Exactly. I talked to a Chatr guy today, who also told me I don't have to do anything. Still not sure if I need a different sim, though.
Speakout Wireless being discontinued?
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I believe you will need VoLTE support for calls. 4G alone is just the data part, not the voice aspect. The VoLTE enables the typical phone number voice calling like with 3G.
4G data enables apps like whatsapp, discord to do voice calls through their networks.
4G data enables apps like whatsapp, discord to do voice calls through their networks.
My wife and I both use Speakout. It’s just if your phones 3G that you will need to switch, they are still providing service
Speakout 7-11 partnered with Lucky Mobile. So you people may need a new sim card that support VoLTE soon.
Only until the end of the month. They don't have 4G bandwidth, hence dumping customers off to Lucky.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/08/12/...-mvnos-struggle-with-rogers-amid-3g-shutdown/
Better understanding of Rogers 3G fiasco, seems if you have VoLTE capable phone your fine🤔🤔
Better understanding of Rogers 3G fiasco, seems if you have VoLTE capable phone your fine🤔🤔
Likewise. Things are muddy at best. I’m going to wait and see what happens before changing carriers. Once my prepaid $$ run out I’ll have to switch regardless I guess.
Countries that are developing 5G or are 5G ready will have to shut down their 2G/3G networks for emergency uses only in the next few years.
More confused than ever. Has anyone been able to actually get through to Speakout and get answers?
This is the thing I don't understand - if they AREN'T shutting down, why would they need to partner with Lucky? If they were going to stay in business they should just tell ppl to get a 4g phone or Speakout 4g sim...
Confused.
Yea. I have a Samsung that according to what I read is 4g and VoLTE friendly. I just bought the sim card about a month ago. From 711. I am waiting till after the end of the month to see if it will work.
Speakout uses Rogers network. Rogers shuts down 2g/3g for regular phone use. It's up to Rogers if they are still letting 7-11 to use the network or not with current agreement. Rogers has chatr for pay per use and is about the same price as 7-11 and its 4G anyways. So why do I still need to give the spectrum to 7-11? Let 7-11 customers to come to chatr. BTW, Lucky mobile does not have pay per use plans. So........
Where does the Chatr website mention "pay-per-use"? I see nothing but monthly plans and annual subscriptions
That's the main reason I am not considering going over to Lucky.
So you still have to pay the same amount every month?
Chatr has $100/year plan but it is talk & text, no data.
https://www.chatrwireless.com/plans
Not sure how one can sign up for that plan, if ID is required or not, or if auto-payment. is required. I was planning to drop by chatr booth today but something else came up. Will try this week if I can catch them before they close at 6 pm.
https://www.chatrwireless.com/plans
Not sure how one can sign up for that plan, if ID is required or not, or if auto-payment. is required. I was planning to drop by chatr booth today but something else came up. Will try this week if I can catch them before they close at 6 pm.
