The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

slomo on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:18:50 -0700

Not sure who to blame, but the Canadian cell rate is one of if not the highest in the world. I think it is caused by a combination and vicious cycle of govt regulation (high rent cost for the frequency compared to other countries), low competitions among providers (oligopoly), and low population density (infrastructure costs more, more cell towers have to be built).

I've been in a third world country where 1 Canadian dollar could buy you more than 2 hours of air time.

Jim on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:42:29 -0700

I wish after all these years of cell phone providers, that there was a carrier which offered one flat monthly fee for UNLIMITED local calling. As far as I'm concerned, "airtime" charges for local calls is just pure greed. You can get landline and VOIP plans which have unlimited local calling. What makes the cell phone industry so vastly different that they can't adopt this concept.

slomo on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:51:00 -0800

Rogers has built into its contracts provisions that SIMs can not be sold separately.

I may be mistaken, but I think Fido allows you to buy prepaid SIM without a phone.

itnk on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:34:54 -0800

I'd expect that to change soon

Don't count on it. This is controlled by Rogers not 7-11. Rogers has built into its contracts provisions that SIMs can not be sold separately. Rogers loves to collect it's Roaming fees especially from outside of North America, so don't expect them to make it easy for people to get SIMs which will help people bypass their high Roaming Fees.

Artek on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:49:28 -0800

They're probably not making too much on the service itself, and so subsidize it by getting the addition income from the phones. I'd expect that to change soon, probably by the olympics when lots of individuals from europe etc start looking for a temporary alternative while they're in Canada. In Europe, and I suspect Asia, various companies sell SIMs with airtime for the price of the airtime only - No phone, no gimmics...

Jim on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:01:11 -0800

I forgot to mention - I have a brand new unactivated Rogers SIM if you want to trade.

Jim on SIM card needed for Toronto GTA 416/905

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:04:06 -0800

Hi if anyone has a Speakout SIM for sale please email me at toronto23@rogers.com. I can pay you cash or paypal.

Does anyone know why 7-Eleven doesn't just sell these? There seems to be a lot of people asking for one.

Thanks!