..and paying a few times more than the American counterpart.
Par exemple: I'll take a random phone.. Blackberry Curve.
On AT&T you can buy it for $199 after mail in rebate ($299 before) with a 2 year contract, while in Canada, the same phone would cost $349 with a 3 year contract.
The current Canadian trend is ETF.. some carriers charge up to $720 (Telus) for cancelling service.. that's a major ouch!
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If subsidies on handsets were eliminated, the monthly cost of the plans would remain around the same.
So you'd still be paying $40-50 a month, but now you're paying upwards of $250-300 to get a phone that you could get for free with a contract today.
I just hope we don't turn into Canada, with its THREE year agreements and crap phones.
..and paying a few times more than the American counterpart.
Par exemple:
I'll take a random phone.. Blackberry Curve.
On AT&T you can buy it for $199 after mail in rebate ($299 before) with a 2 year contract, while in Canada, the same phone would cost $349 with a 3 year contract.
The current Canadian trend is ETF.. some carriers charge up to $720 (Telus) for cancelling service.. that's a major ouch!