I am trying to set up a plan with a smaller carrier, but I have a feeling that since they are not on Google’s allowlist (even though I live in Canada), they will not let me use 5G with them. The Pixel watch supported carrier list also makes no sense, because for some reason the new carriers for the watch 2 don’t support the first version? I was thinking about switching to Samsung, but it seems they also pull off shenanigans in the way of region locking. Why are these practices in place?
I am trying to use SaskTel, which is the opposite: all carriers (except Rogers?) have an agreement to use SaskTel towers, and SaskTel uses other carriers’ towers in different provinces. I know that Bell and Telus work, but not SaskTel? They both use the same tower, so I don’t know why there is still no 5G for SaskTel on my Pixel.
https://support.sasktel.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/26177/~/5g-certified-phones