Telus offers up Student Plan for heavy texters / surfers, light talkers

Telus clearly knows what's up. College kids aren't much on talking this day and age, but they sure love to text and surf. A pair of Student Plans (good 'til September 30th) have just emerged, one for phones ($35 per month) and the other for smartphones ($50 per month). Both rate plans offer up just 200 minutes of talk time but include nationwide unlimited talk, text, picture and video messaging with your Fave 10, unlimited nights and weekends starting at 6:00PM and unlimited web browsing. If you're hemming and hawing, maybe the $50 GAP gift card you get when purchasing the $35 plan with an LG KEYBO will be the deciding factor. No? Okay.

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[From My Cube Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:18PM]

its good to see someone finally hitting a target market...bout time

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:23PM]

i wish more companies would offer a low-minute, unlimited data plan. Talking is overrated.

[SParklingCYaNide Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:25PM]

I HEART MeerCats!!!!

MOre MEERcat MObile!!!!

- D

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 6:25PM]

I also heart meerkats, although I can't get used to new series of Meerkat Manor (Stockard Channing is ok, but I miss Sean Astin).

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:53PM]

why doesn't at&t have this kind of plan???

[Frun Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:55PM]

Isn't it obvious? AT&T hates meerkats

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 3:55PM]

sweet ..... wished ATT would copy that

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 4:50PM]

Pretty decent deal. Wish a few others went with something like this.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 4:52PM]

I'd love that smartphone plan for my iPhone, or any other from AT&T. Maybe one day.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 4:51PM]

I wanted to get the diamond but $50/month is too much for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 4:53PM]

I sure wish we had that here in "America" (The USA to be exact).

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 16th 2008 2:58AM]

To all the Americans out there, you don't know what you're asking for. Little tip about Canadian telecom: these companies are all far far worse than even the greediest companies in the U.S. like AT&T, and given the deceptive advertising practices that are rampant here, I know that the price is probably going to be double after hidden charges and taxes. I don't know what the catch is going to be exactly with this plan, but I know there will be one.

So before I get my hopes up, I'll wait for some other sucker to sign a contract for one of these plans, and then see what they really end up getting and paying for. I've not been with Telus personally, but I've heard bad stories about them just like Rogers, and Bell. And those are the only three companies you get to choose from here, each running on a different networking standard, so they don't even compete with each other much.

To all of my American comrades, be glad you live in the land of the free.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 5:12PM]

uhm, does anyone notice this isnt that great of a deal. you can only txt TEN people unlimited, otherwise you have to pay 15 extra bucks for the student bundle (which you should anyways considering u need it for voicemail)

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 11th 2008 8:23PM]

Only if it was 15 people instead or 10 or unlimited text to anyone(even for 5 bucks extra a month) it be great and to be perfect it would have to be offered also in the states. .

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 12th 2008 1:47PM]

That's exactly what I want when ordering a phone!


The ability to talk and txt unlimited with friends, with a side of free goods made in a third world country by slave children! Kick ass!

When you look at it like that, I'm surprised this isn't an American deal.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 16th 2008 11:41PM]

PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW!

Are incoming messages unlimited or do you have to pay for them?!

LET ME KNOW!