Talk:Canada/@comment-3564598-20150810114222/@comment-3564598-20160127034844

First off, even aside from the prepaid/postpaid/contract issue, that section had to be rewritten completely. It mentioned data-only plans that Mobilicity no longer offers since being bought by Rogers. No reason to tell people about plans they can no longer get.

That aside:

My experience with Mobilicity is that the reason they say "no contracts or cancellation fees" is that they function much like the French rolling contracts: you bring your device or buy one of theirs at retail price, you sign a basic service agreement, and the service fee is deducted from your card on a set date every month.

Also, it isn't technically impossible for foreign visitors to sign up, just impractical. Foreign passports are sufficient for ID, and the Canadian card provided need not be a credit card. It does, however, have to be a Visa debit card if it is not a proper credit card, and that means signing up for and maintaining a bank account in Canada. Not recommended if the only purpose is to obtain mobile service.

In the end, the unfortunate reality is, mobile data is on the expensive side in Canada even despite the low Canadian dollar, and perhaps the best advice for travelers is to buy a US service plan that includes roaming in Canada (see T-Mobile US or AT&T, depending), or to buy a foreign SIM that offers roaming in Canada (3 HK offers a "14-day International Data Roaming SIM" that allows unlimited use of Rogers 3G for HK$280/2 weeks).