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Which "pay as you go" gsm card for canada?
Wed, 02/28/2007 - 13:28
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I will be spending some time in Canada over the next few months and would like to get some sort of “pay as you go” mobile phone service. It seems that here in states there are options starting from about 10 cents/minute, but Canadian rates appear to be much higher.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

(I’ve got an unlocked GSM phone, so I’d obviously prefer to sign up with a GSM operator. And I know that Canada isn’t in Europe, but trust that fellow Eurotrippers would anyway have some input on that matter.) 

Follow-up. I can’t believe nobody has anything to suggest!!!

Mon, 03/05/2007 - 20:18
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hello
for all across canada Rogers Wireless ( http://www.shoprogers.com/store/wireless/services/payasyougo/pricing.asp?shopperID=QPP8EMGX6HSP8KVW8MVV0DS0650EEDGE) is the only company that uses GSM cards.  I think that they are a different frequency or something than europe but that might have changed.  Also I don’t know if you can use just any cell phone with them.  You used to have to have a rogers cell phone.  I would contact them and ask.  The whole cell phone thing is very different in north america than anywhere else. Depending on where your going there might also be other providers but I don’t know of any.  It will probably cost more that 10 cents/min.
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