Prepaid cell phone plans in Canada:
- Fizz (owned by Videotron)
- SpeakOut 7-Eleven Wireless (Rogers network)
- Petro Canada Mobility (Rogers network)
- Chatr (owned by Rogers)
- Fido (owned by Rogers)
- PC Mobile (Bell or Telus network)
- Koodo (owned by Telus)
- Virgin Mobile (owned by Bell)
SpeakOut is the most cheapest prepaid cell phone plan. You pay $10 for number activation and $0.25 per minute (in or out). So you will pay $5 if you talk for 20 mins.
Cons in Fizz:
- SMS will not be received from facebook etc
- MMS does not work
- Does not show a warning if sending text message to landline
Resources:
For prepaid cell phone plan you need to have your own phone. You can buy it on kijiji or on ebay. Also check out Xiaomi android device.