iPhone: Cheapest Cellphone Plan

[Kasakato]

Looking for a cheap monthly cellphone plan for my iPhone. How much does it cost for minutes, internet, and text? Nothing special, just basic stuff.

As this is an iPhone, Rogers/Fido/Virgin/other only.

If its over $25/month, is there a better PayAsYouGo?

[squall458]

You got an iphone and want pay as you go? Don't you think thats overkill? I guess you want the music function and phone together? Virgin is CDMA so that is out. Fido plans are slightly better for pay as you go...but I am still shocked at what you are doing....

[thedarkhorse]

good luck with trying to get a cheap plan and internet, data plans in canada are pretty ridiculously expensive(and all limited bandwidth) compared to the states and many other countries.

Currently I think rogers is the only network that could support the iphone, it has blackberry plans for data, the most expensive(for consumers) is $90 a month and that only comes with 25mb of data(on the iphone you could probably use that in half a day, maybe less). I know they have a $200 plan hidden somewhere with 200mb, which is the max of any data plan in canada. but both of these pretty much are ruled out for a cheap plan, so you'll probably have to stick to wifi.

[Kasakato]

You got an iphone and want pay as you go? Don't you think thats overkill? I guess you want the music function and phone together? Virgin is CDMA so that is out. Fido plans are slightly better for pay as you go...but I am still shocked at what you are doing....
No, that is wrong. PAYG is a last resort if theres nothing cheaper. Would like to stay away from it if at all possible.

good luck with trying to get a cheap plan and internet, data plans in canada are pretty ridiculously expensive(and all limited bandwidth) compared to the states and many other countries.

Currently I think rogers is the only network that could support the iphone, it has blackberry plans for data, the most expensive(for consumers) is $90 a month and that only comes with 25mb of data(on the iphone you could probably use that in half a day, maybe less). I know they have a $200 plan hidden somewhere with 200mb, which is the max of any data plan in canada I think. but both of these pretty much are ruled out for a cheap plan, so you'll probably have to stick to wifi.
That is what I figured. In terms of a voice plan, whos got the cheapest? I only need 150-200 minutes a month plus 100 text in.

[coriolis]

You can go for something like Roger's My5 and then sell the phone you get.

Though Rogers' plans are decent, it'll stack up alot.

I've been using Fido's PAYG $20 monthly(Though some months it's $30 or $50), so I ported to Rogers, got the w580i which I'm selling. I'm on the $20 Megatime plan(still $32 after taxes) which is a pretty crappy plan atm, but a beggar can't be a chooser. I hope to upgrade it to either the My5 sometime during my contract, but right now I don't need it. Yet.

As well, since Roger's is probably the front runner for getting the iPhone(whenever that is), when it does come out, I could see if the data plans are decent and switch to that plan. As long as I'm on contract, I can freely switch plans, just that it has to be for 3 years :p

[Kasakato]

Does anyone know if its possible to transfer a Fido PrePaid with $150 on it, into a monthly plan-switching name and address on the account at the same time?