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Originally Posted by Motel75
It's true, it has a 365-day expiration, but as you have to buy the phone (there are no SIM-only kits) the upfront cost is quite high.
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According to
this thread on HoFo, as little as $20 with $10 airtime. The phones that come with US SO are locked (the ones in Canada are not.) And AFAIK you can top up airtime using AT&T's website so you can keep this SIM alive from overseas.
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Canadian Speakout ... lack of account activity for 120 days will end the account.
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Where did you get that information? AFAIK there's a 99¢/month "911 fee" but the card lasts a full year providing there is enough airtime credit. Once the year ends you have something like 90 days to top it up before the SIM expires.
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Since there's no roaming, it's not possible to keep it going unless you're in Canada every 2 1/2 months.
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Actually the only way to top up the Canadian SO SIM is to buy a voucher at a 7-11 store in Canada and then validate it from a SO phone. So it's effectively useless to anyone outside Canada. Unfortunately there are no good GSM options for visitors to Canada thanks in large part to Rogers' monopoly. (Perhaps the best option for visitors is to use a US T-Mobile SIM then pay 69¢/min to roam in Canada
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