Telus $75/20g back to school promo (Expire Aug 24)

KenAdams wrote: ↑This is a HORRIBLE deal right now during COVID-19. Most students will be working remotely and will be using Zoom or Teams or whatever apps on their computers/laptops. NOW would be the time to drop these prices to help Canadians during a pandemic, not try to make money off them.

MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding? These plans are a godsend. Most students will be working remotely and will be using Zoom or Teams or whatever apps on their computers/laptops. That uses a LOT of data. Not everyone has reliable internet. Go outside the city to any rural town and ask what they have. It’s probably satellite or LTE, maybe some regions have execulink wireless. A few people will be lucky enough to get DSL.

Having 20gb means you can use 1gb every single business day each month. That’s only about 90 minutes of video calls per day but it’s better than nothing. And before this people mostly had 5-8gb plans, with 10gb being the high end. If you wanted 20gb you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars. The telcos literally doubled everyone’s access to data.

MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding? These plans are a godsend. Most students will be working remotely and will be using Zoom or Teams or whatever apps on their computers/laptops. That uses a LOT of data. Not everyone has reliable internet. Go outside the city to any rural town and ask what they have. It’s probably satellite or LTE, maybe some regions have execulink wireless. A few people will be lucky enough to get DSL.

Having 20gb means you can use 1gb every single business day each month. That’s only about 90 minutes of video calls per day but it’s better than nothing. And before this people mostly had 5-8gb plans, with 10gb being the high end. If you wanted 20gb you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars. The telcos literally doubled everyone’s access to data.

derrickrose wrote: ↑ How do they verify you are a student and I just asked them about the $10 home internet bundle discount and they said its only for 1 month?

Teioh wrote: ↑ I'm now suspicious that the big 3 have astro-turfers on this website.

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MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding? These plans are a godsend. Most students will be working remotely and will be using Zoom or Teams or whatever apps on their computers/laptops. That uses a LOT of data. Not everyone has reliable internet. Go outside the city to any rural town and ask what they have. It’s probably satellite or LTE, maybe some regions have execulink wireless. A few people will be lucky enough to get DSL.

Having 20gb means you can use 1gb every single business day each month. That’s only about 90 minutes of video calls per day but it’s better than nothing. And before this people mostly had 5-8gb plans, with 10gb being the high end. If you wanted 20gb you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars. The telcos literally doubled everyone’s access to data.

MooseV2 wrote: ↑ Are you kidding? These plans are a godsend. Most students will be working remotely and will be using Zoom or Teams or whatever apps on their computers/laptops. That uses a LOT of data. Not everyone has reliable internet. Go outside the city to any rural town and ask what they have. It’s probably satellite or LTE, maybe some regions have execulink wireless. A few people will be lucky enough to get DSL.

Having 20gb means you can use 1gb every single business day each month. That’s only about 90 minutes of video calls per day but it’s better than nothing. And before this people mostly had 5-8gb plans, with 10gb being the high end. If you wanted 20gb you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars. The telcos literally doubled everyone’s access to data.

KenAdams wrote: ↑ NOW would be the time to drop these prices to help Canadians during a pandemic, not try to make money off them.