Cell phone in Canada

I know that Vonage has an APP to allow you to use your cell phone to make calls, through your land line Vonage account, whenever you travel. You may check to see if that will take care of your Canadian travels.

Verizon has mixed info on the Canadian package. At one time I could pay $5.00 per month and use my flip phone in Canada the same as US. I have not been able to get that coverage lately and just dropped Verizon for Straight Talk that uses the Verizon network. I will just buy a phone in Canada for the times I am over there.

Years ago, in Nova Scotia, I found my VERIZON cell worked fine. Made 4-5 calls to the States. Until I got the bill. THEN...I found out that VERIZON offered a "Canadian Package" for a very nominal fee per month. What that meant was 2 calls to the States equaled the "package" charge. A good deal. Now I know

How does ATT cell work in Canada?

We were up north in Canada last summer. T-Mobile month to month phones. No charge data and txt but $.20 a minute voice. Service was thru Rogers Wireless back into the T-Mobile network. Good 3G service but we stayed fairly close to the Trans Canada Highway in the area of the Great Lakes. Didn't talk much but a lot of email, txt messages and Facebook with family and friends.

T-Mobile based phones interface on the same standard as ATT (GSM) which is a bit more prevenient than the Verizon based phones (CDMA) for international service outside of North America.

If the phones you have now are unlocked a prepaid SIM is what you can try. You can also go with a month to month service with a service provider that has the free international rates such as what I got from T-Mobile. The key is you phones need to be unlocked so you can use any service provided the phone's hardware will work with.