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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2017, 03:54:34 PM »
If you can find the $70 preloaded T-Mobile prepaid one I think they work in Canada.

I travel to Canada every couple of weeks, and I always play around with that, so it's not like I sucked this out of my finger.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2017, 04:11:00 PM »
I travel to Canada every couple of weeks, and I always play around with that, so it's not like I sucked this out of my finger.
This is from this morning on a T-Mobile phone roaming in Toronto.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #22 on: July 24, 2017, 04:54:31 PM »
Definitely roams on rogers, maybe it depends on your device also if you can roam on Fido it is essentially the same network as Rogers

T-mobile roaming in Montreal 2 minutes ago. you can also see Rogers 2G (being discontinued soon)
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #23 on: July 24, 2017, 05:00:22 PM »
Not sure what to say. I have played with it NUMEROUS times, and I never was able to stick to Rogers. Of course it comes up on the network list because a network search is just that, it searches for available networks, but it will not stick. It will show sometimes that it registered, but then it will not work. Try making a phone call or use internet.

Anyways, I travel there often, now I'm with Sprint, which I just got, and I plan on dropping them soon, because T-Mobile is so much better, just for the fact that they give me free calls in Canada, but Rogers is for sure the superior network, and of course LTE roaming you for sure don't have on Rogers, it may be that they allow it after a couple tries as it's known in the roaming industry that a network does give sometimes permission if no other network is available because they don;t want their customer to be without service (usually works for phone calls only), but TMO does not like when you are on any network other than Bell or Telus, even Videotron only works for voice, not for data.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #24 on: July 24, 2017, 06:51:17 PM »
Not sure what to say. I have played with it NUMEROUS times, and I never was able to stick to Rogers. Of course it comes up on the network list because a network search is just that, it searches for available networks, but it will not stick. It will show sometimes that it registered, but then it will not work. Try making a phone call or use internet.

Anyways, I travel there often, now I'm with Sprint, which I just got, and I plan on dropping them soon, because T-Mobile is so much better, just for the fact that they give me free calls in Canada, but Rogers is for sure the superior network, and of course LTE roaming you for sure don't have on Rogers, it may be that they allow it after a couple tries as it's known in the roaming industry that a network does give sometimes permission if no other network is available because they don;t want their customer to be without service (usually works for phone calls only), but TMO does not like when you are on any network other than Bell or Telus, even Videotron only works for voice, not for data.
Sprint has something called premium international experience and it gives free calls and data while in Canada and Mexico.
You can add it to your services online.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #25 on: July 24, 2017, 07:12:27 PM »
Sprint has something called premium international experience and it gives free calls and data while in Canada and Mexico.
You can add it to your services online.

They said I can't have it on the free one year plan. Any way to do it?

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #26 on: July 24, 2017, 10:27:05 PM »
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #27 on: July 24, 2017, 10:31:10 PM »
They said I can't have it on the free one year plan. Any way to do it?
I did it online under change my services.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #28 on: July 24, 2017, 10:34:00 PM »
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Heads up!

Sprint customers now qualify for 6 months free* of TIDAL HI-FI music and Free Premium International Talk, Text, Data roaming(Canada and Mexico) + Long distance calls to Canada and Mexico. To sign up make sure the Sprint system knows what phone you have(in my case my Moto G5 Plus registered as a ZTE optik but when I swapped for a Moto G4 Play the system correctly updated to a G4 Play) and under "Change my Services" it will show the option to "check" and activate both services.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #29 on: July 24, 2017, 10:53:50 PM »
Requires compatible phone. Even if had one, what would the charges be?
$20/month
Unlimited text
$10/GB data
Free calls over voip using Google Hangout

Reports that you don't really need a compatible device, but I have no experience
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #30 on: July 24, 2017, 11:17:31 PM »
Not sure what to say. I have played with it NUMEROUS times, and I never was able to stick to Rogers. Of course it comes up on the network list because a network search is just that, it searches for available networks, but it will not stick. It will show sometimes that it registered, but then it will not work. Try making a phone call or use internet.

Anyways, I travel there often, now I'm with Sprint, which I just got, and I plan on dropping them soon, because T-Mobile is so much better, just for the fact that they give me free calls in Canada, but Rogers is for sure the superior network, and of course LTE roaming you for sure don't have on Rogers, it may be that they allow it after a couple tries as it's known in the roaming industry that a network does give sometimes permission if no other network is available because they don;t want their customer to be without service (usually works for phone calls only), but TMO does not like when you are on any network other than Bell or Telus, even Videotron only works for voice, not for data.
You do have LTE with Rogers. You seem to have had a bad phone.

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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2017, 12:53:59 AM »
I have even used a BlackBerry Classic and had Rogers wireless work fine for phone calls and data. 
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2017, 11:50:09 PM »
Ended up getting a T-mobile SIM from a fellow DDFer. My daughter reports that it's showing Bell as the network.
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #33 on: July 27, 2017, 07:37:23 AM »
Ended up getting a T-mobile SIM from a fellow DDFer. My daughter reports that it's showing Bell as the network.
You can change the settings it should stick to one network if you have issues
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #34 on: July 27, 2017, 08:02:44 AM »
You can change the settings it should stick to one network if you have issues
But will T-mobile allow that without tacking on extra roaming charges?
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #35 on: July 27, 2017, 08:09:15 AM »
But will T-mobile allow that without tacking on extra roaming charges?
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #36 on: June 21, 2018, 01:26:10 PM »
Looking again for a SIM card to use in Canada for 6 weeks. Please PM ASAP if you have something available.
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #37 on: June 21, 2018, 03:02:35 PM »
Looking again for a SIM card to use in Canada for 6 weeks. Please PM ASAP if you have something available.
at&t offers free use in Canada with their unlimited plan.
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #38 on: June 21, 2018, 05:10:22 PM »
at&t offers free use in Canada with their unlimited plan.
I am aware of that. But I'm not an AT&T customer, seems like I can go to an AT&T store, pay $10 for a SIM and then $50 a month for a prepaid plan. That would be a grand total of $110 for 6 weeks, a little pricey.
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Re: ISO: SIM card for use in Canada (Quebec)
« Reply #39 on: June 21, 2018, 05:12:27 PM »
I am aware of that. But I'm not an AT&T customer, seems like I can go to an AT&T store, pay $10 for a SIM and then $50 a month for a prepaid plan. That would be a grand total of $110 for 6 weeks, a little pricey.
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