[canada_dry]

Another Canuck here... I've been using a low cost data-less plan for years because I can't justify paying four+ times as much just for data when I'm away from wifi!

When I traveled in Africa several years ago I paid about $20 for a one month data plan (1GB IIRC) that included a usb dongle to connect to my laptop. In Canada the same service would have cost ~$100 at the time.

The duopoly in Canada ensures little will change unless it's mandated by legislation. Having Musk enter the fray is welcomed news.

[gnabgib]

Is your duopoly DSL (Bell, Telus, SaskTel, TekSavvy^) and Cable (Shaw, Rogers, Cogeco, Videotron, TekSavvy^)? Or some subset of the mobile (Telus, Rogers, Bell, Shaw/Freedom, Fido^, Chatr^, Koodo^, Virgin^, 7-11^, PC^, PetroCanada^) providers? Either way, this is a bit disingenuous. Totally agree we pay too much, but 6GB with a $1G phone subsidy for $70cad (52usd) is competitive.

Yes we get hosed on roaming (even you Rogers). But, it turns out a local sim is inexpensive, unlocking is guaranteed free even even under that contract (for more than a year now)

It was terrible, it's currently improving. It doesn't compare to a £15 sim in London with 15GB of data and unlimited chat/text in 2017. Nor do the plans for Canada's shorts[0]

[0] : https://www.google.com/search?q=canada's+shorts