My bell internet promo is ending this month. Thinking about this or Carrytel.

Basically Bell and Rogers are adding internet service to Virgin and Fido?

Nov 21st, 2016 11:17 am

bagster: Newbie; May 26, 2010; 90 posts; 19 upvotes

Nov 21st, 2016 11:17 am

I hope they will have similar offers like this one for Quebec soon. My parents really need it, they have a too-slow dsl connection

Nov 21st, 2016 11:31 am

DiscountRaja: Member; Jan 5, 2010; 374 posts; 247 upvotes; Edmonton, AB

Nov 21st, 2016 11:31 am

OP: Please clarify that this is ON only, I am in Edm, AB and got super-duper excited about about this deal, only to find out I am not eligible....

Nov 21st, 2016 11:49 am

TimBitz: Sr. Member; Jul 14, 2009; 641 posts; 1201 upvotes; GTA

Nov 21st, 2016 11:49 am

Ontario only!
Was interested in what their back-end is. Dug up some details:

“Home Internet by Virgin Mobile is fibre-powered and currently available to existing eligible Virgin Mobile Members within the network footprint.” The company further specified that it was available in the fibre network footprint in Ontario only.
http://mobilesyrup.com/2016/07/05/virgi ... net-plans/

Perhaps reselling Bell Fibe?

Nov 21st, 2016 11:55 am

scouzer: Deal Addict; Mar 13, 2003; 3271 posts; 952 upvotes; Alberta

Nov 21st, 2016 11:55 am

The usual... Toronto people can't label their threads as Toronto or Ontario only...

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Nov 21st, 2016 1:06 pm

wrecker [OP]: Sr. Member; Nov 15, 2006; 805 posts; 491 upvotes; Toronto

Nov 21st, 2016 1:06 pm

I am afraid their pricing/discount strategy is going to be the same as Bell.... keep the discount for 2 yrs but raise the base price multiple times later.

Nov 21st, 2016 1:14 pm

theflyingsquirrel: Deal Fanatic; Jun 6, 2010; 9467 posts; 5401 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

Nov 21st, 2016 1:14 pm

How is this plan better than carrytel?

If I buy something that is not in deep discounted, my father will punish me; everyone will laugh at me. I will be the strange kid who doesn't fit in.
Guide to get free movie BOGO code from Virgin Mobile

Nov 21st, 2016 6:21 pm

OakAged: Deal Addict; Jan 22, 2014; 3159 posts; 2762 upvotes; GTA Ontario

Nov 21st, 2016 6:21 pm

$45 for 24 months then $50 is nice, but restricted to Virgin Mobile customers in Ontario. TekSavvy offers something similar with no restrictions. For example in Toronto area they offer this 25/10 speed with 150 GB cap for $42, or 400 GB for $49, or unlimited for $59. But note that they never meter uplink data, and they don't meter downlink between 2:00 AM and 8:00 AM so you can schedule your big downloads to run overnight for essentially unlimited data anyway.
https://teksavvy.com/en/residential/int ... d-dsl-25-2
See what they offer in your province/area here: https://teksavvy.com/en/residential/internet/dsl

I'm using the $42 150 GB since Feb. 2015 and it's been fast, reliable, and the one time I had an issue their tech support was very good.
Note that if you don't already have a land line you need to add a dry-loop for another $5/month, which I suspect is the same with any ISP, as it's the nature of DSL.

Nov 21st, 2016 7:02 pm

oajlu: Deal Addict; Feb 7, 2008; 1549 posts; 145 upvotes; Toronto

Nov 21st, 2016 7:02 pm

i am using teksavvy now, but i think teksavvy is more expensive than this one. You have to either rent or buy a modem/router with teksavvy.
However, i am going to switch to virgin yet even though i use their phone service. Imo $45 for 2 years is not worth for me to switch.

OakAged wrote: ↑ $45 for 24 months then $50 is nice, but restricted to Virgin Mobile customers in Ontario. TekSavvy offers something similar with no restrictions. For example in Toronto area they offer this 25/10 speed with 150 GB cap for $42, or 400 GB for $49, or unlimited for $59. But note that they never meter uplink data, and they don't meter downlink between 2:00 AM and 8:00 AM so you can schedule your big downloads to run overnight for essentially unlimited data anyway.
https://teksavvy.com/en/residential/int ... d-dsl-25-2
See what they offer in your province/area here: https://teksavvy.com/en/residential/internet/dsl

I'm using the $42 150 GB since Feb. 2015 and it's been fast, reliable, and the one time I had an issue their tech support was very good.
Note that if you don't already have a land line you need to add a dry-loop for another $5/month, which I suspect is the same with any ISP, as it's the nature of DSL.

Nov 21st, 2016 8:27 pm

TCWeasel: Deal Addict; Dec 9, 2005; 3834 posts; 2096 upvotes; Ontario

Nov 21st, 2016 8:27 pm

scouzer wrote: ↑ The usual... Toronto people can't label their threads as Toronto or Ontario only...

Nothing exists outside Toronto! It's all a void. It breaks down like this; "Toronto, avoid"

Kaboom! Kaboom! KABOOM!

Nov 23rd, 2016 1:19 pm

radeonboy: Deal Expert; Mar 22, 2004; 15539 posts; 6656 upvotes; RFD

Nov 23rd, 2016 1:19 pm

Tempting to switch, I like that the modem is basically free and included in the price and that theres no install fee...compared to others where you buy the $100+ modem and pay at least $50 to install. Its not a world beating deal but a fair price.

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