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Provider Price Guide for Clearnet Cantel Fido BCtel

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From: tdma
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:00
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Ultra High User - 2500 minutes per month in daytime

Fido
$323 PCS Phone + licence fee + sim card
$40.00 basic fee, 400 minutes plus 2100 extra minutes @ $0.20 a minute =
$420
$460 = $420 + $40.00 total monthly fee with Fido

Clearnet
$149 PCS Phone
$120 basic fee, 600 minutes included + free weekends + 2100 extra
minutes @ $0.20 a minute = $20
$540 = $420 + $120 = total monthly fee with ClearNET

Cantel
$250 PCS Phone + licence fee
$280 basic fee, 3000 minutes included PLUS unlimited weekends
$280 = Total monthly fee with Cantel

BCTEL
$140 PCS Phone + licence fee
$275 basic fee, 2500 minutes included PLUS unlimited weekends
$275 = Total monthly fee with BCTel



Medium User - 10 hours in daytime, 3 hours of weekends

Fido
$40 basic fee 400 minutes incl plus 380 extra minutes @ $0.20 a minute =
$76
$116 total monthly fee with Fido

Clearnet
$120 basic fee 600 minutes incl plus free weekends included
$120 total monthly fee with Clearnet

Cantel
$170 basic fee 1000 minutes incl plus free weekends
$170 total monthly fee with Cantel

BCTel
$35.95 basic fee 100 minutes incl plus free weekends plus 500 extra
minutes @ $0.20 a minute =  $100
$135.95 total monthly fee with BCTel


Casual Non Business User-  1 hour of daytime, 10 hours of weekends

Fido
$40.00 basic fee 400 minutes included plus 260 extra minutes @ $0.20 a
minute = $52
$92 total monthly fee with Fido

Clearnet
$30.00 basic fee 100 minutes included plus free weekends
$30.00 total monthly fee with Clearnet

Cantel/Bctel
$25.95 basic fee 60 minutes of daytime @ $0.55 a minute = $33 plus free
weekends
$58.00 total monthly fee with Cantel/BCtel


Extremely Casual User - half hour daytime and 2 hours weekends
Fido
$40.00 basic fee 400 minutes included
$40.00 total monthly fee with Fido

Clearnet
$30.00 basic fee  including 100 minutes daytime and free weekends
$30.00 total monthly fee with Clearnet

Cantel
$45.00 basic fee including 100 minutes daytime and free weekends

BCtel
$35.95 basic fee including 100 minutes daytime and free weekends

Bought  a Cell Phone Primarily Call Home To your wife (husband?)  User
--- call(or in bound)  half hour during lunch time every day to any
number. for 1 call of each of  22 business days each month.

Fido
$40.00 400 minutes included plus 260 extra minutes $0.20 a minute = $52
$92 total monthly fee with Fido

Clearnet
$120 including 600 minutes plus free weekends

Cantel
$132 for 632 minutes anytime.

BCtel
$30 a month. free weekends plus 30 calls inbound/outbound during peak
time with NO TIME LIMIT.


Exceptions
*only with Bell & Bctel - when you buy two cell phones from the same
company and call each other, the receiver will NOT Be charged for
airtime. Note that the two phones only need to be from the same
provider, but NOT required to be on the same billing account*. With
Cantel/Clearnet/Fido however, when you call each other , BOTH sides must
pay, which can add up to $0.40 a minute instead of $0.25 a minute
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Subject: Provider Price Guide for Clearnet Cantel Fido BCtel
Date: 1998/09/10
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