We are on Rogers, and there is a plan available from them, like the Bell plan, but we find it easier to buy a Chippie SIM card as we have unlocked phones.

What type phone (iphone or android) do you have and where on the island do you stay? And do you need people to be able to call you or do you just call out?

We mostly use data and make calls using Hangouts from our android phone (over data) as there is no charge when in wifi range. We also use NextPlus for texting - it gives a local Canadian number so people back home can text you without charges.

We stay on the French side (orient bay). For next year, I will be looking into the Orange hotspot plan. It seems to offer data all around Orient Bay and may be cheaper than a chippie plan. I only found out about Orange Hot Spots when the Internet was out all over the island and Orange was the only way to get online for a while.