US driver needs cell/data solution when going to Canada

I have a similar setup as you do. Us phone with data, but i also added Canada plan for making calls here also. Us phone carrier doesn't do cdn data. I have a telus air card that I pay on a sliding scale depending how much data I use. If I am under 100 mb for the month its $10. If i go over i get moved into the $25 for up to 500 mb. Keep going over I just get moved into the next plan up. Never get gouged this way. You would likely have to visit a telus store to set it up, however.

 

interesting... tellus more about this service.

 

How often are you actully going to be in Canada and for how long? If its a day or 2 a month. Just suck it up as you are going to be burning a lot of money for a canadian cellphone.

How much do you actually need? Are you looking to call back to the US from Canada or just in Canada? (This will cost a lot if you want to call the states as most plans don't have north american calling.)

Go look at T-mobile I know they claim to have some on device data that allows to go to Canada. If this is true it might be a decent option.

If you are going to be spending a lot of time then look though Bell, Telus, Rogers for a month to month data card or tablet.


How much data do you think you'd actually need in canada?