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- Ebue1, on 07/04/2008, -0/+130***** Rogers.
- kevro, on 07/03/2008, -0/+105Research Capital Corp. analyst Nick Agostino said it's a "take it or leave it" deal from Rogers, but added Rogers may be willing to lower prices if early sales are below par.
Don't buy!! play the waiting game. - brewno2k, on 07/03/2008, -0/+89Liz Hamilton should be fired.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+54You almost have to admire the amount of balls it takes for a business model that needs to outright lie and/or confuse the very people they are trying to get to buy their product.
- a1cd, on 07/04/2008, -0/+51"Hamilton said consumers can pay $30 a month for a lower-use data plan to $100 for six gigabytes, which she noted is for heavy use such things as streaming video."
Until you use that 6gigs up, then your ***** and paying big money (50c/mb) for anything more
"They don't have to take the value packs. They don't have to take the plans. They can use our existing smartphone and data plans if they want to," she said"
And as you can see, being the GSM monopoly in Canada, they dont give a ***** about PR
***** Rogers. - papervolts, on 07/04/2008, -0/+39Bell just offered unlimited data for $10 on the Samsung Instinct. Telus just offered unlimited data for $30 on the HTC Touch Diamond. The closest Rogers offers to that hits four digits. I urge everyone not to buy an iPhone from Rogers until they lower their prices. Send the message to all your friends and family. Call Rogers and threaten to switch because of their ridiculous data prices.
Either Rogers get crippled or we get what we want. - orenshk, on 07/04/2008, -1/+34FTA: "But it's only going to change if Canadians vote with their wallets."
Don't by this thing. Play the waiting game. Hey maybe by the time Rogers come to their senses there will be an iPhone 3.0 (no sarcasm) - jameshickmott, on 07/04/2008, -0/+31This has put me off buying an iphone, I'm now buying a dslr camera instead.
- RobbieCrash, on 07/04/2008, -3/+32How is this confusing?
Pay less, get less. Pay more get more.
Where the ***** does the confusion come in?
Canadian data plans, especially those from Rogers aren't confusing, they're just outrageous. - brendanryder, on 07/04/2008, -2/+29remember to sign if u havent already www.ruinediphone.com
- MrCoke, on 07/04/2008, -0/+27thanks for failing us and being part of the problem Canadian wireless is so fubared
- wallryan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+21you, good sir, are a douche bag
- Mr_Lyle, on 07/04/2008, -0/+20I'll go on the record right now and say that with these plans, whoever buys the iphone when it comes out is a ***** idiot. And you know that even with these outrageous plans, people will still buy these ***** things. Even some of the people who've been bitching here on digg will end up passing by a Rogers store at some point, see the iphone on display and decide on the fly to buy it just so they can show it off to their friends and walk around all cool. Well ***** you *****! You're the reason why we have such ***** cell phone rates in this country. If no one buys, they'll have no choice but to lower the prices. And I'm not only talking about iphone rates, I'm talking across the board.
Look at these Rogers *****. They're basically taunting us. 'We know our prices are ridiculous but who the ***** are you kidding? You know people are gonna pay anyway, so just shut the ***** up and give us your money'. Well you can go ***** yourselves you sons of bitches. Your entire company can come stand in line by my house and eat my ass. I won't even charge you as much as you charge for your ***** services. - ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -1/+20Keep digging these articles, people... we can still stick it to Rogers yet if enough people leave the iPhone alone.
- a1cd, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18When they introduced usage caps on their internet plans, you should have seen the BS they put out..
"Now you can only use 25gigs a month! This will help your internet experience improve!!" - elfuego, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18Okay, here's the thing about unlimited data vs. caps that "should" cover the vast majority of people.
"Should" is a very unattractive word whenever you're selling something. Would you buy a car if the salesman told you it "should" protect you in a crash? Would you hire a babysitter if she said she "should" be able to perform CPR when your kid needed it? Obviously I'm blowing up the argument to include life-or-death stakes when at the end of the day the iPhone complaints boil down to money, but it's concerning to hear that the plans available "should" cover us. If Rogers was so confident in that 100MB/month figure signifying average data use, why not offer unlimited data and just forbid tethering? After all, by offering 400MB/month you might encourage people to use more than otherwise, just because they have it. No, I think Rogers wants to encourage high usage and reap as much money as they can, which is their prerogative as a business.
However, at the end of the day, caps and penalties make customers nervous. Nervous that they'll go over, nervous that they'll get reamed on overage. That nervousness is why people won't buy one unless they've got more money than brains. Unlimited data, even if you aren't a heavy user, gives you that peace of mind, and that's what people are happy to pay for when unlimited data plans are made available. You won't find many people who are thrilled about the iPhone now that it's gimped in terms of how much you can use it without having to worry. Personally, I'm grabbing a Blackberry on Bell or Telus... $30/month unlimited data is fine by me. - astericks, on 07/04/2008, -0/+17I have actually already made my decision a while back....NOT BUYING!
- wellyuk, on 07/04/2008, -0/+16Get a Nikon D300. Very good.
- wallryan, on 07/04/2008, -1/+17***** i wish people would just wait to buy it. its people like "farfromsubtl" that ***** up the whole system
- kamikaze134, on 07/04/2008, -1/+16The waiting game's boring; let's play hungry hungry hippos instead!
- Konstantino, on 07/04/2008, -3/+18Unfortunately, there are too many idiots here (in Canada) that will throw themselves into debt to get their hands on this.
- Coolspot420, on 07/04/2008, -1/+15When the iPhone was first announced, there were a LOT of mac fans who said that like all Apple products, iPhone was going to change the whole game.
The sad truth is that the iPhone hasn't changed anything. You STILL get raped on data plans, you still have to agree to long contracts, and you still only have 1 choice of a carrier. