Internet & TV options for Canadians in USA/Canada?

Just rent an unlimited data plan from a random seller on eBay. Generally $120-200/month and you have unlimited cellular data. It's all we use.

Residency doesn't matter.

Satellite was not a good option until quite recently. It still requires an up front investment of about $5,000.00 USD. It is more expensive than using a cell phone and latency is still an issue.

Thanks for the feedback guys.

How about Satellite options? Anything that works across both countries?

In our case Frau Blücher and I needed high-speed-no-bandwidth cap internet but as hard as I looked there was no plan that would cover our needs between Canada and the U.S.A at any reasonable rate. As we spend our full winter, 6 months in Florida we made sure that where we were we had access at our site to high speed no bandwidth cap no contract internet such as Brighthouse or Comcast and we also purchased our own Arris Skateboard cable motem/router and at $29 a month it's perfect! Now obviously this limits where one can go but to my knowledge UNLIKE CANADA quite a few of the RV resorts here in the great sunshine state are cabled-up quite nicely! Also regarding MOBILE internet in Canada, due to our lengthy business history with Telus the gave me a "flex-rate plan" that is 0 to 100 gigs at $119+tax per month, 0-50 gigs is flexed than after 50 gigs it goes to the maximum plus we have to pay $10 per month for vacation disconnect to keep the plan. if your in business using Telus call customer appreciaton dept. and check it out, they will tell you it's only available in q-bek, go figure, but if you push the point they should cave in!

$29 UDS a month at 30 mbps at the post and no bandwidth cap compared to what we pay back home! Boy some internet exec in Canada must be gigglin' till' he wets his panties!

Red Green: Some men look at a problem like this and try to find a solution. I prefer to figure out whose fault it is and let them take care of it.

Here is a 3G alternative using Verizon towers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-Optimus-Zone-Verizon-Wireless-UNLIMITED-3G-For-15-A-Month-Prepaid-Hotspot-RV-/321895421294

It is $15 month to month.

T-Mobile has unlimited data--but ONLY on the phone. The tethering is 14 gigs. After 14 gigs you are throttled to 2G speeds. Cost is $95.00 USD per month with no contract.

"SaskTel reserves the right to limit throughput or the amount of data transferred,
deny, suspend or terminate the Service or any part, component or feature thereof,
without notice, to anyone believed to be using any SaskTel provided wireless data
service or feature in any manner that adversely impacts SaskTel's network or its
service levels, as determined by SaskTel."

For new clients it is 15 gigs. For grandfathered it is 10 gigs.

Hi,

In Canada the options are quite limited. Bell has a 15 gig plan for $105.00, which is a "flex" plan--they start at 100 megabytes for $10, and the price rises as your consumption does. Canada wide coverage. If you exceed the 15 gigs each additional gig is $10.

Telus has a flex plan but the data bucket is 10 gigs for $85. When you go over it is a whopping $0.05 per megabyte or $50 per gig (ouch).

In USA best coverage is still Verizon. There is no company that covers completely. T-Mobile now has data in Canada and in USA they have a "binge on" feature that allows streaming from quite a few sources that does not count against the monthly data "bucket".

Some of us have grandfathered "unlimited" plans. Mine is from Sasktel (they throttle after 10 gigs and send you a letter warning you to stop abusing, or they may cancel). I also have 5 gigs from my Koodo phone, and 5 gigs from a Telus dongle. Those too, are grandfathered plans.

Sasktel does advertise an unlimited data plan for $105. But what they really mean is that it is probably about 15 gigs, and they will throttle you and send a text or snail mail letter (or both).

For USA there are also 'pay as you go' options from trakphone (spelling?).

The bottom line is that access is expensive--and coverage is limited. It is only recently that T-Mobile offered data in Canada.