Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has quietly removed a requirement that customers subscribe to select plans for at least three months.
The plans in question are Freedom’s Roam Beyond options, which give customers unlimited talk and text and a small bucket of roaming data for use in over 120 destinations. Freedom expanded Roam Beyond options across all plans in February 2026.
Aside from the included roaming features, Roam Beyond plans also came with a minimum three-month subscription requirement and a $30 fee for changing plans before the end of the three months. The move was likely to deter people from switching to a Roam Beyond plan just while travelling, and then migrating back to a cheaper plan without roaming once they got home.
However, following the CRTC’s June 12 junk fee ban, Freedom scrapped the $30 fee for early cancellation. And as of June 18, Freedom had also removed the three-month requirement from its website. In other words, customers can now sign up for or switch to a Roam Beyond plan and cancel or change plans again as they see fit without having to wait or incur any extra fees.
Importantly, this should make it less risky for people to try out Freedom. Anyone who was curious to try out the carrier but didn’t want to risk being locked in for three months can now do so. And frankly, it might be worth it.
I switched to Freedom earlier this year when it ran the insane $40/250GB plan deal, and so far, it’s worked fairly well for me. It’s not perfect — data speeds can be a bit slow at times, and coverage can sometimes be spotty, especially outside Hamilton, Ont. (where I live) and the GTA in general. However, on trips to visit family up near Orillia, Ont., I bounced over to Freedom’s nationwide coverage, and that was sufficient for my needs, even if it wasn’t the best service overall. That said, I also had minimal issues using Freedom on a recent trip to B.C. and Alberta (aside from dead zones in the Rockies where no one had service).
And I’m not alone — former MobileSyrup creative director Brad Bennett also used Freedom for a while, and wrote about his experience with the carrier a couple of years ago and still uses it today. Now, Freedom Mobile won’t work for everyone, especially people who live outside of its coverage zone. But if you are within the coverage zone, the removal of activation fees and the three-month requirement means there are fewer barriers than ever to trying Freedom out. Who knows, you might like it.
