It can be really, really expensive to communicate when you head up to Canada. Cell phone minutes are usually like 50 cents. Check this out, my wireless internet unlimited costs $68 per month with taxes included. I go to Canada and use my laptop less than two hours and it adds $70 to my bill!!!

How do you Canadians do it? How do you afford to communicate across the borders? Fellow Americans, how do you do it? The costs of not taking loads and communicating is way to much to just not use your phone? Even so, the costs are expensive. Any tricks to this?

 

The Canadians use a fast moving communication system called sled dogs. It takes two weeks to get a message back from dispatch, but it is cheaper.

 

:x Sly devils!!! :x :sad:

 

Now Jumbo don't be giving away all the secrets. LOL I sometimes things sled dogs would be more efficient than some of the phone carriers anyways. Don't you?

Drive safe everyone.

 

Ah, you guys, c'mon, pleassssseeeee......



Do you have a cell phone down here and one up there? Do you swap out sim cards? It there one carrier that offers cheaper US/Canada rates? Do you just have a $300 phone bill every month and are you minutes-hoarding clock watchers? You've must have found some answers.

 

I figure if i`m going through canada another hundred max on my phone bill is worth it because if i`m up there i`m going to be making more then usual but I dont use my phone much anyways, if I get a load to fort mac AB or the yukon or alaska I already know what i`m coming out with it or i`m getting a good enough rate to deadhead out.

 

Our phones are with Bell Canada. I communicate with the drivers using the phone's 10-4 feature ($20/month unlimited IIRC).

As far as talking to US brokers & shippers, I'll have to check to see how many minutes I'm averaging in the US and what the cost is. 400 a month sticks in my mind but I'm not sure that was dollars or minutes. Probably dollars. More later.

 

Ok, let me see if I've got this straight. You've got to pay to play, and just talk less..........EUREKA!..............That's it! :lol:

Really, is that it! No way to do this cheaply? The Canada guys have got to know something and they just aren't talking. Probably just bitter because our North is their South. :P :lol: :shock: :lol:



edit** oops, Rank! You are Canadian ops: I didn't really mean that about the North and South. I really like ice cubes and cold beer and huskies and everything.

 

Rank isn't Canadian you bone head. Look at his posts, they are all in English!!! Also, his trucks have the steering wheel on the left like we do, yet another clue!!

 

Oh yeah, I didn't think of that. :sad: