Re: [84attendees] Sim cards

[Jamal Hadi Salim <[e-mail]>]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Michael StJohns <[e-mail]> wrote:

> I just got a pay as you go SIM from Rogers.  Cost is 9.95 for the SIM plus a
> minimum initial load of $20CDN.  $.15 a minute

I was just about to post on this.
So my numbers are: $9.99 for the SIM card but no activation fees like Fido.
25c/min on the first 5 minutes each day. 15c after that.
So ~30 (like 7eleven but not as good a deal).

>(or you can get the $1/day charge with $.30/minute daytime, free night/weekends).

They didnt tell me about this plan.
This sounds to be better than the fido $1/day if you intend to talk
mostly on nights
(clearly the weekend thing applies only tomorrow/today). If you do
more than 5 minutes
you are overspending and the fido plan, maybe.

>The first time you
> try and use internet, you get a text message pointing you to the web site
> where you can buy a $5 week 60Mb pack or a 1 day 10Mb pack. If you exceed
> the usage, you just get sent to add another $5 or $1 to the plan rather than
> usurious per MB rates.
>

This part sounds good compared to wind given the base cost of Wind.
But if you are planning to use both data and voice (with say 10-20 minutes
a day), you are better off with Wind.


cheers,
jamal