This is a common misunderstanding of what your contract entails. In every other telecom company these are called “addons”, and don’t have any bearing on your contract. Rogers MY5 is $10/month according to their website (http://your.rogers.com/store/wireless/services/voice/my5.asp – half the price of Koodo, so you would’ve saved money), and can be added for any month and removed for any month. You’re not bound to these features for the terms of your contract. The same goes for all extras on any plan, like voicemail, free texting, etc.. These can all be modified online, via their toll free support, etc.. There is absolutely *NO* difference between Rogers and Koodo when it comes to extras.

The only thing you’re locked into in a contract is your base price plan. And, by the way, even those are extremely easy to modify with a single phone call if you’re staying within the same company. Occasionally it doesn’t work (if you constantly need to change your base plan), but most of the time they have no problem with it. Remember, they don’t put you on a contract because they want to be assholes, the contract is simply to keep you within the company until you’ve paid off your SUBSIDIZED PHONE. It’s exactly like putting you on a “tab”, it’s just a different phrasing with a different payment model. If you switch plans in the same company, they could generally care less, since they’re still getting your money.

You’re missing one huge benefit to having no contract with Koodo, namely that you can change your plan whenever you want up to once a month.

For instance, I was going to be out of province for a couple of months so I added the 5 Essentials (same as Rogers’ My 5) to my account for those 2 months. For $20 total, I got unlimited calls and texts to 5 numbers at home for that period. When I returned, I just cancelled that add on and went back to my cheaper bare bones plan. In the end I got about 2,000 long distance minutes to those numbers for a $20 outlay.

Another time my fiance was going to be away for a couple of months and I added unlimited incoming calls (again for $10 a month) so she could call me as much as she wanted. When she returned, I removed that feature, but again, I got hundreds and hundreds of extra minutes for a short term outlay of $10 a month ($20 total).

All of this can be done online and it all takes effect immediately. If you need more minutes around Christmas time, you can just change your plan to suit that and change it back in January; if you’re going to be travelling within Canada you can add the 5 Essentials or a cheaper long distance add on; if you need to receive a lot of calls for a specific period of time you can add unlimited incoming minutes temporarily. Try doing any of that when you’re under contract to a cell phone company.

It’s also important to point out that carriers will often waive ETL if you’re changing plans within the same company, or have a good reason to switch providers. Contracts are fairly easy to get out of, or negotiate. The contract is a good thing– it’s why iPhones aren’t $600, and why some phones are $0. “NO CONTRACT” is just an idiot marketing scheme that apparently you bought.

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