I'll likely be moving to Guelph in the coming year. I spend a fair amount of time out of town and this has led to some higher-than-expected bills on Freedom mobile while data roaming. How is the coverage for Fido in the Guelph area?
To any who have switched from Freedom to Fido/Rogers, has it been worth the extra money?
Posted Jan 11, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC
If you're bringing your own phone look at Lucky/Chatr/Public, the Big 3's pre-paid brands. I'm with Public on the $40 for unlimited talk/text with 5gb/month. They offer referral bonuses and other ways to bring your bill down. The main caveat is that they throttle your speed to 3mb/s (3G speed) but I have not noticed a difference since I switched from Fido with anything I do on my data.
I've been with Fido for about 6 years now. For the past 5 years I've been in Guelph for school and the coverage here in Guelph is great! Never fails, always full cell reception.
Not completely the same, but I just (like a month ago) switched from Freedom to Fido because I was getting poor reception in the London area (around Western University). It would constantly drop to one bar or switch to the Away network. Since switching to Fido, it's been consistent with clear reception and I personally enjoy it more than Freedom. It's a bit more expensive (I had 5 gigs with Freedom for $40 and now I have 2 gigs for $45) but I would recommend trying it for a month or two and seeing whether the reception is better for you, especially if you're paying month to month so you could switch back at any time if you don't like it. :)