Well that was short lived....
In the space of 2 1/2 months I went from a $40 Public Mobile 2.5GB (LTE lite) UL Canadian Talk & International Text Prepaid account, to a 4GB the next month, and then 4.5GB. Now I've just accepted a Koodo postpaid offer of $45 for 8GB LTE UL Canadian Talk & UL International Text.
It's an extra $8 / month but that gets me an extra 3.5GB and bumps me up to full speed as well as offering full CSR if required.
edit: And for anybody who ends up in this thread looking for info... don't forget to check RFD for deals, and don't forget to see if there are benefits for getting a referral..... PM is $10 for both the referrer and the referree (as well as $1/mo credit for the referrer), and often has special deals that sweeten the deal up quite a bit. Koodo has $50 for each ($10/mo over 5 mo) but has to be initiated prior to activating a new koodo account.