How much does long distance to Canada cost?

outofgum · 03-30-2005, 12:24 AM

I didn't think it would connect after I hit dial to call a friend from Canda back... but it did. How much is this going to cost? Its only a few minutes. I thought you had to add long distance to your plan first.

Now I have an ominous extra line on my current usage.

Halo1982 · 03-30-2005, 12:33 AM

$0.42/minute.
It's not bad if you only do it once or twice...12 minutes is under $5.

Brooose · 03-30-2005, 07:44 AM

FOR $7/month, the LD rate to Canada goes down to $0.09/min with the "Call Canada" option

alpac915 · 03-30-2005, 08:20 AM

Do our Sprint phones work inside of Canada? And if it does how much is it.

vermag · 03-30-2005, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by alpac915

Do our Sprint phones work inside of Canada? And if it does how much is it.

Yes, they work (at least in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa, have not used it anywhere else). Even the single band phones should work because they roam on 1900 MHz, same as the Sprint PCS frequency.

Roaming is $ 0.60 / min. Or you can add a $3 Canada roaming plan and reduce the cost to $0.30 / min including long distance (when calling Canada/USA from Canada).

jmthomas · 03-30-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by alpac915

Do our Sprint phones work inside of Canada? And if it does how much is it.

Yes. Mine worked in Vancouver. I think I was charged like .45 a minute or something like that.

Halo1982 · 03-30-2005, 12:26 PM

Plus they charge you $0.25/minute extra for LD if you're calling a non-local number.

bluecoyote · 03-30-2005, 09:04 PM

Damnation, that's ridiculous. "Call Canada" is a fairly good deal... $.10 isn't bad- compare it to other provider's rates. I just wish they'd take it out of my minute pool. Let me use half of my minutes to call Canada. It's Canada for cripes sake!

outofgum · 03-31-2005, 12:23 PM

Yeah, all of my Canadian friends who live in the US use Verizon which treats Canada like the US with respect to minutes, for $5 a month. Nights and weekends really make it worth it.

Brooose · 03-31-2005, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by outofgum

Yeah, all of my Canadian friends who live in the US use Verizon which treats Canada like the US with respect to minutes, for $5 a month. Nights and weekends really make it worth it.

What plan is this? The only plan that includes Canada with Verizon, AFAIK, either long distance or roaming, is the Single Rate USA + Canada and the rates for these plans are very expensive. Nights and Weekends are not included either. Some Verizon customers do, however, get free LD to Canada as part of America's choice but that is not everywhere in the country and roaming in Canada cost 69c/min plus LD on America's choice.

outofgum · 03-31-2005, 02:15 PM

I'm not sure what plan that was, but I don't think they had good rates while in Canada, just calling there. I do remember that unlimited nights and weekends were included, I could try to find out what plan it was.

Brooose · 03-31-2005, 02:21 PM

I think they must have been the lucky America's Choice plan holders who can call to Canada with no Long Distance charges. I tried to get that once but was told that LD to Canada was 20c/min from here in Pittsburgh. It all has to do with where your plan is set up. In New Jersey and NYC, you don't get charged. Here in PGH, you do.

**Dale** · 07-05-2005, 01:42 PM

I use a third party plan, which gets Canadian calling down to 1.9cents/minute with no monthly service charge.

03-30-2005, 12:24 AM	#1
outofgum Telephone User Join Date: Oct 3, '03 Location: Manhattan Posts: 222 Phone: Nexus S 4g Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 304	How much does long distance to Canada cost? I didn't think it would connect after I hit dial to call a friend from Canda back... but it did. How much is this going to cost? Its only a few minutes. I thought you had to add long distance to your plan first. Now I have an ominous extra line on my current usage. __________________ 1000 AT, 7 pm nights, unlimited text, vision, pcs-pcs, 50 roaming: $55 after tax New plan: Same plan with 250 less AT minutes and 77% increase in cost. But I get Android! Yay?

