I think I found the cheapest tetherable internet in Canada - and its prepaid
 

7eleven SpeakOut Wireless currently offers unlimited browsing via the rogers goam.com APN for $7 per month. I have tethered this from my old Motorola MPX220 to my n800 and my laptop.

The only catch is that everything has to go through a http proxy - fine for most browsing though. (no voip/im people!)

The best part about this deal is that SpeakOut credit lasts 365 days - so if you travel to Canada a few times a year, you can activate and deactivate the internet as required - a $25 recharge would cover you for 3x30 day blocks spread over a year.

I never so much as saw a contract or any terms of use or anything (for the phone or the internet) - i just rang up and literally said "can I disconnect the browsing service at anytime" she said "yes, do you want me to set it up for you", I said "yes" she said "restart your phone in 15 minutes".

My speed is limited because the MPX220 is only gprs, but apparently the goam.com APN supports full 3G speed according to howardforums.

EDIT: they may be increasing it to $10 next year - still a bargain in my books

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I finally bit the bullet & ordered my N900 today from Newegg.ca. Even paid the extra $20 for express shipping :). Checking out the Speakout page & if I got it right, I plop down $59 phone + $50 airtime - $20 promo ($89) + taxes for the cheapest phone, transfer the SIM to my N900 & call to activate the unlimited browsing for $10/month & I'm good to go, right?

Anyone actually using this with a N900?

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Ah, c'mon! Nobody!? Don't tell me I have to be the guinea pig? :(

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Rogers' network only supports 3G over GPRS, so the N900 will only be able to use 2.5G speeds.

Currently the only network in Canada that provides AWS 3G is Wind Mobile, and they're an upstart, so coverage is limited at the moment.

7-Eleven's still offering a great price though -- thanks for the tip!

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Bump again. I should get my N900 tomorrow (there was a mix-up in billing, so I had to cancel & re-order on Monday, my fault), so I want to be READY!!! :)

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Best of luck with the testing of this - I am hoping ot get sensible coverage and ability to use my N900 when in Vancouver/Whistler but suspect I am living in fantasy land! :(

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Let's get a cost/benefit thing here via the actual $ per month for services used- 7-Eleven may rock with this.

I detest phone companies and contract plans- I just want to pay for phone minutes used and data used. Phone company plans suck and restrict you. Apple's IPhone concept sucks in relation to lockin with phone companies/sucks you dry/and restricts you/and their IPhone isn't a data swapping and data friendly computer. The N900 looks to be the answer- portable computer and phone/when I can't get the net and Skype for free over open WiFi.

Opinions please- and no, I don't want tto kill phone companies- just pay the minimum for wireless when I absolutely must use wireless and WiFi isn't available for Skype/downloading data/and position location via a built in GPS.

This is being sent over WiFi from my N800 by the way- a terrific machine except with no wireless phone and no built in GPS-

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For those who use these unlimited data plans, but are forced to go through an http proxy to do anything, which in turn blocks everything but web surfing, you should look into either finding or building your own port relay. Essentially what a port relay is, is a server that's setup to take connections on one port and forward them to the appropriate destination. It's really easy to setup and will solve all your service limitations. :D

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