So long, Telus, hello Fido!

I finally dumped my old crappy cell phone plan, and got a new one that actually suits the way I communicate!
My old plan was supposedly $25/mo, but with a system access fee, 911 access charges, misc charges, and $0.15/text (send and receive), it ended up costing about $40-45/mo, generally. I got 200 minutes, but I never went close to that limit.

My new plan only has 50 min talk time, but it has unlimited texting and unlimited email and Blackberry Messenger use, which is really what I do most. Not to mention I can actually use the Blackberry Josh got me for our anniversary last year, instead of the crummy $0-three-years-ago phone I was using.

The downside is that due to the Blackberry I had, my only options were Rogers or Fido (owned by Rogers). Rogers was way too expensive, but I can afford Fido. Plus no stupid contract! My contract with Telus wasn’t supposed to be up until November, so I’ll have to pay like a $100 fee, but that would be about the same as 2 months service. I haven’t gotten that bill yet from Telus, so hopefully it’s not too crazy.

I’m not saving any great amount of money, since in order to get a Blackberry plan I had to get a phone plan to add it on to, but the total should come out to be about $37/mo. The savings will more come from the fact that I can actually text people, and not worry about the cost when I get text messages that say “ok” or “:)”. Not to mention, I like typing on the QWERTY keyboard way more than stupid phone typing.