Bell Lastly Launches Limitless Information Plans however Adds New Global Roaming Caps

Bell has quietly reworked its plans heading into May, conserving costs the identical whereas bumping up information allotments throughout the board. The headline change is limitless information in Canada on the highest two tiers, plus a brand new every day cap on roaming:

• $60/60GB
• $65/100GB Canada-US
• $80 limitless information in Canada (was 175GB) 5GB/day roaming in US/Mexico
• $95 limitless information in Canada (was 250GB) Global (65 nations); 5GB/day international roaming

The prime tier plans now ship limitless information in Canada at 5G+ speeds as much as 2 Gbps. Notably, there’s no point out of the 512 Kbps throttling that used to kick in when you burned by your information bucket.

On the roaming aspect, issues are a bit extra structured now. The $80 plan caps you at 5GB per day within the U.S. and Mexico, whereas earlier than you possibly can pull out of your full 175GB pool whereas travelling. The $95 plan works the identical means for international roaming: limitless information in Canada, however when you hit 5GB in a day overseas, speeds drop to 512 Kbps.

The $95 plan additionally comes with a 5-year worth assure, following Telus’ lead. Hotspot on each the $80 and $95 plans runs at full velocity as much as 50GB, then throttles to 512 Kbps.
None of this occurred in a vacuum. Rogers lately rolled out its personal limitless international information plan and matched Telus on the value assure, and Freedom Mobile has been quietly making use of strain with aggressive roaming promotions, at one level providing 250GB for $40.

The flanker manufacturers, Fido, Virgin Plus, and Koodo, nonetheless don’t have comparable international roaming choices, however that in all probability gained’t final lengthy.

Bell reviews its first quarter earnings on May 7, with Telus following the subsequent day.