u/johkne

I'm an incoming grad student in downtown Toronto looking to switch phones, am currently with Fido on an expensive plan of $52 (best deal my specific account/line has atm). I'm shopping around to get a new phone and debating staying with Fido and financing a new phone on a $58 plan for 110gb with a $58/month Iphone 17 Pro. OR switching to Freedom to lease the Iphone 17 Pro for $30/month with a $45 Plan, but I don't own the phone at the end of the 2 years. Essentially fido: $110/month + tax or Freedom $77/month + tax.

Problem is I will be living downtown in an older house and probably not get wifi and just use hotspot. I heard freedom's signal is not the best, has anyone used hotspotting for wifi on freedom? And do you think the fido or freedom deal is better?

I have some USD savings sitting in a chequing account and I want to transfer them to my WS USD account. I tried a wire transfer from Chase to WS but it charged me a $40 wire fee for a $500 transfer 😩😩😩 is there a (cheaper) alternative? Would Chase -> Wise -> Wealthsimple work? I get very low fees from Chase to Wise.

Edit: people suggested the CIBC way, is there a TD way as well?

Hi everyone, I'm an incoming grad student at UofT, looking to rent a furnished 2 bedroom apartment with my roommate, a classmate of mine who will be working, ideally within the area. I've been struggling to find apartments in that price range so asking reddit if anyone knows :)