Tech CityFido unlimited is back?

I heard they brought back the old City Fido plan, is it true?

 

If by old you mean the classic $40/$45 City Fido plan, there are differences.

New! CityFido is now unlimited <--- This is the new plan that just came out on 02/15/2011
$35 Unlimited
Incoming local calls
Outgoing local calls
Text messages
International text messages

Classic City Fido (Old City Fido) had a much larger zone than the current one. Note that zone and local calling area (LCA) are different. A zone dictates where you can use your airtime while a local calling area determines the boundaries of where you can make/receive calls without incurring long distance charges.

If you are within your zone and call outside your local calling area, you pay long distance charges only.
If you are outside your zone and call outside your local calling area, you pay out of zone charges and long distance charges.

See this page for details on LCA (confusing... I know): http://www.fido.ca/web/Fido.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=lcaLookup#incoming

A special feature of Classic City Fido is that if you are outside your LCA, any incoming calls are free (ie: there are no LD charges) as long as you are still in your zone. So if you travel outside your local calling area but stay within your zone a lot, the old City Fido is better if you receive a lot of incoming calls, especially since the old zone is a lot larger than the current one.

Classic City Fido vs. New City Fido
Pros for Classic
+ Larger zone
+ Free incoming while outside LCA but still within zone

Pros for New
+ Cheaper
+ Includes unlimited text messaging
+ Don't have to pay the 75 cent 911 Emergency Fee which applies to price plans before November 4th, 2008.
+ Can travel to another city's zone and use your unlimited minutes. With the old plan, if you belong to the Vancouver zone and travel to the Toronto zone, you would incur out of zone fees.

Old City Fido Unlimited Zone


New City Fido Unlimited Zone

 

Another note: most Fido plans are zoneless, it is usually high minute plans that had zones applied to them. There are some unlimited plans without zones available through retentions, however. The retention plans might even suit your individual needs more than both (old and new) CF plans.