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In Canada, the cheapest iPhone plan you can find is $200 upfront + $80/month.

If you bring your own device, expect to pay $65/month for unlimited talking, unlimited messaging, and 1GB of data. Additional data usually costs around $5/250MB.

That's in 2015.

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I cut costs way down by getting a "data-only" SIM for my iPhone and using a VOIP provider.

Call quality in poor signal (e.g. 2G) areas is terrible, but in urban areas with HSPA or LTE, it works great. I talk very little.

Look for the "flex-rate" plans that Rogers/Telus/etc offer. I sometimes pay as little as $5/mo if I don't use my phone, it scales with data usage.

No carrier ever accepted to sell me a data-only plan for my phone. I've been trying for a long time...

The trick is to ask for a tablet SIM or mobile internet SIM for a laptop. Don't say it's for your phone.

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