03-30-2005, 12:33 AM	#2
Halo1982 Cellular Phone User Join Date: Jun 22, '03 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,367 Phone: iPhone 4S 64GB Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 492	$0.42/minute. It's not bad if you only do it once or twice...12 minutes is under $5. __________________ 8500->A460->4900->3585i->5350->P300->8100->3588i->A620->5400->5500->5400->T608->PM8200->VMA680->T608->T608->PM325->Treo 650->Gone.->MM-A880->MM-A800->Treo 650->PPC-6700->Treo 650->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700 (this is getting old)->Treo 700p->Treo700p->Treo700wx

03-30-2005, 07:44 AM	#3
Brooose Recovering Phone Addict Join Date: Jan 6, '03 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,527 Phone: EVO 3D Trades: 39 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 1,486	FOR $7/month, the LD rate to Canada goes down to $0.09/min with the "Call Canada" option __________________ Fundamentalists are more Mental than Fun.

03-30-2005, 12:26 PM	#7
Halo1982 Cellular Phone User Join Date: Jun 22, '03 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,367 Phone: iPhone 4S 64GB Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 492	Plus they charge you $0.25/minute extra for LD if you're calling a non-local number. __________________ 8500->A460->4900->3585i->5350->P300->8100->3588i->A620->5400->5500->5400->T608->PM8200->VMA680->T608->T608->PM325->Treo 650->Gone.->MM-A880->MM-A800->Treo 650->PPC-6700->Treo 650->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700->PPC-6700 (this is getting old)->Treo 700p->Treo700p->Treo700wx

03-31-2005, 12:23 PM	#9
outofgum Telephone User Join Date: Oct 3, '03 Location: Manhattan Posts: 222 Phone: Nexus S 4g Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 304	Yeah, all of my Canadian friends who live in the US use Verizon which treats Canada like the US with respect to minutes, for $5 a month. Nights and weekends really make it worth it. __________________ 1000 AT, 7 pm nights, unlimited text, vision, pcs-pcs, 50 roaming: $55 after tax New plan: Same plan with 250 less AT minutes and 77% increase in cost. But I get Android! Yay?

03-30-2005, 08:20 AM	#4
alpac915 Telephone User Join Date: Mar 25, '03 Location: Virginia Posts: 246 Phone: HTC EVO! Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post SU$: 416	Do our Sprint phones work inside of Canada? And if it does how much is it.

03-30-2005, 09:04 PM	#8
bluecoyote Permanently Banned Join Date: May 13, '04 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 3,551 Phone: Crackberry 8703 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 82	Damnation, that's ridiculous. "Call Canada" is a fairly good deal... $.10 isn't bad- compare it to other provider's rates. I just wish they'd take it out of my minute pool. Let me use half of my minutes to call Canada. It's Canada for cripes sake!

03-31-2005, 02:15 PM	#11
outofgum Telephone User Join Date: Oct 3, '03 Location: Manhattan Posts: 222 Phone: Nexus S 4g Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 304	I'm not sure what plan that was, but I don't think they had good rates while in Canada, just calling there. I do remember that unlimited nights and weekends were included, I could try to find out what plan it was. __________________ 1000 AT, 7 pm nights, unlimited text, vision, pcs-pcs, 50 roaming: $55 after tax New plan: Same plan with 250 less AT minutes and 77% increase in cost. But I get Android! Yay?

03-31-2005, 02:21 PM	#12
Brooose Recovering Phone Addict Join Date: Jan 6, '03 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,527 Phone: EVO 3D Trades: 39 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 1,486	I think they must have been the lucky America's Choice plan holders who can call to Canada with no Long Distance charges. I tried to get that once but was told that LD to Canada was 20c/min from here in Pittsburgh. It all has to do with where your plan is set up. In New Jersey and NYC, you don't get charged. Here in PGH, you do. __________________ Fundamentalists are more Mental than Fun.

07-05-2005, 01:42 PM	#13
Dale Forum Member Join Date: Dec 7, '02 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 4,288 Phone: Toshiba 4050 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts SU$: 10,942	I use a third party plan, which gets Canadian calling down to 1.9cents/minute with no monthly service charge. __________________ Line 1 ($15.40/mo): 870 at, nw 6pm, m2m, fimf, vision & pics, unl sms. Line 2 ($8.23/mo): 320 at, nw 6pm, m2m, fimf, vision & pics, unl sms. Lines 3-8 ($86.96/mo): 2000 at, nw 6pm, m2m, fimf, vision & pics, unl sms. U590 Card & BlackBerry 8703e ($0.00/mo): 600 at, unl data & sms. (Roaming Included) Why did Sprint lose over a million customers recently? May 2008 Bill - Over $135 in bogus charges!

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