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Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Cell Phones in Canada This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 4   Prev  |  Next skipnchar • View posts Topeka or somewhere else Senior Member Joined: 12/17/2003 View Profile Posted: 08/18/10 01:59pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator AT&T has full coverage in Canada and for a very small fee you can sign up for the Canada plan and get reduced rates while there. Probably your CHEAPEST way to go would be to just buy a NET 10 Phone which has Canada service included in all of their packages. It's a pay as you go plan with no contract and you can add air time by simply pushing a button on the phone. Same or better coverage than AT&T or Verizon. good luck / Skip 2011 F-150 HD Ecoboost 3.5 V6. 2550 payload, 17,100 GCVWR - 2004 F-150 HD (Traded after 80,000 towing miles) 2007 Rockwood 8314SS 34' travel trailer US Govt survey shows three out of four people make up 75% of the total population robatthelake • View posts Vancouver Island Senior Member Joined: 08/24/2003 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 08/18/10 02:17pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator You are on Vacation, send Post cards! Rob & Jean 98 Dutch Star Diesel Pusher ..92 Tracker 4X2 gonesouth • View posts Tatamagouche, NS Senior Member Joined: 02/16/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 08/18/10 02:22pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator If you want the straight skinny on cells in Canada, listen up. Rogers and speakout are******outside of big cities. They put up a tower in each province and claim national service. So, where you actually find a spot that has a bounce to a tower, you will get hit with extra long distance charges because the tower is 50 or so miles away and may be in a different area code. Not to mention bad connections. Bell in the Atlantic provinces goes by Aliant, and have the only network in the Atlantic region with reasonable coverage. Out west, and that may include SK and MB but definitely includes AB and BC, Telus has the biggest network. However, Bell and Telus have a joint carrier agreement and will probably merge someday (Bellus) but, as a customer, the key thing to know is that you can use both networks if you're with either. In Ontario and Quebec, Bell and Rogers both have good networks. Take the advice to go to Loblaws and pick up a phone with a grain of salt, they only operate in Ontario and some of Quebec, unless they've expanded out west. And all these little 'deal' guys have some kind of interline arrangement where they bought time in cities, and are probably dead if you are on the road. Your best bet for a short visit is probably either to get a Canada package from your home provider, or get a Kindle and use the email function which operates off the Bellus cell network when in Canada at no cost other than the $180 to buy it. PM me if you want to set up for me to take your emails and call Coach-net for you. (I've asked, they don't take email help! calls.) Looking for Free Wifi I noticed SSID " HRM_Police_Surveillance_Van_#2" Think it's safe to connect? fulltime 6 months/year FMCA 368297 98 Beaver Marquis, one slide, CAT425HP, 2 stg Jake, Allison MD4060, Aquahot, 10KwOnan, 3Kw Xantrex, HWH Air Levelling pianotuna • View posts Regina, SK, Canada Senior Member Joined: 12/18/2004 View Profile Offline Posted: 08/18/10 02:56pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Hi, The PC phones are available at Extra Foods and Superstore in the West. I can't speak for the East. Bell's phones do indeed work on the Sasktel Network. I believe AT&T only piggybacks on Rogers in Canada and as another poster mentioned Roger's coverage area is limited. Regards, Don Kustom Koach Class C 28'5" 256 watts solar, 875 amp hours in two battery banks 12 volt batteries 2500 watt inverter. Nascarcruzin • View posts Home is where the RV is parked. Senior Member Joined: 01/06/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 08/18/10 03:07pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator What provider do you use? Verizon, at first, told us they did not have an international plan, when we went to AK in 2008. Ronnie & Rebecca Soddy Daisy, TN Full-timing since 2004 Check out our adventures: North to Alaska 2011 Travel Journal Enter the password - 12345 2008 Alaskan adventure 2009 Northeast coast and Canadian Maritimes 1999 Holiday Rambler Imperial 40WDS FMCA #388387 drenjoey • View posts Gray, Maine Senior Member Joined: 06/25/2008 View Profile Offline Posted: 08/18/10 03:19pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator We just came back from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We are with Verizon and didn't have any problem calling home in Maine. However, we couldn't text message.... And just so you know, you can't talk on the phone while driving in Nova Scotia.....against the law. rwwhite29b • View posts FL Full Member Joined: 10/10/2009 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 08/18/10 03:24pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Skipnchar - I'm currently a NET10 customer, but according to their web site their phones don't work in Canada or Mexico. Their International plan only provides numbers that you can give to friends in those countries for them to call you. My primary purpose for the cell phone was for emergency use only and making forward reservations. Guess I'm down to mail ordering a phone or waiting until we get there and seeing what's available. If we have WiFi at the park, I can always use Skype on my laptop. I have a broadband card as well, but it's tied to Verizon and of no help in Canada. Thanks for all the quick responses. rwwhite29b SCVJeff • View posts Santa Clarita, CA. Senior Member Joined: 07/28/2006 View Profile Offline Posted: 08/18/10 07:02pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator YOUR cellular provider has no coverage, or they do not have a reciprocal agreement with a Canadian carrier? That's a BIG difference. AT&T works fine up there. What you need to be careful of is broadband data cards as most don't have any agreements and the data rates are out of sight. Jeff - WA6EQU '06 Itasca Meridian 34H, CAT C7/350 Chuck&Gail • View posts In the Colorado Mountains Senior Member Joined: 06/16/2004 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Posted: 08/18/10 07:06pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Did that two years ago. Stopped in first Walmart we found and bought a pay as you go phone. I think it was a Virgin Mobile. Worked almost everywhere. Just tosssed it when we got home. Cheap, easy, effective. Chuck Wonderful Wife Australian Shepherd 2010 Ford Expedition TV 2010 Outback 230RS Toybox, 5390# UVW, 6800# Loaded Not yet camped in Hawaii, 2 Canada Provinces, & 2 Territories I can't be lost because I don't care where this lovely road is going Fortkentdad • View posts Alberta Canada Senior Member Joined: 07/12/2008 View Profile Good Sam RV Club Member Offline Posted: 08/18/10 11:27pm Link  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Get a Blackberry - then you can PIN free anywhere in north america. BTW I have to echo comments about Rogers outside of the big cities, we live in an area that is supposed to be in the Rogers coverage, ... well maybe if you climb to the top of a tall tree? People complain about there Rogers coverage out this way all the time. Fort Kent Dad aka FKD Fort Kent, Alberta Canada 09 Rockwell 8319SS 2010 Dodge 2500 CTD Mega Cab, 4x4, Loaded Laramie This Topic Is Closed  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Page of 4   Prev  |  Next Open Roads Forum  >  RVing in Canada and Alaska  > Cell Phones in Canada

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