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7:06 pm
I have an unlocked Blackberry 8320. Now I'm looking for a SIM card. I read about SO and I'm wondering what is the cheapest phone I can buy from them, seeing how I only want it for the SIM card.
7:20 pm
Check the Phone Exchange topic; there might be SIM cards for sale, or SIM+phone. That's your cheapest option. Right now 7-Eleven has their phones 1/2price but only with the purchase of a $100 airtime voucher. So their $59 phones are $30 plus $100 voucher; or buy just the phone full-price with a lower denomination voucher.
3:02 am
I bought 2 phones with the $100 minutes. One was lost within 2 weeks, the other, my son accidentally sent through the washing machine. Is it possible to transfer unused minutes to a new phone? I called the 1-800# they gave me at the store and it said the # could not be reached from my area. Thanks
8:01 am
March 15, 2008
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One was lost within 2 weeks
You should call SO CS ASAP to request that they (a) invalidate the SIM on the lost phone and (b) send you a replacement SIM with remaining airtime transferred to it. They should do that for no more than $25.
the other, my son accidentally sent through the washing machine
Even if the phone no longer works it's very likely that the SIM card is OK. You can test it with any unlocked GSM phone (or any phone that's locked to Rogers.) If the SIM works you can buy an unlocked GSM phone from a variety of sources, then use your SO SIM with it.
I called the 1-800# they gave me at the store and it said the # could not be reached from my area.
Sounds like they gave you a wrong number. Try 1-866-310-1023
9:25 pm
September 1, 2009
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I'm stuck in a bind and need to keep my existing cell number alive.
If I port my number to a SO phone and then in a couple of weeks port that number to my work cell phone, can I get a number assigned to the SO phone which now has no number?
10:51 pm
August 31, 2009
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lazyacer said:
But since Rogers is the only GSM carrier in Canada anyway, having a locked phone would only affect people who want to use their SO phone in US or overseas..?
You're forgetting Fido. Even though it's owned by Rogers, it's you can't used a phone locked to the Fido network on Speakout, for example. There needs to be a law preventing this. However, first we need a government that isn't under threat of being brought down by the opposition every two months.
10:57 pm
March 15, 2008
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If I port my number to a SO phone and then in a couple of weeks port that number to my work cell phone, can I get a number assigned to the SO phone which now has no number?
No, at least not with that SIM. You'd have to buy another SIM privately that has an existing phone number and airtime.
10:07 pm
August 21, 2009
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However, consider a couple of things:
- the $75 voucher gives you an effective rate of $0.20 per minute instead of $0.25 per minute; the $25 voucher gives you an effective rate of $0.25 per minute
- both vouchers still have to be redeemed within 90 days
Couldn't you activate the $25 card and use it for 89 days and then activate the $75 card and then you would have a full 365 days from that activation to use it all up? So by splitting up the cards, you would essentially get an extra 3 mths. use out of the $100 time than if you didn't split up the cards right?
8:17 am
March 15, 2008
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So by splitting up the cards, you would essentially get an extra 3 mths. use out of the $100 time than if you didn't split up the cards right?
I suppose that depends on which is more important to you, either (a) 15 months expiry, or (b) the 20c/min rate on the full $100.
