With people being encouraged to stay at home to reduce the spread of COVID-19 most Canadian telecom companies are temporarily removing overage fees on home internet plans. The decision was made to waive the fees since many people will be required to work from home and using their internet service to telecommute.

Bell Canada issued a statement on Saturday saying it'll waive any additional usage fees for residential internet customers, including Bell Aliant, Bell MTS and Virgin Home Internet services, until the end of April. “Any overage fees will be waived automatically, so customers don’t need to make any changes to their accounts,” the company said.

Rogers issued a statement saying many of their customers already have unlimited data but the company will also waive overage fees on limited internet plans until May 30 due to the public health situation. Rogers added it will be waiving long-distance and roaming fees for Rogers, Fido and Chatr users, both for personal customers and small businesses. The company has pledged not to disconnect any customers who may not be able to pay their bills at this time.

On Friday, Telus said it would waive additional home internet charges through the end of April, noting that it plans to provide flexible payment options for customers facing financial challenges due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The company is also waiving roaming fees for its customers stuck outside of the country.

Shaw announced that they would be opening up their Shaw Go Wifi hotspots to the public and not just Shaw customers.