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>Frankly I think 4G is going to wipe out land lines in far more cases than people realise.

Even if it were consistently fast and reliable (which it is neither), at $40/month for half a gig of data? Not likely.

I'm on telus. It's 60 bucks a month for 6gb of data + phone/text ect.

Yes, you can talk them into a slightly less terrible deal than their advertised rates (which is $50 for 5gb, plus your talk/text/network fee costs). That is still absolutely horrible, and essentially useless as an alternative to actual internet access. Normal people hit their 100GB monthly caps on a regular basis just from stuff like game patches, buying new games, watching TV/movies, etc.

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