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I am currently in a 2 year contract for an iphone 7 plus and paying $65 per month. If I BYOD the same plan would be $48 per month. Basiclly $17 was add per month for the iphone 7 plus contract. Now when my contract ends will Fido automatically remove the $17 per month for the Iphone 7 plus contract?
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March 2017
@alex14 That's a very good question but unfortunately the plus $ amount you pay to get a subsidy for a phone does not get removed at the end of your term. The only way to have it removed is to change your plan.
Hello,
Has the policy changed?!? You used to be able to switch to a BYOP plan once your contract had ended (see here). You just couldn't subsidise another phone some time down the line because the plan would not contain a subsidy.
If you can still switch to a BYOP plan after your contract term, the subsidy will not get removed automatically. You would have to ask to switch to a BYOP plan.
Cheers
Hi @Cawtau!
The policy hasn't changed. You can still switch to a BYOP plan once your agreement is over.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
@alex14 That's a very good question but unfortunately the plus $ amount you pay to get a subsidy for a phone does not get removed at the end of your term. The only way to have it removed is to change your plan.
This is one of the reasons I will NEVER increase my monthly plan fee payments just to get a shiny new phone. Its not worth it for people like myself, and paying more to have the latest phone does not make financial sense to someone like me.
@Paolo I agree with you, but on a business side its a genius way to avoid grandfathered plans. That's why i'm going to hang on to my $56 plan for as long as I can and still get a subsidy on a phone without paying more.