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czg416 said:

My UMB expired today. Up to last month it would send me a text that read "Your Service Feature has been renewed…" This morning I got one that reads "Your new Service Feature is now active and will expire on 11/24/2013".

This would seem to indicate that I am now on the data plan. I tried deleting the old UMB APN and setting up a new one with the settings listed on the SpeakOut website. The standard Android 2.3 browser and Opera Mobile work, but other apps do not work at all.

They've probably renewed your UMB. When I called them about when my UMB will expire, they explained to me that I will get one more "grace" UMB renewal after the new service was launched. To get the new data plan, one has to activate that option. It seems that you can now enjoy UMB for another month

Not sure if this has been confirmed yet or not, but...is this new data plan "full data", and can it be used to tether other devices?

So I guess post 15 & 47 is also SPAM since they both have links to the competition!!! But for some reason they have not been removed but my link was?

I will try to find more links and point it out so "nobody" else can see what other service providers they can potentially go with. So much for CONSUMER FORUM Disappointing to say the least...

You never explained why would you consider this SPAM??? Unless this forum is really owned/run by SO!

patrob said:

I will try to find more links and point it out so "nobody" else can see what other service providers they can potentially go with. So much for CONSUMER FORUM Disappointing to say the least...

You never explained why would you consider this SPAM??? Unless this forum is really owned/run by SO!

a matter of perspective. the difference is he is a mod, you are not

so relax. for those who need to know, they already know. As for run by SO, no it is not. they are volunteers but for some reason they don't want to irritate SO, to a degree I would say obsess(for certain mod, not all)

roodney said:

I've been a happy unlimited browsing customer for a couple of years, and with the exception of a few apps everything worked well for me. When I went to reactivate my browsing plan last week I realized the new offer from 7/11. But it's not at all like the previous one, and a total disappointment... I get that the previous deal was quite good (which is why I kept using it) but this is no where near the value! Within a week my usage was at nearly 50mb; and that's with no movies or music or other media, just the same basic browsing & occasional email checking I used to do. The background stuff on most smartphones alone will suck up that 100mb in no time. Plus it's not like anything got better going from the 'browsing' plan to the 'data' plan, the same apps that didn't work before still don't work so there was no improvement, nor is it any faster (it's still the same network after all). I'm guessing that Rogers just decided to put the squeeze on resellers like 7/11 since they were recently forced into min. 2 year contracts. Either way, it's a useless add-on now and that's too bad!

The new data plan is no faster than UMB used to be. After it was mentioned by others I tested the speed of UMB after the new data plan was started and it was very slow, about 0.25 MB/s. It used to be faster but I'm not sure what the numbers were. I switched to the new data plan and tested the speed at 10 MB/s down and 1 MB/s up. That is 40 times as fast as UMB is now!!

BTW as I mentioned in a previous post - I found that SpeedTest used 25 MB on my test of the new data plan speed, or 1/4 of the 100 MB / month allowance. So beware and don't run it unless you really want to confirm this.

Also, I was told by tech support that there are NO port or other blocks on the new data plan. That means rooting the phone and running ProxyDroid is no longer necessary to make full use of the data plan. I haven't heard anyone talk about this much so could someone confirm this please. I'd like to un-root my phone and upgrade to Android 4.3.x

FWIW, I found my own way to save some cash on my cell phone plan. I have a low-end Nokia Lumia phone that I'm okay with. When Koodo launched their $55 plan (albeit, it's an MB-SK plan), I went to Rogers to see if they were offering any competing offers. I got a $50 plan with 5GB of data and all the fixin's plus a Galaxy S4 on a 2-year contract. I put the phone in the classifieds and sold it same day for $510. Given the unlocking fee I paid and small out of pocket for the phone to get the phone on contract, my profit was almost exactly $480. So for the next two years, my net payment is $50 - $20 = $30.

For a plan with more than I could ever use, I'm happy with $30. That said, I do have to pay tax on $50 instead of $30, so I'm not actually saving a full $20 a month.

If this plan is still competitive in 2 years, then I'll likely take another phone with contract and sell it again. I won't be adding another voucher to my SpeakOut SIM in December when it expires.

You should move to Winnipeg: cheaper plans, cheaper standard of living

Prepaid plans are great for those who need minimal services, but when you look at some of these value plans that bundle up a bunch of services (minutes, texts, data) it almost seems like there's no point in going with prepaid anymore. The equivalent cost post-paid plan probably contains more features.

There was a period of time where SpeakOut was great for me, but I think that ship has now sailed. My mom still seems to be happy though.

Is there a way to monitor my data use? I have an iPhone 4s.