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Koodo Wireless Home Phone now $10/mo ongoing price

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Note that the referral promo is for wireless cellphone service only so you can't be referred for home phone
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why would I choose this $10 deal over OOMA $10 option? I don't need a lecture on the difference between VoIP and Cell service and I know OOMA's upfront cost is higher. My question is about value for money and features.
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I wonder how much is Koodo's price for a non Koodo mobile customers. Telus outlined their price @30 and I remember Fido's used to be $40 (for non mobile customers) since I had Fido cell plan + home plan and I was going to cancel the cell plan and wanted to know what's the cost consequence of the home line.
Virgin doesn't say if its available to virgin cell customer, to non-cell and what's the price differential if it's available and exist.

I would like to get a GSM home phone - basically Fido/Rogers since in this event I can put the SIM card in my Siemens S55 and use it just like in old days.
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mcfrugal wrote: why would I choose this $10 deal over OOMA $10 option? I don't need a lecture on the difference between VoIP and Cell service and I know OOMA's upfront cost is higher. My question is about value for money and features.
Not sure I understand your question - if OOMA's upfront costs are higher, and the monthly fees are the same, why WOULDN'T you go with this deal? :S
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dgnr8 wrote: So compared to the last deal you are paying $60 more for the year for price protection. Unless you really need a phone line this isn't a great deal.
If you were planning on having this home phone for more than 15 months, it is a better deal.
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Anyone unlocked the required device for this service? I saw a bunch of those on Kijiji that seems to be locked on Fido.
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can you put the sim card into a cell phone?
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mcfrugal wrote: why would I choose this $10 deal over OOMA $10 option? I don't need a lecture on the difference between VoIP and Cell service and I know OOMA's upfront cost is higher. My question is about value for money and features.
I have Ooma also but I pay $4.50 a month, in the long run it is cheaper for me to stay, not to mention I am very happy with it since I got it over 3 years ago. It goes without saying it needs internet to work, so phone cost is not the only consideration.
Currently happy customer with Koodo, Roger and Virgin Mobile.
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Going to sign my mom to this as Bell is like $50/mo
But what's best way for her to save on calling long distance to Europe? Thanks
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mcfrugal wrote: why would I choose this $10 deal over OOMA $10 option? I don't need a lecture on the difference between VoIP and Cell service and I know OOMA's upfront cost is higher. My question is about value for money and features.
Well many people would prefer the flexibility of NOT having to depend on ANOTHER internet provider for the service to work.
For $10, you get the internet connection & telephone service.
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Koodo will not provision an unlocked hub from another provider.
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dgnr8 wrote: So compared to the last deal you are paying $60 more for the year for price protection. Unless you really need a phone line this isn't a great deal.
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CAN/US POM Tablet $0.00 x 2
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mobifree wrote: Well many people would prefer the flexibility of NOT having to depend on ANOTHER internet provider for the service to work.
For $10, you get the internet connection & telephone service.
thanks. That makes sense - just not in my situation. In my case unlimited high speed internet is considered a "must have" and home phone is considered an add on. So I think the Koodo home deal only makes sense for people without permanent unlimited high speed internet in their home
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Jon Lai wrote: Not sure I understand your question - if OOMA's upfront costs are higher, and the monthly fees are the same, why WOULDN'T you go with this deal? :S
OOMA's features for the FREE monthly option are comparable to Koodo home. The OOMA $10 option has way more features than Koodo (email voice mails for example). after about 5-6 month of service Koodo and OOMA would break even in terms of upfront cost. I'm looking for a new service for the next 2-4 years at least ... I can't be bothered porting numbers every 12 month just to save five bucks ....
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mcfrugal wrote: thanks. That makes sense - just not in my situation. In my case unlimited high speed internet is considered a "must have" and home phone is considered an add on. So I think the Koodo home deal only makes sense for people without permanent unlimited high speed internet in their home
This also makes sense for those who have cottages;
They can simply take this with them anywhere in Canada, and it will work without any additional equipment or internet connections.
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vaporize wrote: can you put the sim card into a cell phone?
Won't work. Koodo sim for home phone is locked to the hub they sold you.
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mcfrugal wrote: OOMA's features for the FREE monthly option are comparable to Koodo home. The OOMA $10 option has way more features than Koodo (email voice mails for example). after about 5-6 month of service Koodo and OOMA would break even in terms of upfront cost. I'm looking for a new service for the next 2-4 years at least ... I can't be bothered porting numbers every 12 month just to save five bucks ....
I just checked and OOMA is not free, there are $4+ in taxes to be paid, so the break even mark is longer than that. There are many VOIP options out there for $4/mo., I would think.
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mcfrugal wrote: thanks. That makes sense - just not in my situation. In my case unlimited high speed internet is considered a "must have" and home phone is considered an add on. So I think the Koodo home deal only makes sense for people without permanent unlimited high speed internet in their home
The other advantage is that when your Internet goes down in a power failure, the Koodo hub will work on the battery for some hours so you can still make and receive calls.
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You don't have to goto the trouble of opening a new account. You can have multi lines within an account and receive the referral. It is stated on their website. Just do a bit of searching to find it. Opening a new account will cause a credit check which you don't want to do.

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