Mobile Phone in Canada
Apr 7th 2009, 4:20 am
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Apr 7th 2009, 4:48 am
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Re: Mobile Phone in Canada
I will report both of you to Prince Charles!
Apr 7th 2009, 5:29 am
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Re: Mobile Phone in Canada
I gave my UK Sony Erickson to my wife and she bought a pay as you go sim card off Fido for it.
I think she had to pay something like $40 to set it up and have credit on it.
She has to spend $10 a month topping it up otherwise she loses all the credit (stupid I know).. She doesn't use it a great deal yet, so not worth signing on for a monthly deal or whatever.
I think she had to pay something like $40 to set it up and have credit on it.
She has to spend $10 a month topping it up otherwise she loses all the credit (stupid I know).. She doesn't use it a great deal yet, so not worth signing on for a monthly deal or whatever.
Apr 7th 2009, 5:35 am
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ok cool info, at least now I know the sim cards is less that 70$! not long ago, in 1999, they did the same in uk-you had to topup monthly! such a disgrace that they take the money out of your pocket in canada!
I gave my UK Sony Erickson to my wife and she bought a pay as you go sim card off Fido for it.
I think she had to pay something like $40 to set it up and have credit on it.
She has to spend $10 a month topping it up otherwise she loses all the credit (stupid I know).. She doesn't use it a great deal yet, so not worth signing on for a monthly deal or whatever.
I think she had to pay something like $40 to set it up and have credit on it.
She has to spend $10 a month topping it up otherwise she loses all the credit (stupid I know).. She doesn't use it a great deal yet, so not worth signing on for a monthly deal or whatever.
Apr 7th 2009, 6:54 am
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Re: Mobile Phone in Canada
The reason you (traditionally) pay for incoming calls ("called party pays") in the US and Canada is linked to the fact that cellphones don't have different (non-geographic) numbers from landlines. To a caller, there's no difference between dialling 416-555-1234, a landline, and 416-555-2345, a cellphone. The cost of the airtime, in effect the price for the convenience of having a cellphone, is borne by the cellphone user (the "called party") rather than the person calling, who may not realise the number they're calling is not a landline.
For the same reason, the called party carries long-distance or roaming charges for incoming calls (this is the same in Europe: if I call you on your UK mobile number and you happen to be in France, I pay for the cost to your UK number; you pay for the cost to get that call to you in France).
Apr 7th 2009, 10:25 am
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Re: Mobile Phone in Canada
cant beleive this thread has 40 replies, most of which I didnt ask for. Two old guys came in thinking this was an invitation for.........?
I guess they're having a lie down now.
I guess they're having a lie down now.
Apr 7th 2009, 10:58 am
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