Bell Mobility eliminates System Access Fee
Effective today, Bell Mobility has eliminated its system access fee from all existing postpaid plans.
The move was expected after Rogers Wireless dropped its access fee in October and Telus Mobility dropped its fee on November 5th.
In place of its system access fee, Bell has increased the base price of all plans by $5 a month. As of today, additional fees charged by Bell, beyond the advertised rate plan, will be a monthly 911 fee which varies by province, a one-time activation fee of $35, a monthly billing fee of $2 per month for customers requiring a printed copy of their bill and long distance fees where applicable.
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Bell changed nothing. They actually increased the charge by a nickel if you get a printed copy of your bill.
ok lets do the math together…to keep it simple for you we will work with the most basic plan…
old uber 20 plan: $20 plan + $6.95 system access fee + $0.75 911 fee + $2.00 paper bill fee = $29.70
new uber 25 plan: $25 + $2 paper bill fee = $27.00
so in my world $29.70 – $27.00 = $2.70….a savings of $32.40 a year
So how is that a nickle more expensive…go back to school and learn basic math skills!
Rusty, before going off and jumping on people’s math skills, you should learn how to be more thorough in your comparisons. What happened to the $0.75 911 fee in your calculations?? In YOUR world here are the REAL costs…
new uber 25 plan: $25 + $2 paper bill fee + $0.75 911 fee = $27.75
So you are saving $1.95/mo ($6.95-$5.00 = $1.95 in my world)
Get your facts straight dude!!
Ryan
Actually….you are wrong…the e911 fee with Bell no longer exists….i did check my facts….the provincial 911 fee (which very by province) still exist….regardless….it is still a savings of $2.70/month…my facts are straight…clearly you jump on bandwagons…!!
Hummm…why is Bell maintaining it’s 911 fee when Telus and Rogers have eliminated it?
Big deal, drop one fee and raise the overall price to compensate. Typical shell game.
I can’t wait for Bell tv to drop the 3 dollar digital access fee and raise the digital basic by 3 dollars to make up for it. pfft!
Typical Bell
Rusty, thanks for rushing to the defence of the poor cell phone industry. They need the help of your abacus.
sure…sure… i just troll around here rushing to the defense of the poor cell industry….
F that…i am a consumer just like the next guy….i am happy that i have more money in my pocket for the same service that i have been paying for all these years!!
actually i was just pointing out the FACT that the fees have gone down overall with this change at Bell…and that this is a great thing……..unlike Rogers who introduced a fake “government” fee to compensate for the lost revenue when they did this…
people in Canada have been bitching about the system access fees since the beginning of time it seems….we now have finally gotten our way…
if you don’t like discounts….fine then you can always string to cans together…..i hear that works quite well also
Rusty has it right. The 911 fee that still stands is the Provincial 911 fee. Which is only for the provinces of NS, PEI, NB, and now QC. And is mandated by the government.
These 911 fees have been in place for years (Before Bell dropped their SAF and their 911 fee, the above provinces had two separate 911 fees on their bills)
The above provinces are the only ones that still have this 911 fee on the new plans. Same with Rogers and Telus, and even the future carriers will be forced to charge the Provincial 911 fees in the above provinces.
Saskatchewan also has a Provincial 911 fee, but there is no Bell Mobility in SK.
I currently don’t pay the $2 paper bill fee so my rate does actually go up by a nickel with this new structure.
What I have discovered is that for those who have an existing contract that the plan has not been changed is not getting any respite from the system access fee. If you to have the access fee removed from your profile, you must first change your plan. If you don’t want to have an extention on your contract, don’t add a data pkg. This is an immediate extention. It is all a game they play to keep you in check. IT seems that all they companies did the same thing, remove the system access fee and make up the difference in program costs. Everything at bell, rogers and telus went up by $5/mo per plan. And then there is the upcoming competition. When is Shaw going to jump into the game. Maybe the new players can shake up these three oldies and show them there is no longer a monoploy of wireless and give us some decent plans. If the USA can do it so can we.