Don't Get Sucked In!

[xsbank]

* Taxes, long distance, additional airtime, roaming and pay-per-use charges are extra per member. Plus applicable municipal tax for 911 in Quebec beginning December 1, 2009: 40¢.
** Additional usage will be charged at $0.05/MB. Cannot combine with any other data plan. Tethering included. Additional data is charged by the MB or GB and is rounded up to the closest KB (1 GB =1,024 MB; 1 MB = 1,024 KB). Data usage is subject to a monthly overage limit of 10 GB.
† BONUS minute offer is available on a 1, 2 or 3 year service agreement until December 31, 2009. BONUS minutes are not doubled when the client chooses double anytime minutes feature.
1 All Share Plan members have to be on the same account and reside in the same province.
2 Premium messages are not included. An additional 10¢ charge will apply for each text message or attachment sent outside of Canada and the U.S. Text messages sent or received while roaming internationally will be charged at $0.60 per message.
3 Video and picture messaging are only available in PCS and 1X digital coverage areas. Clients with non-capable phones will receive a text message that includes a web address where they can view the picture or video. Premium messages are not included. Multimedia messaging used while outside of Canada are charged data roaming.
4 Your five numbers must be Canadian domestic numbers and must not include your own TELUS mobile phone number, your voice mail retrieval number, toll-free or 900 numbers. Local talk & text refers to calls made or received from your mobile phone, and subject to additional roaming, and/or long distance charges. Nationwide talk & text refers to local and Canadian long distance calls made to or received from your mobile phone, and subject to additional roaming, and/or international charges. Text messages can only be sent and received from other mobile phones and subject to roaming and international charges. Selected picture and video messaging capable phones are required. You may change the five numbers once per billing cycle by visiting telusmobility.com.
5 If using a PDA smartphone or a BlackBerry® smartphone (with BlackBerry® Internet Services only). Data used while roaming in the U.S. is charged at $3/MB. Data used while roaming outside Canada and the U.S. is charged at $25/MB.
6 Long distance refers to calls originated in Canada and terminated in either Canada or the U.S., except for Hawaii and Alaska. Airtime is not included.
7 Offer available to new activations until December 31, 2009; a month to month, 1, 2 or 3 year service agreement will receive 1 month of unlimited local calling.

It appears that Telus has moved its corporate offices to Nigeria. If I was trying to sell pizzas like this my shop would be burned to the ground.

[Go Guns]

Telus has been more then fair to this smartphone user for eight years... You just have to talk to the right people..

Let's check out Bell's fine print

Current as of July 31, 2009. Available with compatible devices, within Bell Mobility digital core network and/or high speed mobile network coverage areas. Long distance and roaming charges (including foreign taxes) may apply outside your local area. With data use, charges apply if you do not subscribe to a data plan or unlimited Mobile Browser service and fees may apply for features, content and roaming when outside your local area. $6.95 system access fee is available with new activations and to existing customers who agree to a new committed service period (excluding corporate accounts). Online purchasers will default to paperless billing. A $2 monthly fee will apply if the paper billing option is selected post-activation through Self serve or Client Care. Plan changes to a corporate plan and/or account may be subject to a $20 fee. Upon early termination, price adjustment charges apply. Subject to change without notice; not combinable with other offers. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. (4) Sent messages include domestic text messages and exclude international, roaming, alerts, premium text messages and messages sent with an instant messaging application. Roaming messages include international GSM, CDMA and U.S. CDMA messages. Received messages include domestic, international, roaming and service related messages from Bell and exclude premium, alerts or dial-up messages. Out of bundle charges may apply. (7) Simultaneous use of airtime. (11) Supports personal email accounts and on-device HTML & WAP Browsing. Instant Messaging includes BlackBerry Messenger and Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry smartphones and Windows Live Messenger for compatible Windows Mobile smartphones. Outlook synchronization, corporate email integration and other corporate-type solutions not available. Excludes Mobile Connect and tethering with your device. Subject to acceptable use restrictions in Terms of Service, including consuming excessive network capacity or causing our network to be adversely affected. See bell.ca/acceptableuse for details.

