The Unofficial Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page - Topic: Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Sean on Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:59:09 -0700

Great, thanks! I'm hoping the rates and everything stay about the same, because I have a while yet to wait before I can cancel my Rogers contract. There is no way I'm paying $2,000+ for the phone I have over the next 2 1/2 years. I just have to wait until March so they'll give me my darn deposit back.

Big Ang on Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:45:40 -0700

Sure, sounds about right.

With Speakout you can call and text - no data. With Wifi you can browse the web. Doesn't matter if it's a quad-band phone, the GSM bands does not have anything to do with whether or not a phone has WiFi. (However a quad-band phone would be useful if you plan on travelling)

Sean on Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:34:39 -0700

Thank you. My apologies, I was reading elsewhere about another wireless provider and got the rates mixed up. If I buy a quad band GSM phone capable of Wi-Fi elsewhere, I can use Wi-Fi for data purposes and SpeakOut for calling/text messaging purposes, correct?

EDIT: That would be an unlocked quad band GSM phone, might I add.

Safari on Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:26:56 -0700

Sean: Yes, all charges you incur are deducted from your balance. If you purchase a $100 voucher, SO adds a bonus of $25 airtime so you in fact would have $125 plus the $5 startup time which comes with the phone; plus you can request a $10 bonus referral code from this forum. Go to the Home Page & look at FAQ #3 - it outlines all the individual rates & charges. Local calls are the equivalant of .20 or .25cents (not .15cents) depending on the amount of the voucher you decide to purchase.

Sean on Is Each Prepaid Card Basically A "Balance"?

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:07:09 -0700

Basically, I am asking that if I were to buy one of the $100 prepaid cards to add to a phone, does it basically give me a balance of which both minutes and text messages are taken out of. For example, if I used, say, 60 minutes, at 15c per minute, and then sent and received a total of 400 text messages at 4c each, would that mean I have a balance of $75.00 left from that prepaid card to use?

400 x 0.04 =16
60 x 0.15 = 9

16 + 9 = 25

So $25 taken off of the balance?

Is that the way it works, or are text messages charged separately and aren't paid for with a prepaid card?

Thanks in advance.