Location: Ontario, Canada
Carrier: Fido
Plan: $70/month - 150 minutes, 5pm evenings/weekends, unlimited texting(+"extreme text messaging" carrier perks), caller id, visual voicemail, 6Gb Data
Pros:
-billing by the second - have never gone over my minute allotment, with early evenings/weekends it's easy not to
-data option includes tethering
-Fido Dollars (carrier perk) earn "dollars" based on a % of my monthly payments which I can use at any time towards buying a new phone or paying for an addon in my plan
-can turn off data and keep cell service
-carrier supports HSPA+, have consistent 8-9Mb/s dl speeds
-carrier has LTE in my region, will be nice if the next iPhone has LTE
-carrier has largest coverage in Canada, rarely do I not have signal even if I go to the cottage or beach
-can negotiate a retention plan towards end of contract
-receive text alerts telling me when I'm close to and reach data/minute limits
-useful app to track usage and account balance
Cons:
-3 year contract (although more than a year into it)
-most subscribers on this network, can be congestion and slower speeds in some areas such as downtown Toronto
-carrier won't officially unlock iPhone until contract the phone is tied to is complete
Carrier: Fido
Plan: $70/month - 150 minutes, 5pm evenings/weekends, unlimited texting(+"extreme text messaging" carrier perks), caller id, visual voicemail, 6Gb Data
Pros:
-billing by the second - have never gone over my minute allotment, with early evenings/weekends it's easy not to
-data option includes tethering
-Fido Dollars (carrier perk) earn "dollars" based on a % of my monthly payments which I can use at any time towards buying a new phone or paying for an addon in my plan
-can turn off data and keep cell service
-carrier supports HSPA+, have consistent 8-9Mb/s dl speeds
-carrier has LTE in my region, will be nice if the next iPhone has LTE
-carrier has largest coverage in Canada, rarely do I not have signal even if I go to the cottage or beach
-can negotiate a retention plan towards end of contract
-receive text alerts telling me when I'm close to and reach data/minute limits
-useful app to track usage and account balance
Cons:
-3 year contract (although more than a year into it)
-most subscribers on this network, can be congestion and slower speeds in some areas such as downtown Toronto
-carrier won't officially unlock iPhone until contract the phone is tied to is complete