Fido
Shares rank 8 of 9 mobile phone plans by recommenders
Canadian mobile plan people recommend for low cost: about $30 CAD for 80GB with international calls and SMS. Critics note the 80GB cap is rarely enough for home use.
Canadian mobile plan people recommend for low cost: about $30 CAD for 80GB with international calls and SMS. Critics note the 80GB cap is rarely enough for home use.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low price for 80GB
“~$30 CAD for 80gig and international calls/SMS”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't” International calls and SMS included
“~$30 CAD for 80gig and international calls/SMS”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
80GB monthly cap too small for home
“an 80GB/mo cap is rarely enough for home”
Comment from 6 Apr 2026 in “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't”
Other mobile phone plans people recommend
The four most recommended other mobile phone plans, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Mobile | 31 | 2 | 94% | 9 | 1 yr6 owners | Approved |
| Google Fi | 26 | 20 | 57% | 9 | 9 yrs3 owners | — |
| Cape mobile cell service | 19 | 10 | 66% | 7 | — | — |
| Airalo eSIM | 16 | 9 | 64% | 5 | — | — |
| FidoThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“an 80GB/mo cap is rarely enough for home”
“~$30 CAD for 80gig and international calls/SMS”
“You need to look into NNCP (nncpgo.org, clone the source ASAP), Nostr, FIDO”
“Fido and Usenet are still around. Kind-of.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.