Subject to covid & border opening of course plan A next year is a trip to the Maritimes with at least a month on Newfoundland.The plan is to take our unlocked phone with us & get a pay as you go sym for the 3-4 months we hope to be in those provincesThe question is, which service provider has the best all round coverage for those provinces?

Just googled TELUS, Bell and Rogers websites to view their "coverage maps". Lots of good info on their websites.

We just get the appropriate program from AT&T. It might be more expensive but it's less hassle-no special SIM card, generous minutes, texting, etc. Have used it many times with no issues.

Howdy!We had no problems using our AT&T phones in the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland when we visited. We did turn off our internet data as it would have been expensive, but the phones worked just fine. Our AT&T phone service covered us in Canada when we traveled to Alaska also year before last. So I would check with you phone service carrier. If it’s not covered it may be cheaper to add it than to purchase another service in Canada.“Happy Trails”Chiefneon

AT&T partners with Telus for roaming, so their coverage map will give you an indication of service. Other US providers have different partners to roam with. Be aware that data is crazy expensive up here, especially on roaming packages.

Unfortunately I don't have a US provider, such as AT&T. For the months that we are in the US we use Straight Talk & TracPhone. Straight Talk offers a plan for calls from the US TO Canada but nothing for use IN Canada, hence the question about a pay as you go provider IN Canada.More research needed. Phone options these days is bewildering. One option definitely out is my roaming with my Bermuda phone. Might as well get a satellite phone for their charges.

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Nov 05, 2020

Maritmes phone coverage

Subject to covid & border opening of course plan A next year is a trip to the Maritimes with at least a month on Newfoundland.

The plan is to take our unlocked phone with us & get a pay as you go sym for the 3-4 months we hope to be in those provinces

The question is, which service provider has the best all round coverage for those provinces?

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Crowe
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Nov 05, 2020
We just get the appropriate program from AT&T. It might be more expensive but it's less hassle-no special SIM card, generous minutes, texting, etc. Have used it many times with no issues.
Flyboy320
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Nov 05, 2020
Just googled TELUS, Bell and Rogers websites to view their "coverage maps". Lots of good info on their websites.

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