM free for sure. Contacts suck and lots are 3 years. Some of the smaller carriers do have some decent deals but get a SIM free phone, particularly if you can get it on the us where it's cheaper than Canada and uk.

Very good point, US it is then when we go to flagpole.

Glad to hear this thread was helpful to some of the readers. Lets spread the word and find ways to beat the world's most expensive mobile phone tarrifs!

Be aware that the smaller carriers are owned by the big ones.

Yep - Mobilicity, one of the main smaller carriers, recently got bought out by Telus, so who knows whats going to happen there. Bell destroyed Virgin Mobile when they bought them, removing included call display from the plans etc. It amazes me that no government bodies step in to stop this uncompetitive behaviour.

In Canada it's clear the big carriers welcome competition, as long as it is only between big carriers and they don't have to give too much up by way of value for money.

I still don't get this paying for incoming calls bit Is it just North America and Hong Kong doing this? The rest of the world dropped 'receiver pays' years back. From what I have read that was due to increased competition between carriers. Of course in Canada there is little competition, so no need to bother with that one.

No they do, particularly when foreign companies try to come in to Canada. Cuz the govt fears that might promote competition!!

Looks like 7 Eleven will soon be doing 'proper' data plans, that will be interesting:
http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/prepai...es#value-plans

I called my provider Rogers and said I wanted to end my contract early, they offered me a better rate and I had caller ID and voice messaging thrown in for free.

Windmobile have a good deal on ($40 per month)

That is a great deal, plenty of data included. thanks.