Telus reception is shit in a lot of places in the lower mainland imo

Rogers is the goat for cell signal and just working when you need it. Prior to switching to Telus I had rogers for 15+ years and never once had a network issue

Rogers is better now than they used to be, when I tried them a while back they were useless in buildings up here.

Must be the pesky Huawei equipment Telus is using :troll:

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I decided on a Freedom prepaid plan with a new number to test their service while keeping my current plan with Rogers. I'll port my Rogers number over to Freedom if everything works out.

Reasons I went with Freedom:

• WiFi Calling while roaming
• $45 Plan includes US roaming + 10GB/mo International Roaming

Hesitations:

• Network Reception / Reliability

I travel beyond NA somewhat often and wanted the perks of international roaming and having access to calling / SMS while abroad. My 3HK travel sim works in most places that I travel, but having access to my phone and calling local numbers while abroad without extra charges is nice too.

I considered Public Mobile's plan but they have 2 downsides for me:

• no service outside of North America (therefore no SMS with 2FA for the accounts that don't have an authenticator option)
• no Wi-Fi calling outside of Canada

My reception so far is the same as Rogers (based on the bars on my iPhone) with no perceived differences. I have mobile data set to pull from Freedom so hopefully that'll be enough for me to notice any network gaps during everyday use.

^ If you are planning to use it as your main connection during travel, I'd avoid most of the extreme low cost carriers. The connection agreements may not apply to every country.

You may want to do some browsing and speed tests, and also make some voice calls. You might notice a discernible difference, but in most major areas, you "should" be ok. It's the odd ball spots that might not get the coverage or user experience as one would normally expect.

What network does Freedom use ... don't they all kind of use the big ones? Rogers, Belll or Telus. I mean do they use Alibaba cellular towers?

Freedom is now owned by Videotron. Company is based out of Quebec (ewwwwww…….).

Probably still using Shaw’s, I mean, Rogers. All this merging and whatnot…….. who knows?

Wind/Freedom is on their own network.

Freedom is one of the few that tried making their own network to compete, back when they were still called Wind. Their coverage isn't as good as they first lacked the bands to penetrate buildings very well, and their tower density is nowhere near the Big 3.

Wind got bought by Shaw, who renamed it Freedom, and then later, when Rogers bought Shaw they had to divest it, so it was bought by Videotron.

THE SPY EQUIPMENT THAT I DESIGNED AND INSTALLED OVER MY CAREER AT TELUS!!!!

I’m sure they are still using Hauwei DSL ports because everyone is so incompetent there they likely don’t even know where they all are

I know for a fact there are multiple ones in older high rises around Metrotown

I think all the legacy systems (3G, 3G+, 4G, LTE) are still on the same Huawei BBU's. It's too much work to swap them out. 5G I believe are on a Siemens BBU.

Do we even have real 5g? I thought it's still fake due to China spy's.

We have 5G but it's not mmWave 5G like in some US cities where you can get 1000mbps. It's more for expanding the band and reducing congestion. The main benefits are faster connection response and better sustained speeds, not a giant leap in speed.

I sold a BNIB one for $250 usd lol

I thought you have to have the COVID vaccine in order for 5G to work?

When i switched from Fido (4G) to Telus (5G) I noticed the 5G signal to be less consistent, to the point I intentionally limited my phone's bands to go up to 4G, and it seems to have more consistent signal (possibly at the expense of speed).

Yup I had the same issue before with Telus 5g, slow as shit and not a consistent connection. I also had to limit my phone band to 4g

I work in Richmond by Ironwood mall complex, and the connection was horrid. 5g Telus only pulling about 3mbps

But after switching to Rogers, it was so much better. I'm on a decent plan too, Fido to Rogers migration $39 75gb with US Roaming, got one for the wife too so we have 150gb pooled

$39 for US/Canada?! That's so cheap. Cheaper than Black Friday deals.

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I got a random Rogers call center phone call today - was offered $32 for 100GB with unlimited Canada calling and 1000LD minutes. I asked for something with US roaming and he tried selling my a 16PM instead. I probably would've gone for $39 with US/CAN.

The $32 plan is tempting since i'm on $34 with 40GB and 1000 LD minutes, but I didn't have confidence that the guy could explain everything properly for me to make an informed decision.

It's about densification, because the signals are running at higher frequencies, more cell sites are required in interim locations. Telus current solution to this is implementing Micro-cell's which are mounted to power poles and in inconspicusous locations around the city, which you would only notice if you knwo what you're looking for.

Unfortunately real estate is a real issue, so there's not always the land space to mount towers. Eventually it will become seamless once its a bit more densified.

HOWEVER I do notice my phone cutting off when switching between 5G and LTE, which previously (LTE <-> 4G <-> 3G) used to be seamless, probably because of the difference in BBU and antenna technology for the newer tech.

Huawei spying on you :inout:

They use Ericsson now, apparently the reason why the network connections are so spotty is because of software issues of them having to flip from the prior Huawei equipment.

Ok well good to know it wasn't just my head or placebo by doing this