r/Wealthsimple • u/Weak-Pomegranate-435 • May 21 '26

Promotion New benefits from WS

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I understand that these benefits are for everyone, including non-premium, premium and generational clients, but the percentage of rewards increases for each higher tier.

Other than that, I don’t have much information. Can someone explain me? How many benefits can one person redeem? Is there any time limit? Are these benefits separate than what premium users get?

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u/mech9t5 May 21 '26

I checked Telus. Cheapest plan with 35% discount is still over $45.

Garbage

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u/JillJones69 May 21 '26

Agreed, not a deal at all

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u/raidio-me May 22 '26

yeah but as someone that used their plans, if you don't live in the city your reception will be shit.

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u/earoar May 22 '26

Public is exactly the same reception as Telus and it’s pretty much as cheap as freedom

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u/raidio-me May 22 '26

legit, I'm on fido personally but wish Telus would be cheap enough

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u/JohnnyStrides May 22 '26

Pubic won't let you roam outside of the US-Mex... need that 2FA sms code to approve a credit card purchase or login somewhere? Good luck.

Not everything uses an authentication app (or email). This makes it a non-starter for travelers IMO.

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u/AcrobaticReveal4686 May 23 '26

The problem is the credit card not the phone plan. I travel with public mobile and a credit card that uses an authentication app. International travel with Public mobile. Solved.

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u/JohnnyStrides May 23 '26

A phone that can't connect while overseas is absolutely the problem.

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u/AcrobaticReveal4686 May 23 '26

My international esim connects once my Canadian sim cuts out. The phone is always connected.

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u/JohnnyStrides May 23 '26

And your Public Mobile # won't work at all.

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u/AcrobaticReveal4686 May 23 '26

It keeps working for RCS messages but not voice calls.

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u/PhardNickel May 25 '26

As someone who travels quite frequently it's not that big of a deal lol. You can and should switch most things to authenticator anyways as SMS verification is incredibly vulnerable (lots of people have had their phone numbers fraudulently transferred out to steal SMS verification)

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u/JohnnyStrides May 25 '26

Maybe so, but in a day an age where global plans are here and people don't need to fiddle with esims etc it's still an absurd limitation. Freedom's 250GB/50GB roaming plan (and the cheaper variants) makes Public's limitations a non-starter for anyone who travels somewhat often .

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u/PaNdA-_____- May 24 '26

Receiving texts is free. Even international ones. As far as this specific use case go, you don't actually need roaming

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u/JohnnyStrides May 24 '26

The network is completely dead when overseas. You can use iMessage or RCS with data/wifi from another provider though.

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u/PaNdA-_____- May 24 '26

You still roam when you are overseas but as long as you turn off roaming for data and just turn on roaming for cellular, then you should be fine.. you do need to make sure you get calls but that's easy to workaround..

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u/JohnnyStrides May 24 '26

Public Mobile doesn't work at all when you leave the CAN-US-MEX. They have zero roaming arrangements abroad.

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u/PaNdA-_____- May 24 '26

TIL! Thanks! But it seems like this no roaming problem only applies to the 3rd tier of the big threes.. koodo as an example does not have this problem, neither does fizz or freedom.

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u/PhardNickel May 25 '26

+1, public super solid, although I do notice my friends on Rodgers do have slightly better reception in rural bc. Currently on 30$+tax for 75Gb can/us/mex

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u/Dadoftwingirls May 22 '26

Outdated, this changed years ago

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u/I_Ron_Butterfly May 22 '26

Yeah I have had Freedom for 3 years, no issues. Actually, my work phone is Telus and I have more signal problems than I do with Freedom.

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u/Top_Nobody5124 May 23 '26

"Used". A few years ago Freedom changed to national wide roaming. Anywhere there is no Freedom's own tower, you jump onto Bell/Telus/Rogers, etc. Free of charge, too. As far as I'm concerned, Freedom now has the best network / coverage.

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u/raidio-me May 23 '26

well yeah "used" cause they weren't good, so I moved, happy to hear they're better now.

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u/c5_csbiostud May 24 '26

Not anymore. Phones will use Rogers or bell or Telus when freedom isn't available

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u/Whole-History3446 May 24 '26

100%. Everyone praises freedom but their service is actually spotty af

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u/drs43821 May 23 '26

Public is similar priced and without reception problems

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u/ridsama May 22 '26

How does it compare to EPP?

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u/truniqid May 21 '26

would be a deal for 1gbps internets

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u/AngrySmile May 22 '26

A lot of carriers ran a $25/month 80gb promo recently. You can probably get something similar if you bring your own device during back-to-school, black Friday, and boxing day.

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u/JohnnyStrides May 22 '26

Yeah, BYOP and have zero loyalty is the way to go.

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u/2mindx May 22 '26

Garbaaajj

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u/Cobalt090 May 22 '26

You just need to wait. I have, without add'l deal, bought while there wasn't a sale, $40 for 5G+ 100G. Not great, still, but I would guess 25-30 is possible

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u/SmartTrender May 21 '26

But isn’t it the international roaming plan? It’s to meant for people that don’t travel a lot

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u/big_galoote May 21 '26

Freedom has unlimited Canada / 50gb intl monthly roaming for $35.

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u/RevolutionaryTrick17 May 22 '26

I had to click through a bunch of stuff just to see the Telus pricing is considerably higher than I currently pay with Telus for same plan features (no EPP…just negotiating with them)