I was about to switch my PM $35 100GB Can/US/Mex plan to an offered Koodo postpaid $40 150GB Can/US/Mex plan to get access to roaming for an upcoming trip. I hate to pay the extra $60/year since the extra data isn’t needed, but roaming my existing number rather than a temporary country data/# SIM is highly preferable in my case.
I notice I’m also being offered a Telus $40 plan, 100GB Can/US. Mexico is no loss, and 100GB is an order of magnitude more than I’ve ever hit on data use, so the 150GB with Koodo isn’t a huge loss. Would there be other advantages to going with Telus? It seems unclear if Koodo is limiting 5G at 1GB (the offer banner) or 260MB (the fine print, perhaps out of date). In theory I might have access to faster speeds with the Telus plan, although I spend half the in cottage country which has no 5G at all and don’t desperately need huge bandwidth even when in the city. Do Telus speeds tend to actually be significantly faster in the real world? I’m not a multi-service or household candidate for Telus.
None of the Koodo perks are especially compelling - I’d never need rollover date with 150GB/month. It is a pity these upgrades are by design only offered with increased rates; I suspect there is a $35 switch plan they are showing to lower end PM customers.
