The Unofficial 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page 
Facebook
Twitter
Email this
Log In
Register
Home
Topic RSS
12:07 am
Basically, I am asking that if I were to buy one of the $100 prepaid cards to add to a phone, does it basically give me a balance of which both minutes and text messages are taken out of. For example, if I used, say, 60 minutes, at 15c per minute, and then sent and received a total of 400 text messages at 4c each, would that mean I have a balance of $75.00 left from that prepaid card to use?
400 x 0.04 =16
60 x 0.15 = 9
16 + 9 = 25
So $25 taken off of the balance?
Is that the way it works, or are text messages charged separately and aren't paid for with a prepaid card?
Thanks in advance.
12:26 am
April 23, 2009
Offline
Sean: Yes, all charges you incur are deducted from your balance. If you purchase a $100 voucher, SO adds a bonus of $25 airtime so you in fact would have $125 plus the $5 startup time which comes with the phone; plus you can request a $10 bonus referral code from this forum. Go to the Home Page & look at FAQ #3 - it outlines all the individual rates & charges. Local calls are the equivalant of .20 or .25cents (not .15cents) depending on the amount of the voucher you decide to purchase.
12:34 am
Thank you. My apologies, I was reading elsewhere about another wireless provider and got the rates mixed up. If I buy a quad band GSM phone capable of Wi-Fi elsewhere, I can use Wi-Fi for data purposes and SpeakOut for calling/text messaging purposes, correct?
EDIT: That would be an unlocked quad band GSM phone, might I add.
1:45 am
October 21, 2008
Offline
Sure, sounds about right.
With Speakout you can call and text - no data. With Wifi you can browse the web. Doesn't matter if it's a quad-band phone, the GSM bands does not have anything to do with whether or not a phone has WiFi. (However a quad-band phone would be useful if you plan on travelling)
1:59 am
Great, thanks! I'm hoping the rates and everything stay about the same, because I have a while yet to wait before I can cancel my Rogers contract. There is no way I'm paying $2,000+ for the phone I have over the next 2 1/2 years. I just have to wait until March so they'll give me my darn deposit back.
