7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless
{{Short description|Mobile virtual network operator brand}}
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7-Eleven SpeakOut Wireless is a Canadian mobile virtual network operator brand for prepaid wireless service. The brand was launched in April 2003 by the 7-Eleven convenience store chain in the United States, and expanded to Canada in November 2005. 7-Eleven SpeakOut ceased operating in the United States in 2010.
The brand operates as a reseller of a virtual mobile network using Ztar Mobile, a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), on the Rogers Wireless network in Canada. It provides service in all provinces except Quebec and also does not operate in the Canadian territories. In the United States, it used Ztar Mobile on the AT&T Mobility network.
Services
SpeakOut offers pay-per-use plans and monthly plans, with monthly add-ons such as SMS, mobile browsing, and a block of minutes for domestic calls. In Canada, top-up and SIM card purchases are offered through an on-line website.{{cite web |url=http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/ |title=Home |website=speakout7eleven.ca}}
In eastern Ontario, where 7-Eleven demolished its one Kingston store and sold its six Ottawa locations to Quickie Convenience Stores, existing Ottawa SpeakOut subscribers were permitted to move their prepaid balances to Quickie's Good2Go cellphone program.{{Cite news | url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa/Eleven+unplugs+phone+deal+moves/2161149/story.html | title=7-Eleven unplugs phone deal, moves Hundreds of cellphone owners left on hold by sale to Quickie | first=Vito | last=Pilieci |work=Ottawa Citizen | date=October 30, 2009 | access-date=December 12, 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20091030/282613143852005 Alt URL]{{cite web | url=http://www.quickiestores.com/pg_CompanyNewsDetails.php?int_ArticleItemId=14&str_Evt=evt_LnkPgArticleItem_Select | title=Attention... Speak Out Customers are Good 2 Go... | publisher=Quickie | access-date=December 12, 2009 | archive-date=July 15, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715135756/http://www.quickiestores.com/pg_CompanyNewsDetails.php?int_ArticleItemId=14&str_Evt=evt_LnkPgArticleItem_Select | url-status=dead }} That program has shorter expiry times for prepaid minutes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=113788|title = Rumour: 7-11 buy-out in Ottawa, Speakout Wireless going| date=11 November 2009 }}
Caller ID, call waiting, conference calling, voicemail and account notifications are standard features. International roaming is not supported. Access to voicemail from the mobile handset incurs local or long distance rates; messages also are retrievable by calling the mobile number from another telephone.{{Cite web |url=http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/support/faq/ |title=7-Eleven SpeakOut Support FAQ |access-date=2011-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828095151/http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/support/faq |archive-date=2011-08-28 }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|http://www.speakout7eleven.ca/}}
{{Canadian mobile phone companies}}
{{US mobile phone companies}}
Category:Mobile virtual network operators
Category:Mobile phone companies of Canada
Category:Defunct mobile phone companies of the United States