Rollover plans from Bell a first for Canadian mobility customers
New rate plans are the first in Canada to let wireless subscribers carry over their unused minutes into the next month.
New rate plans are the first in Canada to let wireless subscribers carry over their unused minutes into the next month.
Good news for folks who seem to keep finding themselves at the end of each month with extra minutes on their plan that they haven’t used.
Starting today, Bell is offering new rate plans that allow users the ability to carry over those minutes into the following month.
The rollovers aren’t cumulative however – you can’t take unused minutes from month 1 into month 3 for instance.
For full details, see Bell.ca: http://www.bell.ca/rollover.
Update: As some folks have pointed out below, pre-paid plans have offered a rollover option for quite some time, however Bell’s plan is new for people who want a post-paid rate plan.
Hi, what a great idea.
bell sucks
Read the fine print everyone, "Bell" is the biggest crook in the market! carryover for 30 days only! 3 year contracts! Get outta here! The idea is great but don't limit/cap how long you can carry over the minutes for and tie it in to lenghtly monthly plans, utter nonsense!
I HATE BELL!
Bell sucks. Go with Fido.
I'll believe it when I see it… Bell has the worst customer service & are the biggest crooks of the bunch. When I terminated my contract they billed me 6 months later for a final bill I paid already. Stay far away… they'll find a way to charge you for any benefit they may promise you.
What are you talking about? First in Canada? Not likely. I've been with Rogers PayAsYouGo for years and my current credit is over $300 in air time. My credits are cumulative and roll over every month so long as I top up.
Same here with rogers payasyougo,guess Simon didn't do his homework on this one!
Hey Glen wake up… all Canadian providers do 3 year contracts, which is ridiculous. This is the first for regular monthly subscribers, who cares about pay as you go. Too bad they don't roll for at least 6 months or even better 12 months like AT&T in the US. Still better than any plan that Robbers, err Rogers has. They are by far the biggest crooks.
Actually this is not the first plan of its kind in Canada; I currently have plan with Bell where I simply top-up my phone with $25 (2 months worth) of Air Time every 2 months. (I don't pay any other fees – no System Access Fee, no Monthly Fee, etc. plus I have free Call Display & Voice Mail.) As long as I top-up my phone prior to the previous top-up expiry date, my minutes from the current period are carried over into the next period. I do not use my phone very much, so this plan works very well for me.
Oh yea, I forgot to mention there is no contract with this plan; I can opt out at anytime plus if I am not going to need my phone for a few months, I can let my airtime run out, and then for up to 4 months my number is still mine and can be re-activated (for free) with another top-up.
BELL SUCKS
DO they renew your contract again for another 3 years with this and not tell you??
Currently they are holding my business hostage until 2010.
Bell can shoot the bull all they want. We cannot get service in our local and they will not let us out of our contract. We went to Rogers and still saved money
The comments about Prepaid service are absolutely valid – this has NO place being touted as anything special.
My kids are with President's Choice – unlimited texting for $10 of the minimum $12.50 monthly top-up (plus taxes) with airtime at .20 per minute billed to the second with perpetual rollover and NO monthly maintnance charges whatsoever.
I USED to have an analog Rogers Paygo account for an emergency backup line for the alarm in my country house – kept it for five years and except for the bogus 911 charge there were no deductions beyond the monthly test call the alarm made . . . and then I managed to get all but $35 of my $550 airtime balance back when I sold the property and cancelled the service!!!
Well Bell, as usual, too little, too late.
This (and and Fido's new rollover minutes by the way) are meant to counter an upcoming new competitor in Canada.
I've been with Rogers since day 1 – I pay them too much money, but manage to get a LOT in return – don't need rollover minutes, because I have unlimited calling and browsing for $65.
Now, what I'd REALLY like is an unlimited everything plan like they offer at Verizon in the US.
http://www.howardforums.com is your cellular friend.
Excellent decision by Bell. Wireless providers in Europe have been providing this facility for years, and its about time that the Canadian providers caught up. Rogers Wireless take note….and kepp up with market demands!
YES it is the first in Canada – They are not talking about Pre-paid airtime. That's has been able to carry forward since the beginning with all company's. They are talking about monthly plans that you get a bill for every month. like 200 day minutes with free nights and weekends – those 200 minutes will roll forward if not used or whatever wasn't used! and FYI Bell Mobility's customer service is excellent – I know, I work there!!!!
Indeed Rebecca, people do not read full sentences let alone paragraphs. The post did say it is new for "Postpaid customers" with no referral to the prepaid capacities. This is a great idea from Bell indicating to us that Bell is indeed in a new direction. I work for Bell as well and I see everyday what Bell does to take the company into a different steer.For all those who say Bell is a crook, that would be generalizing and stating that all employees at Bell are crooks and I do take offense. Unfortunately there are people in every telecommunication company (Rogers,Telus) who do things that aren't to Kosher so let us not point fingers and say who's a crook.
You people are talking about prepaid!? Who cares if they rollover the minutes on prepaid!! You pay 35 cents a min for those. Thats great if you NEVER use your phone. This article is talking about actual cell phone plans.
The information in the article is wrong however because Fido was the first to offer roll-over minutes about 6 years ago…on actual plans! It was dropped when rogers took over i believe.
You couldn't pay me to deal with Bell Canada anymore. I have never had the likes of a company that can't seem to get their stories straight. Had a prepaid plan with them, and when the time came to replace the phone, had three totally different stories as to what I was entitled to. Phoned their customer service, and was unhappy. Emailed their office was COMPLETELY unhappy, finally said I was cancelling it, and they actually "Thanked me for choosing Bell…" You are joking right? I am not choosing bell… infact I have just CANCELLED bell…. Really come on. So good for Bell giving us roll over minutes, good luck with any customer service you require because I am sure you will need it! I will continue to deal elsewhere…. where customer service actually means something!
Will they ever be doing this type of plan for residence long distance plans ?