How do you call your Canadian?

[Krikit 1,164]

Darn. Now I want a pet to name Toque.

Nick kept calling them Torks...it was hilarious.

"I want to buy me a tork"

Jeff kept calling them Tubes. But he bought himself one and he loves it. He even wore it yesterday and today, since the weather's been "cold" here.

Edited January 3, 2008 by Krikit

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Verizon wireless has a Nationwide plus Canada plan. Free long distance calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/c...t&catId=930 We have been on it for a long time. No roaming charges in either country. I think they now offer it in a family plan so you could get one for your fiance in Canada too.

I was going to say this too. I have two friends who live in Canada and both call me through verizon.

[Allie 5]

I have a question... I use Skype to call my fiance in Canada, but I want to find some way to have unlimited minutes to call him on my cell phone.

I have Cintular, and I'm willing to pay a monthly fee.. but I don't know if this is possible. I don't want to pay the 19 cents a minute bull-sh*t.

Does anyone have this with their cell phone provider?

Thank you

I'm here in Spokane and have a package through Comcast which includes unlimited long distant calling to Canada and within the U.S. any day, any time

[Marilyn. 340]

VONAGE ROCKS!!

[djc 0]

No Roaming charges?! Really? Can anyone double-confirm this? It doesn't say anything about roaming charges on the website. I assumed that they got you for roaming charges in Canada but not long distance on this plan.

Verizon wireless has a Nationwide plus Canada plan. Free long distance calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/c...t&catId=930 We have been on it for a long time. No roaming charges in either country. I think they now offer it in a family plan so you could get one for your fiance in Canada too.

[Flames9_RN 358]

few yrs ago when Istil resided in the USA, we had our cell phones through USA AT&T, and we had the canada package and there was no roaming fees, just ur regular $$ for the package. Was free minutes evenings and weekends.

[Krikit 1,164]

No Roaming charges?! Really? Can anyone double-confirm this? It doesn't say anything about roaming charges on the website. I assumed that they got you for roaming charges in Canada but not long distance on this plan.

Verizon wireless has a Nationwide plus Canada plan. Free long distance calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/c...t&catId=930 We have been on it for a long time. No roaming charges in either country. I think they now offer it in a family plan so you could get one for your fiance in Canada too.

Cingular/AT&T hits you up for roaming charges. I'd be interested in looking into switching to Verizon if they don't have them. (As long as they have GSM.)

[thermophile 0]

I tried to get the verizon plan about a year ago, but the verizon person said that they had discontinued it-people that already had the plan could continue it but no new ones. I'm very annoyed that that was apparently the wrong info. there are times when I'd really rather talk to someone who's commissioned cause at least they have some interested in getting me to buy something

[djc 0]

Well, the Verizon website says free long distance, but it doesn't say anything about roaming, so I'm assuming that they're going to get you with those fees. The plan must have changed, they must not have been screwing enough people! I'm about to switch to AT&T from Verizon.

I tried to get the verizon plan about a year ago, but the verizon person said that they had discontinued it-people that already had the plan could continue it but no new ones. I'm very annoyed that that was apparently the wrong info. there are times when I'd really rather talk to someone who's commissioned cause at least they have some interested in getting me to buy something

[emt103c 10]

No Roaming charges?! Really? Can anyone double-confirm this? It doesn't say anything about roaming charges on the website. I assumed that they got you for roaming charges in Canada but not long distance on this plan.

Verizon wireless has a Nationwide plus Canada plan. Free long distance calling to anywhere in the US and Canada. http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/c...t&catId=930 We have been on it for a long time. No roaming charges in either country. I think they now offer it in a family plan so you could get one for your fiance in Canada too.

THIS PLAN IS excuse the phrase THE BOMB!!!!

I've had it for years, I even have a family share plan so that hubby has the other phone AND the kicker is that minutes between our phones count as IN NETWORK even the text messages aaaaaaannnnnnnddddd

HE GET A LOCAL NUMBER so that even if I'm at work I can call him on a local telephone number. The only down side is that the night and weekend minutes are limited to 1000 instead of the normal verion Unlimited night and weekends.

I also have a verizon home phone which gives me unlimited long distance U.S. and Canada.

I have never had roaming charges in Canada, but I stay in the cities...I know that in smaller towns the service is supposedly limited.

Well, the Verizon website says free long distance, but it doesn't say anything about roaming, so I'm assuming that they're going to get you with those fees. The plan must have changed, they must not have been screwing enough people! I'm about to switch to AT&T from Verizon.

I tried to get the verizon plan about a year ago, but the verizon person said that they had discontinued it-people that already had the plan could continue it but no new ones. I'm very annoyed that that was apparently the wrong info. there are times when I'd really rather talk to someone who's commissioned cause at least they have some interested in getting me to buy something

The plan--when you were talking about was the "North America's choice plan" it has been changed and renamed to America's Choice + Canada. Originally it included Mexico, but because of some issues they had to scrap the plan and rename it to only include Canada....sis is a Verizon rep in addition to my years on the old plan and now this one. . .

I am telling you that in FOUR YEARS I've NEVER had roaming charges on my Verizon Canada plans. . . .

[neiks 19]

No, never have had roaming charges and I use it in from Canada all the time and being that we live so close to the border we are often end up roaming off a Canadian tower even when we are in the states.

Well, the Verizon website says free long distance, but it doesn't say anything about roaming, so I'm assuming that they're going to get you with those fees. The plan must have changed, they must not have been screwing enough people! I'm about to switch to AT&T from Verizon

Actually, verizon also changed it so that we can get the North American/America's choice + Canada in a family plan. Previous to this it was only available as a individual plan.

[thermophile 0]

djc

when I was looking at the plan (sooo annoyed that I didn't/couldn't get it) it looked like verizon was hooked up with telus. which would have been perfect, cause telus it the only company that had cell phone coverage at the camp where the hubby worked last summer. Now that I'm thinking about it, it's probably because I asked about the plan in NM and they just assumed that I wanted to call Mexico. Or I was just really unlucky and called in the few days/weeks when the NA plan was going away but before the +Canada plan came in. If I didn't just get a new contract with t-mobile for the hubby and I...

[G&A 1]

My husband has a broadband phone through VOIP. He has both a local # and an edmonton #. The phone has a "follow me" option that will ring on his cell phone if no one answers his home phone. So he calls me and hangs up and I call him back and its a local call for me.

[djc 0]

Ooooooh, I am sooo annoyed. We never know when/if one of us will be in Canada for who knows how long, or if we go too far and start picking up the Canadian towers instead of the American ones. I was ready to switch to AT&T because I WANT AN IPHONE!!!!!!

Although. If I get the AT&T Family plan, it's $60 plus $20 data for the iphone = $80.

A Verizon, two person family Canada plan is $90.

Choices.... Choices....

djc

when I was looking at the plan (sooo annoyed that I didn't/couldn't get it) it looked like verizon was hooked up with telus. which would have been perfect, cause telus it the only company that had cell phone coverage at the camp where the hubby worked last summer. Now that I'm thinking about it, it's probably because I asked about the plan in NM and they just assumed that I wanted to call Mexico. Or I was just really unlucky and called in the few days/weeks when the NA plan was going away but before the +Canada plan came in. If I didn't just get a new contract with t-mobile for the hubby and I...

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This thread title always reminds me of that song from "Dirty Dancing" that starts out with the "How do you call your loverboy" part.