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What have you guys been smoking? The $10 for 30 days
voucher has been around for ages and still is around
according to the previously posted URL:
http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/packages/prepaid.shtml
This is probably why the $25/60days is being cancelled
because it is a better deal to get $10/30days.
> I agree, I also use it very little but regularly and the $25/90 days suited
> my usage pattern and budget.
>
> They really must bring that type of deal back or loose out to bell.
>
> I guess Fido is going down the tubes and this pricing strategy will
> ultimately land Fido out of customers and maybe be bought out by Telus or
> Bell anyway.
>
> It was the cheapest deal in North America. That's why I became a Fido
> person. It worked out to a fair monthly average price since paying
> something in the $25 to $30 per month plan rate would be total overkill for
> my needs. And I hate wasting money
I already pay outrageously for cable
> TV that I only have time to watch for 3 minutes per day, usually just the
> weather channel.
>
> Fido seems to be loosing their price advantage versus the other providers
> and their signal coverage is very poor to nil outside of the city. If I'm
> going to have to ultimately pay 30 bucks a month I might as well switch to a
> cell phone provider like bell with better signal coverage and fewer gray
> areas and drop outs.
>
> Oh well, it was good well it lasted
>
>
> > You are right ,it is a better deal at the $0.15/min rate, for 60 days
> > it's a good deal. But what I am wondering is this "Deal" is only valid
> > until the end of the year, so will the $25/60days amount be gone by
> > then, and the $30 amount go back to being for only 30 days.
> >
> > I don't want to give up my phone, but I use it very little but
> > regularily. I used to only refill $25/90 days until they got rid of
> > that last year. Now I refill $25/60 days which works out to $14/month
> > after tax. So if they get rid of it, I'll be paying nearly $20 a month
> > for my very low usage.
> >
> > Cellular Unlocker wrote:
> > > Actually, the 30$ cards will now last 60 days, and have 200 minutes of
> > > airtime. For 5$ more than the 25$ card, you get 117 minutes more.
> Doesn`t
> > > sound like such a bad deal to me.
> > >
> > > CU
> > >
> > >>So I get this SMS to my prepaid account saying check online about new
> > >>changes to validity periods of refill amounts.
> > >>
> > >>http://www.fido.ca/portal/en/packages/prepaid.shtml
> > >>
> > >>They're having a "promotion" on $20/$30 amounts, but the $25/60 days
> > >>refill amount appears to be "while quantities last"? Looks like it's
> > >>history.
> > >>
> > >>Not sure how many prepayers there are out there, but it seems fido keeps
> > >>shaking us into trying to go post-paid.
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