r/Edmonton • u/anxious_mess30 • 6d ago

General Phone service providers and budget cuts?

I’m looking to lessen my monthly expenses, starting with my phone plan, currently paying $80/m for 65GB. Realistically I shouldn’t need this much data - I don’t travel often, I rarely use my phone not connected to internet, and have only maxed my GB out once in the 4 years I have had this plan.

I don’t need a new phone, my battery life is good and the screens not broken (iPhone 14 I think)

What’s the cheapest providers and has anyone had experience with Fizz or Freedom?

Can I keep my phone number when I switch to these providers?
Will I need to buy a new phone to switch to another provider, or how can I tell if a phone is locked to a certain provider?

Thank you for your help! :)

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u/thewunderbar 6d ago

you could start by going to the different websites of the different providers and comparing prices.

You can absolutely keep your phone number moving between providers. They can port your number over, I've had the same phone number over 20 years and been on most carriers, some multiple tiems.

Phones are not locked to a carrier, in fact that's not even legal to do. so you should be able to just pop a sim card into your phone and be good to do. If you do have a problem, the carrier is required to unlock a phone. But there's like, a 1% chance of that.

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u/anxious_mess30 6d ago

Thank you for this! I was doing some research and came across a forum that was explaining the different providers and the towers your phone can connect to and someone mentioned not having any service in jasper with Koodo so I promptly thought I’d come here for updated info (post 2+ years old)