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Or something like that. I just got off the phone with Rogers Customer Service, trying to get some info about changing my mobile phone to Pay as you Go when my contract is up. One thing he did offer me that they don't widely advertise is an "Emergency use" only plan. You get 40 minutes a month, with 50 cents a minute if you go over that. Texts are extra. The total cost including access fee and taxes for me would be just over $14 per month. That's about $20 less a month than i'm paying now and that would be a good deal except i think, for me, going PayGo is still a better deal. In the nearly three years i've had the phone, i've used a total of 18 hours worth of minutes. That's about 32 minutes a month and even that seems high but now and then i will use it for a conversation. Here in Canada, you can't just top up the PayGo phone and leave it for months. They expire your minutes after 30 or 60 days so you have to keep topping it up even if you don't use it.
My Virgin Mobile only has to be topped up maybe twice a year if i'm not using it and i can do that online in preparation for when i go over to the UK. Just did that the other day so i think i'll be just under the wire when i arrive in November. If i had a world phone, i could turn on the phone here once in awhile and let it roam and make a quick call. That would keep it activated and i wouldn't have to top it up as often when i'm home. I plan to get a new phone (maybe for Christmas?) when i go over in November and get it unlocked. One of the things i asked the agent was if Rogers needed to do anything at their end or could i just drop the current sim into a new phone like i could overseas. No problem, i can do that myself, he said. *check* I can switch to PayGo and use my same phone *check* and keep my same number *check* It's all good.
So that's the plan. Mid July i have to call them up and do it over the phone, though. They can't do it in the Rogers store. I didn't bother to ask how much it would cost for me to do it earlier. It's only 2 more months anyway. Nice to know about the Emergency plan though, so anyone out there with Rogers that doesn't use their phone much can keep that in mind. Again, probably have to do it through the call agent, (that's 1-877-764-3772 but it's a verbal menu, rather than a touch tone. I think if you ask for the 'Cancel Service' option, you can talk to the correct agent)
My Virgin Mobile only has to be topped up maybe twice a year if i'm not using it and i can do that online in preparation for when i go over to the UK. Just did that the other day so i think i'll be just under the wire when i arrive in November. If i had a world phone, i could turn on the phone here once in awhile and let it roam and make a quick call. That would keep it activated and i wouldn't have to top it up as often when i'm home. I plan to get a new phone (maybe for Christmas?) when i go over in November and get it unlocked. One of the things i asked the agent was if Rogers needed to do anything at their end or could i just drop the current sim into a new phone like i could overseas. No problem, i can do that myself, he said. *check* I can switch to PayGo and use my same phone *check* and keep my same number *check* It's all good.
So that's the plan. Mid July i have to call them up and do it over the phone, though. They can't do it in the Rogers store. I didn't bother to ask how much it would cost for me to do it earlier. It's only 2 more months anyway. Nice to know about the Emergency plan though, so anyone out there with Rogers that doesn't use their phone much can keep that in mind. Again, probably have to do it through the call agent, (that's 1-877-764-3772 but it's a verbal menu, rather than a touch tone. I think if you ask for the 'Cancel Service' option, you can talk to the correct agent)
