Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-13 Thread Ivan Avery Frey via talk
Btw, I had coverage from Freedom in the tunnel between Pioneer Village and York University. I used my data only plan to make a VoIP call with Fongo. The communication wasn't stellar, but it was passable. Ivan. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-03 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 at 05:51, Russell Reiter wrote: > I recently bought a used Pixel 3a for $200 just to try Graphene. This is >> part of a personal experiment to see how private I can get with a >> privacy-focused phone, no Google apps and a new Protonmail alter-ego email >> account just made.

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-03 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
On Sunday, 1 November 2020, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > Thanks for the answers. Very helpful. > Thanks for the update. I don't need a new device just yet, but I was eyeing Pixel after seeing much better battery performance with the Experience rom on my Nexus 6. > > I think I'm going to just do a

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-01 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Followup: The Freedom shop person was pretty helpful. and the store took COVID precautions seriously. >From my home I get full bars on the phone and fast.com reports a 39Mbps connection, within 15% of my in-home wifi. So far so good. After a year it goes from 19/mo to 24/mo but I have no

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-01 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 10:20, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 09:57, Evan Leibovitch via talk > wrote: > >> >> … my current provider (Koodo/Telus). >> > > ah, no: stick with Koodo. > My main phone, absolutely, will not change. The plan is to get a prepaid second line

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-01 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 at 09:57, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > … my current provider (Koodo/Telus). > ah, no: stick with Koodo. Everything about them is better. The only reason I'm with Freedom is that they have better US prices, and Catherine (used to) travel there a lot. This is now a

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-11-01 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Thanks for the answers. Very helpful. I think I'm going to just do a new $19/month minimum plan to check out Freedom's coverage. Thanks to warnings here I won't consider moving my existing service over yet. The OpenSignal app on my phone says that while connectivity is good where I am, speeds are

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-10-31 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk
On 2020-10-31 6:40 p.m., Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Does anyone here have experience with either Freedom Mobile or GrapheneOS? Freedom mobile user for a number of years. It's okay now in most of Toronto. Beware of roaming, though: go to the Kawarthas with data turned on, and you'll

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-10-31 Thread Russell Reiter via talk
On Sat, Oct 31, 2020, 7:14 PM Christopher Browne via talk, wrote: > On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:41, Evan Leibovitch via talk > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> It's 2020 and a long time since Shaw bought Wind Mobile and renamed it to >> Freedom. So I wonder if it's worth another look. Prices are as

Re: [GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-10-31 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
On Sat, 31 Oct 2020 at 18:41, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all, > > It's 2020 and a long time since Shaw bought Wind Mobile and renamed it to > Freedom. So I wonder if it's worth another look. Prices are as always > aggressive but questions remain about speed and coverage. > > The reason

[GTALUG] Freedom and Graphene

2020-10-31 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi all, It's 2020 and a long time since Shaw bought Wind Mobile and renamed it to Freedom. So I wonder if it's worth another look. Prices are as always aggressive but questions remain about speed and coverage. The reason I want a new phone plan is because I'm experimenting with a new phone on