Subj : looking at getting No
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Mar 04 2021 18:18:00

Hello Rob!

** On Wednesday 03.03.21 - 00:25, you wrote to me:

 RM> The last several offers I got from Bell via Lucky did not
 RM> require purchasing a phone but the odd one offered a phone
 RM> you could take or leave. They would probably like to talk
 RM> you into a phone since this locks you into a 2 year
 RM> contract unless you want to pay an inflated 'balance' left
 RM> on the phone to get out of it.

I've never had to purchase a phone. The last one I got (a  
Blackberry) was given to me.  But are they *still* charging  
inflated balances when closing a contract early?  I thought  
there was a classaction that forced phone companies to stop that  
practice.

 RM> But the Bell plans, although faster data (in theory) don't
 RM> offer international texting or unlimited slower data if you
 RM> run out of high speed and don't want to purchase more at $5
 RM> per 1/2 gig if I recall correctly. The down side is Lucky
 RM> is no good outside of Canada.. no roaming option. -+-

Those are subtle destails, eh?

Lucky's international text surprised me.  It sounds sweet if I  
were ever to want to use it to text to foreigners outside my  
country.  But SMS being completely insecure, I probably wouldn't  
use it to chat about anything important - or not at all since I  
have Telegram now.

You almost recall correctly. The DataPass is $5/200MB at a time.

Regarding outside Canada.. not a problem. There is like 100%  
chance that I wouldn't leave Canada any time soon.

BUT.. I got an interesting offer in the mail today.  I received  
a letter from Bell with a Multi SIM Card inside. The offer is to  
transfer one of my landlines to cell, and for $65/mo I would get  
[1] 15GB of data (throttled down after that), [2] no overage  
charges [3] unlimited Canada-wide calling and texting.  Roaming  
(outside Canada) is extra.

All for an activation fee of +$45.

Now.. on the back of that piece of paper are "details" for the  
exceptions.  The way they do it pisses me off.  They have a  
whole 8"x11" sheet of paper for information and they do this:

  https://photos.kolico.ca/tmp/bell-offer.jpg

(The thumbdrive is for a bit of scale.)

I'm paying 2x$35 for my landlines, and I don't really use them.  
In the spring the lines almost always encounter excessive
buzzing and noise until things dry up. Meanwhile, I have a Lucky  
account at $40/mo for 5GB.

I don't like the arbitrary $45 fee they call activation, ($45 to  
type in some credentials that shouldn't take more than 5 minutes  
to key in?)

Another little detail they miss in the mailing; apparently on  
their website, they have the same offer, BUT they include this:

"Get a $100 bill credit when you bring your own phone and  
activate an eligible plan online."

"(*) Current as of December 22, 2020. Offer valid with new  
activations on an eligible plan when you bring your own phone.  
Not eligible on tablets, Mobile Internet or IoT products. Bill  
credit is comprised of waived one-time Connection Service Fee  
($45) and $55 bill credit, applied in one payment of $100 on the  
2nd or 3rd billing period."

So... there is a credit of $100 when applying online, but THAT  
plan starts at $80/mo.   Sheeesh.

What to do, what to do.  :/
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