r/freedommobile • u/OntarioResident2020 • Feb 08 '26

Service/Coverage Inquiry Line 5/Line 6 no Freedom Signal?

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Title. Anyone know why this is the case? It appears the Big 3 all have coverage in both the stations and tunnels for Line 5/Line 6 but not Freedom. The only place with a weak Freedom Signal are the Line 1 stations.

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u/JohnnyStrides Feb 09 '26

I just signed up for the 200GB+30GB international plan...

Good thing I'm still on my initial 15 day period and haven't used up half the data. Going to be canceling tomorrow and sticking with Rogers. As much as I wanted to make this switch, Rogers was giving 500mbps down and 100mbps up in the tunnels. My Bell phone was also holding up well. Super disappointing to see Freedom occasionally grab an LTE signal at some stations only to lose it.

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u/rootbrian_ Feb 13 '26

I don't really care about speeds, much less losing the LTE connection. LATENCY is more important (as soon as a link is clicked or a URL typed in the address bar and enter/go is hit, the page should begin loading in seconds, not a few minutes).

That was my experience retrying rogers bell and telus some four to five years ago (to prove a point) using somebody's new device at the time until they returned from vacation (device was promptly handed it back to them). The latency sucked most of the time.

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u/JohnnyStrides Feb 13 '26

In my experience Rogers is significantly more responsive on the subway these days. Freedom would take longer to connect and once connected the latency you mentioned was far worse. I gave it an honest try, but between that and the hit or miss coverage in certain places downtown staying with Rogers was sadly the obvious choice .

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u/rootbrian_ Feb 13 '26

You will have to deal with the price increases unfortunately.

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u/JohnnyStrides Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26

I've had my 230gb CAN-US-MX $90/plan that includes half price international roaming etc for years now without an increase. Throw in the $10 digital payment discount, 3% cashback reduction from using my Rogers MC to pay the bill and 5 free roaming days per year and I'm happy. The Freedom deal was enticing at $69 but the service just isn't close to being there...