Nov 2023 I signed up for a $34/30gb plan
June my bill was 39.55
July 42.94
Aug 42.94
Sept 42.94
Oct 48.59
I also noticed I was being charged $3 month for 3G service
Aug my phone died and got a new one, enabled WiFi calling and made it not use 3g, I am STILL getting charged for 3G service and I don’t use it.

Companies are secretly increasing prices and NOT telling the customers

  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    This directly contravenes the Wireless Code. Koodo pulled this shit on me around August and I complained, citing the wireless code. They immediately put me back to me old pricing (33.90/month) and upgraded my data. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

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      15 days ago

      So I called in

      They told me that there are NO CONTRACTS at koodo and because they do not offer the plan means they can do what they want to your bill.

      I had to go onto self serve to change my plan to get the same prices I was paying before…

      FUCK CANADA AND THE BIG 3

      Oh and my brother who has the same plan did NOT get a price increase. But my mom did as did I. We all live in the same house…

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    15 days ago

    I signed up for Koodo for a few months. It went like this: I signed up for 5g and the first month was ~200mbs with very good signal. After a month it dropped to practically nil, terrible signal.

    I waited a bit and noticed they now offered a plan with “full 5g speed” which is what I should have had. So I cancelled. That was a bit of a pain in the ass. A month later I got another bill for a whole other month. Not only that, they said payment was late a whole month. I was so pissed, I was about to lose it. I paid to avoid too much immediate hassle. Thankfully two days later they sent a cheque back for that amount.

    Needless to say. Not going back.

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    14 days ago

    If they’re charging for 3G don’t know why but it doesn’t matter if you use it.

  • streetfestival@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    Yup, I got an unannounced price increase from them around the same time too. I called and asked if they’d reverse it. I didn’t cite any laws, I just said I’d take my business elsewhere quicksmart if they didn’t. They didn’t. I canceled my service 2 months later. I now pay $81.31/mo for both home internet and cell phone, without a contract. So it worked out in the end. FWIW, Virgin (Bell) increased my price twice and at least once (but I think twice, iirc) they didn’t tell me in advance. (They were my old home internet :)