Comments on: High price of Mobile data http://www.infuzionweb.com/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -- Hamlet, Act II Scene 2 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:04:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sketches of the mind » Changes http://www.infuzionweb.com/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data/comment-page-1#comment-11363 sketches of the mind » Changes Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:42:52 +0000 http://www.infuzionweb.com/sketches/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data#comment-11363 [...] 3. I’ve got a new phone and cell number. I’m on a plan and work is paying for it yay! Bye bye crappy Rogers PAYG! [...] [...] 3. I’ve got a new phone and cell number. I’m on a plan and work is paying for it yay! Bye bye crappy Rogers PAYG! [...]

]]> By: infuzion http://www.infuzionweb.com/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data/comment-page-1#comment-11243 infuzion Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:09:57 +0000 http://www.infuzionweb.com/sketches/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data#comment-11243 Fair point there Gail. I have since discovered that I may be able to acquire a phone and plan through my company, so I will continue to investigate my options. Thanks for the tip! Definitely more leverage on a plan versus on PAYG. Seeing as my time here, for now anyway, is limited I didn't want to sign up for a 24-month or greater plan. Actually at the time I was only considering staying in TO for 6 months but I've since decided it's much too fun here :D Fair point there Gail. I have since discovered that I may be able to acquire a phone and plan through my company, so I will continue to investigate my options. Thanks for the tip! Definitely more leverage on a plan versus on PAYG. Seeing as my time here, for now anyway, is limited I didn’t want to sign up for a 24-month or greater plan. Actually at the time I was only considering staying in TO for 6 months but I’ve since decided it’s much too fun here :D

]]> By: Gail http://www.infuzionweb.com/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data/comment-page-1#comment-11242 Gail Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:59:02 +0000 http://www.infuzionweb.com/sketches/2008/02/22/high-price-of-mobile-data#comment-11242 I don't pay for incoming calls! I've been using Telus Mobility since 1999, and I get much better deals with them than I've ever heard from anyone else. The trick is, you have to negotiate. It's a lot harder to do that when you're a new customer or on a Pay As You Go Plan. (In fact, Pay As You Go gives you zero leverage, you have to be on a plan.) My company paid for my phone from 1999-2005 while I was in Vancouver, but when I moved to Toronto from the U.S. two years ago, I was considered a new customer. But I chose a plan that had unlimited incoming calls (no airtime charges) even at that time. Unfortunately, on Pay As You Go, you are stuck with Rogers/Fido. I don’t pay for incoming calls!

I’ve been using Telus Mobility since 1999, and I get much better deals with them than I’ve ever heard from anyone else.

The trick is, you have to negotiate. It’s a lot harder to do that when you’re a new customer or on a Pay As You Go Plan. (In fact, Pay As You Go gives you zero leverage, you have to be on a plan.) My company paid for my phone from 1999-2005 while I was in Vancouver, but when I moved to Toronto from the U.S. two years ago, I was considered a new customer. But I chose a plan that had unlimited incoming calls (no airtime charges) even at that time.

Unfortunately, on Pay As You Go, you are stuck with Rogers/Fido.

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