7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless

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7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless in April 2004 7-Eleven became the first retailer to launch proprietary prepaid wireless service program called 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless. 7-Eleven expanded its proprietary prepaid wireless program to Canada, Singapore and Malaysia. In The U.S. the service operated on the AT&T Mobility network enabled by the Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) Ztar mobile. In Canada the operation began November 2005 on the Rogers GSM network. In Malaysia, it runs at the DiGi network.^[1]

Services

7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless in Canada offers both pay-per-use plans and monthly plans. For pay-per-use, there is a non-government $1.25/month 911 fee charged by 7-Eleven, and long distance charges apply for calls outside the local calling area. Service may be increased with monthly add-ons such as SMS and unlimited mobile Internet.

Monthly plans do not charge a 911 fee, and offer a block of minutes good for calling in Canada. Other monthly plans by 7-Eleven also include unlimited sent SMS, unlimited mobile Internet, or both these features.

SpeakOut is a service available Canada wide except for Yukon, NWT, & Nunavut. Service is possible in Quebec, but there are no 7-Eleven stores.^[2]

Speak Out is also offered in Malaysia. It does not have 7-Eleven in its branding, contrary to the Canadian version. Top-up cards still remain exclusively available at 7-Eleven stores. Reloads last from 5 to 50 days, depending on the amount of the reload. Only pay-per-use rates are offered for calling, SMS, MMS and 3G mobile Internet.

Features

• Free Voice Mail - Standard airtime charge applies when checking messages from the same mobile phone; free to check messages from a landline or another phone. However, accessing the voicemail number directly may be a long-distance call. Checking messages with a local call can be done with the mobile phone turned off.^[3]
• Caller ID
• Call Waiting
• Three-Way Calling
• Automated account notification
• Speak Out Customer Care services
• Port existing mobile phone number to 7-Eleven Speak Out
• No system access fee
• Online Account Top-up (For Canadian customers)
• Online phone & SIM card purchases (For Canadian customers)
• No International or US Roaming (For Canadian Customers). This Service is available only within Canada.
• Incoming calls are charged at the SAME rate as outgoing. -i.e. ALL calls cost $0.25/minute.

External links

• Official 7-Eleven Website
• 7-Eleven SpeakOut Wireless Services (Canada)
• Howard-Forums 7-Eleven Canada Forum
• Unofficial 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless Canada Consumer Page
• Speak Out Wireless Malaysia

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