Bell counters Telus’ $99 smartphone plan
It looks like actual value is going to be offered to Canadian smartphone users in time for Christmas because Bell is going to match Telus’ amazing $99 smartphone plan. Created in anticipation of large sales of the BlackBerry Storm, both Canadian CDMA-come-HSDPA carriers are offering up plans consisting of the following:
- 1,000 daytime minutes (unused airtime from Bell rolls over to the next month)
- Unlimited evenings and weekends after 9pm
- Call display
- Voicemail
- Unlimited SMS
- Unlimited email and data
- Unlimited BlackBerry Messenger and IM
To many living outside of Canada these plans might not seem like a lot, but in the pathetically uncompetitive and monopolistic Canadian wireless marketplace this is a huge leap towards progress. Huge!
Now if we could get Rogers to play along, the Canadian market may actually be a brighter place.
Agreed!
Now if they would only get rid of the SAF and 911 fee so that would actually be all in for $99
I can only assume this plan does not support BES access. Now THAT would be a miracle!
are you forgetting about our taxes?
Are bell and telus allowing tethering on this plan?
Might actually break my habit of renewing with robbers every year on a new 3yr and get a storm if it does.
I really hope that this does work with BES. If this is the case this will be awesome!
Taxes? Yes because the companies can control the amount of tax they have to charge
@mangenius
How can a company control the amount of taxes they want to charge?
We can get Rogers to join in if everyone starts switching to Bell and Telus…Hit Rogers where it counts..in the pocketbook
How about nationwide calling…..
A cell phone at a 100 bucks a month? HA HA HA…. What a great price ! (rolling his eyes)
i got Telus plan for 49.99 (smartphone plan)
unlimited emails/IM
unlimited web/data
200 anytime minutes
unlimited evening and weekend after 6pm
MyFav 10 – National free call/text
+ 14.99
voicemail and caller id.
total is about 77 bucks a month i think
very good deal.
Telus is giving me a similar deal for 60$, 200 daytime min, nights start at 6 and everything else is the same.
Oh yeah it also includes voice and call id
ya but thats like 800 less daytime minutes
Yeah I just got a great plan from Telus from their L&R department:
- unlt’d incoming
- 360 daytime
- evenings/wkends starting at 6
- unlt’d text
- unlt’d surfing
- unlt’d email
- unlt’d bbm & IM
$35.00 + fees + gifts to harper and dalton
Oh and I forgot that it includes all the bells and whistles . .
- Caller ID
- Voicemail
- 3 way
- and all that jazz
this plan sucks just like telus plan sucks. until saf is included along with long distance this is an epic fail. i pay less for much more
David, how did you get that? Is it a publicly available plan or some sort of loyalty plan?
Been with Telus since 2001 and for $71 tax in my plan now includes :
1050 day minutes
unlt’d nights and wkend (6pm-7am)
unlt’d incoming
100 ld minutes (Canada, US)
unlt’d web / data / email
unlt’d SMS
VM 25, call display, conference, call fwd, call waiting
No contract an if I renew on 3 year, they throw in the Storm for $149.
An inside for anyone looking to see just how much they can get when negotiating.
So.. if you want a great deal. Whats the vote everone? telus or bell? im planning to get storm real soon.
I would suggest you call the client care number and ask for the Max 45 plan, you just have to pay the service activation fee each month, for 1 year. After 1 year it will be somewhere around $45 a month but you get 700 daytime minutes, free after 8pm, voicemail 10, and other stuff i can’t quiet remember. I added bundle 20 for the first year to have unlimited text, web browsing, caller id, conference calling.
Cheers
-Peter
I’m not sure on what planet you think this is a good deal. I am with Telus, and I have two lines with the following:
unlimited browsing
unlimited email
unlimited IM
unlimited evenings and weekends after 6 pm (5pm on one line)
1000 daytime minutes
2500 minutes between the two phones
national my faves (five numbers of my choice unlimited calling to or from anywhere in Canada)
Unlimited text to those my faves
One of the phones also has unlimited text to anyone.
Voicemail, call display, call waiting etc. (normally $5 each/month)
One is BB curve, other is BB storm. All of this for $130/month including taxes (15%) and system access fees etc. The $99 plan you mention doesn’t inlude web browsing, and the price doesn’t appear to include taxes or access fees etc…which means for a single phone without web browsing it would appear they are quoting you the same price I pay for two phones with it.