Cell phones: the final frontier
Or something.
So I have a free phone that’s good with Bell (thank you, father’s friend). Plus if I were on my parents’ plan, it would be a business expense, or, in other words, I wouldn’t pay for service. Advantage: Bell.
The plan sucks, though, and since I’d be using it evenings & weekends, I’d be upping the cost a lot — the three people on that plan use very few evening/weekend minutes. Guilt! Advantage: every other plan, because they’re all better.
On the other hand, if they did that, we’d dump our second land line, the number we’ve had for 15 years. Sniff. Advantage: not sure. I like that number.
Other options include Rogers, if I can get a phone from my father’s other friend, which has a less sucky plan, but would probably break 50$ a month, so not so much less sucky. Advantage: Bell.
The last option is Fido, which has an interesting plan with 100 weekday minutes, 1000 evening/weekend minutes, and free incoming local calls. (Not sure what they mean by incoming local: incoming calls from Montreal, or incoming calls while I’m in Montreal, or incoming calls from Montreal while I’m in Montreal? Their explanation is not explanatory.) It doesn’t have caller ID or voice mail, at least one of which would be nice, though I could add them on. It would end up being 35-40 a month, I would guess, because taxes and system access fees and stuff aren’t included. It bills by the second, unlike every other company, which bills by the minute. Advantage: possibly Fido, depending on what “incoming local” means and if someone has an old Fido phone to donate.
The problem is mostly that I don’t know how much I would use, so I don’t know what plan to get. Advantage: lethargy.