The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: Telus PAYG rates are changing

ethan on Telus PAYG rates are changing

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:18:07 -0800

Actually Telus has a $0.75 / month 911 fee. So
Speak out $88.12 at 25 cents a minute gives you 352 minutes.
Telus $91 at 30 cents a minute gives you 303.33 minutes.

bridonca on Telus PAYG rates are changing

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:08:27 -0800

I am doing the math also. Telus mostly stinks in comparison to .
Telus $25 and $50 cards are garbage because of their embarrassingly short expiry period, so I will focus on the $100 cards, both which expire after 365 days.

Telus has an advantage in that is does not charge system access or 911 fees. so a speak out $100 card is actually $88.12. Even with that lesser amount, Speak out is the better deal.

Speak out $88.12 at 25 cents a minute gives you 352 minutes.
Telus $100 at 30 cents a minute gives you 333 minutes.

iamdrumming on Telus PAYG rates are changing

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:16:00 -0800

In my opinion, SpeakOut is still the better option. I was with Telus when they were Clearnet many years ago.

Speakout's rates are still $0.25/minute. SpeakOut's local calling area is MUCH larger than Telus as well. Plus with SpeakOut, any top-up lasts a year. With Telus, only the $100 top-up lasts a year. Lastly, with Telus, text messages are $0.15 outgoing OR incoming. They hit you both ways. With SpeakOut, not only are their text messages cheaper at $0.10, but incoming text messages are free.

sapien on Telus PAYG rates are changing

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:42:37 -0800

Interesting... Their rates are changing Mar 7th.

Basically, they're raising the minimum per min rate from 25Â¢ up to 30. But if you sign up for one of their monthly "packages/features", the rate will drop to 20Â¢.

Check it out here.

Whether it's better or worse than their previous plan and/or when compared to SO, I dunno. I'll leave that up for discussion. I do like the fact that Telus has texting packages - are you listening SO?