Speakout Wireless being discontinued?

MikeyLikey99 said: I’m curious about this too. My burner is an old iPhone 6 which can handle 4g. I read the chatter on Reddit and people were thinking you’d be fine if your phone supported 4G. I think this is happening because support for 3G networks is being phased out later this month. I’m going cross my fingers and hope because you lose whatever balance you have with speakout if you switch over to another provider (and the other provider wants to sell you monthly or annual plans). Click to expand... Exactly. I talked to a Chatr guy today, who also told me I don't have to do anything. Still not sure if I need a different sim, though.

I believe you will need VoLTE support for calls. 4G alone is just the data part, not the voice aspect. The VoLTE enables the typical phone number voice calling like with 3G. 4G data enables apps like whatsapp, discord to do voice calls through their networks.

My wife and I both use Speakout. It’s just if your phones 3G that you will need to switch, they are still providing service

Speakout 7-11 partnered with Lucky Mobile. So you people may need a new sim card that support VoLTE soon.

mrbubbasmith said: My wife and I both use Speakout. It’s just if your phones 3G that you will need to switch, they are still providing service Click to expand... Only until the end of the month. They don't have 4G bandwidth, hence dumping customers off to Lucky.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/08/12/...-mvnos-struggle-with-rogers-amid-3g-shutdown/ Better understanding of Rogers 3G fiasco, seems if you have VoLTE capable phone your fine🤔🤔

Banger77 said: https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/08/12/...-mvnos-struggle-with-rogers-amid-3g-shutdown/ Better understanding of Rogers 3G fiasco, seems if you have VoLTE capable phone your fine🤔🤔 Click to expand... Only fine to switch to 4G providers, but not fine to stay with 7-11/Good2go.

MikeyLikey99 said: I’m curious about this too. My burner is an old iPhone 6 which can handle 4g. I read the chatter on Reddit and people were thinking you’d be fine if your phone supported 4G. I think this is happening because support for 3G networks is being phased out later this month. I’m going cross my fingers and hope because you lose whatever balance you have with speakout if you switch over to another provider (and the other provider wants to sell you monthly or annual plans). Click to expand... Likewise. Things are muddy at best. I’m going to wait and see what happens before changing carriers. Once my prepaid $$ run out I’ll have to switch regardless I guess.

3G is on its way out from Canada, not just Rogers. https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/phone/mobile/3g.htm

Countries that are developing 5G or are 5G ready will have to shut down their 2G/3G networks for emergency uses only in the next few years.

More confused than ever. Has anyone been able to actually get through to Speakout and get answers?

mercyshooter said: Speakout 7-11 partnered with Lucky Mobile. So you people may need a new sim card that support VoLTE soon. Click to expand... This is the thing I don't understand - if they AREN'T shutting down, why would they need to partner with Lucky? If they were going to stay in business they should just tell ppl to get a 4g phone or Speakout 4g sim... Confused.

Iwandaboobis said: This is the thing I don't understand - if they AREN'T shutting down, why would they need to partner with Lucky? If they were going to stay in business they should just tell ppl to get a 4g phone or Speakout 4g sim... Confused. Click to expand... Yea. I have a Samsung that according to what I read is 4g and VoLTE friendly. I just bought the sim card about a month ago. From 711. I am waiting till after the end of the month to see if it will work.

Speakout uses Rogers network. Rogers shuts down 2g/3g for regular phone use. It's up to Rogers if they are still letting 7-11 to use the network or not with current agreement. Rogers has chatr for pay per use and is about the same price as 7-11 and its 4G anyways. So why do I still need to give the spectrum to 7-11? Let 7-11 customers to come to chatr. BTW, Lucky mobile does not have pay per use plans. So........

mercyshooter said: Speakout uses Rogers network. Rogers shuts down 2g/3g for regular phone use. It's up to Rogers if they are still letting 7-11 to use the network or not with current agreement. Rogers has chatr for pay per use and is about the same price as 7-11 and its 4G anyways. So why do I still need to give the spectrum to 7-11? Let 7-11 customers to come to chatr. BTW, Lucky mobile does not have pay per use plans. So........ Click to expand... Where does the Chatr website mention "pay-per-use"? I see nothing but monthly plans and annual subscriptions

angry anderson said: Yea. I have a Samsung that according to what I read is 4g and VoLTE friendly. I just bought the sim card about a month ago. From 711. I am waiting till after the end of the month to see if it will work. Click to expand... It's not gonna work next month. They've said as much.

SolidSnake said: Where does the Chatr website mention "pay-per-use"? I see nothing but monthly plans and annual subscriptions Click to expand... They call it a monthly plan but you can top up from prepaid cards.

mercyshooter said: BTW, Lucky mobile does not have pay per use plans. So........ Click to expand... That's the main reason I am not considering going over to Lucky.

Langleydude said: They call it a monthly plan but you can top up from prepaid cards. Click to expand... So you still have to pay the same amount every month?

Chatr has $100/year plan but it is talk & text, no data. https://www.chatrwireless.com/plans Not sure how one can sign up for that plan, if ID is required or not, or if auto-payment. is required. I was planning to drop by chatr booth today but something else came up. Will try this week if I can catch them before they close at 6 pm.