And Rogers'

**Evenings are from 9 pm to 7 am, Monday to Friday, and weekends are from 9 pm Friday to 7 am Monday.
† Most reliable network refers to call clarity and dropped calls (voice) and to session completion rate (data) as measured within Rogers HSPA footprint and comparing with competitors' voice and data 1xEvdo networks. Rogers HSPA network not available in all areas. See rogers.com/reliable for details.
Plus Government Regulatory Recovery Fee*
* The Government Regulatory Recovery Fee ranges from $$2.46-$3.46/line/month (varies by province and plan selected). It is applied to help fund fees, costs and other amounts related to federal, provincial and/or municipal mandates, programs and requirements. It is not a tax or charge the government requires Rogers to collect and is subject to change. See http://www.rogers.com/regulatoryfee for details. A one time Activation Fee of up to $35 (varies by province) also applies. Where applicable, additional airtime, data, long distance, roaming, options and taxes are extra and billed monthly.
The ECF is the greater of (i) $100 or (ii) $20 per month remaining in the service agreement, to a maximum of $400 (plus applicable taxes), and applies for each line in the plan that is terminated. In connection with your wireless data service, a Data Early Cancellation Fee (DECF) also applies if, for any reason, your service is terminated prior to the end of your plan's commitment term (Data Term). The DECF is the greater of (i) $25 or (ii) $5 per month remaining in the Data Term, to a maximum of $100 (plus applicable taxes), and applies in addition to the ECF for termination of your service agreement. If you subscribe to a plan combining both voice and data services, both the ECF and the DECF apply.
All members on same account must activate on same Family Plan. Min. 2 to max. 5 lines required (may be added at any time). New lines added for 2 or 3-yr terms require primary phone be renewed for same period.
1 Unlimited local calls, text/picture/video messages apply to 5 numbers on MY5 list. Unlimited Canada-Wide calling applies only to calls initiated/received from your wireless phone in Canada to/from MY5 list. Long distance, text to landline and roaming charges extra. Only 10-digit Canadian-based numbers eligible (excludes customers' own wireless number, voice mail retrieval number and special numbers like 1-800/1-900). One MY5 update/month allowed. Excludes premium messages (roaming, international, alerts, contests and promotions). Other conditions may apply, visit rogers.com/my5 for details.
2 Monthly airtime package with TalkSpot option, TalkSpot compatible phone, high speed internet connection (min 512kbps upload/download speed) and wireless router required. TalkSpot only available on select Rogers Wireless voice plans.
Calls may be made/received through an open wireless Internet connection (Wi-Fi) and on public Wi-Fi networks not requiring password access. Calls initiated on Rogers' network (when not connected to the Wi-Fi) charged according to monthly wireless airtime package. Customers strongly recommended to provide 9-1-1 emergency contact information before service is activated.
Includes unlimited Canada-wide calls made/received when connected to the wireless Internet connection (Wi-Fi). International long distance calls not included and charged at current long distance rates applicable to Rogers Wireless service.
Text/Picture/Video/Instant Messaging, data transmission and additional services selected not included and charged at current rates applicable to Rogers Wireless service.
3 Each additional minute of Call Forwarding costs 20¢, billed by the second.
4Additional data transmission is charged at 3¢/MB. While roaming in the U.S., data transmission charges of 0.6¢/kb apply. While roaming internationally, data transmission charges of 3¢/kb apply.
If you subscribe to a plan with no data included, data charges apply at a pay-per-use rate of 3¢/kb for the first 500kb of usage per month and 1¢/kb thereafter.

You want better and more competitive cellular service? move away from Canada (and not to the US)

[Changes in Latitudes]

I'm still of the belief that I don't need to own one of these goddamned things. \

[ottawa,kan]

Huh???? XS bank is a pizza seller and Changes is a luddite? Who knew.

[Doc]

Funny how you can buy a cell phone in any Walmart in the States for $30 and it's good to any number from anywhere in the States. You can do the same thing in Mexico as well. Changes are coming to Canada.....sign nothing till the spring.

[xsbank]

I know they all do it, Telus just says it doesn't in its advertising.

If Orscom gets up and running there will be a mass exodus to them. I used them all over Europe and Africa, absolutely problem-free.

Telus, $299 for the phone on a 3 year contract plus about $65 per month VS. Verizon, in the US, 2 identical-to-Telus phones for $99 plus $35/month 2 year contract.

I think maybe the Canadian cell phone companies are all run by Voyageur.

DON'T SIGN ANY CONTRACT LONGER THAN A YEAR (thanks Doc)!

Telus Blackberry, $659 plus Canadian taxes.
Verizon phone $535US = $580 Canadian No taxes.

"But without taxes we might not be able to afford a gun-control program or free health care."