I've finally cancelled my Telus cell phone. The contract runs out at the end of the month. The two year family plan contract we had is definetely one of their worst deals, some months wracking up bills in the $300 range. When we first moved out here I thought it would be cool to forget about a landline and just go with cell phones.
Last Summer someone told me about Navigata an internet phone service. For 15.99 I can phone just about anywhere in BC, Saskatchewan and parts of Alberta, anywhere else is 4 cents minute. I also get things like caller id, voice mail, three way calling and call waiting, services one usually has to pay an additional fee for with any other phone service provider. It works just fine over my wireless internet connection.
I almost agreed to keep paying Telus $10 a month for some basic service, only available to people like me who have already given them thousands of dollars for the privilege of owning one of their cellphones. Lately we've rarely used them because we're reluctant to give then any more money than the $50 basic rate. I should probably frame them.
I doubt I will miss the so called convenience of having a cell phone. In town landlines are ubiquitous. Out of town, in the mountains where I spend most of my weekends there is no cell phone service anyway.
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I never have had a cellphone. Thank goodness. Most of the time I don't need one.
I do keep my landline as that's how I get net, and I need some telephone service.
For long distance, I stick to cards..either the ones you get at Superstore, or at 711. Sometimes, I use the 10 10 number from YAK. The cards are the cheapest though at just 3.9, cents a minute in N. America. (3 cents in Canada)And I just buy them as I need them. It sucks though that Telus has started charging a $2.95 'network access fee' because of these cheap alternatives using 'telus' lines!!
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