Canada equivalent of Tracfone?

[rsot]

Was wondering - other than phone forwarding and such - any canadians here have any advice for cheap phone verification stuff?

[pod]

I have a couple unlocked GSM phones. You can get a prepaid sim from rogers or fido for $10. New number for as long as you need it. If account goes down or you dont think you need number you can grab a new sim and as soon as you pop it in/activate, brand new number. And if you get a sim with minutes for $20 you got a month before you need to top up. I keep active ones alive for $10 a month.

I use fido. You activate phone online and can use whatever name you want. Not that name matters, but its easy to manage that way. I have 3 Fido accounts on the go right now.

[rsot]

Thanks pod. So one unlocked phone and just keep shifting in the Sims and such. Works well if I got it straight.

I think I have a phone that's not unlocked and only works with Fido and such so that could be good...

[pod]

Only needs to be unlocked if you want to switch carrier. If its a fido phone you can pop fido sims in and out no problem

You can just switch sims if you want. You can even have several active sims and just pop it in and when phone starts its that number.

I like to keep a number open and answerable for active accounts just in case they call for some reason. $10 a month is ok. So I only use one active sim per phone at any time. But if you want you can activate more than one sim and use in one phone. I will PM you an ebay seller that has fido sims with minutes for $20. I think they are a stealth seller too....

EDIT: Fido has off the shelf cheap phone kits for $50 with a sim and $25 in minutes. So after you are done with it the phone really only cost you $25. So if you want a couple phones on hand that's a pretty cheap way to get another

[rsot]

Very nice - thanks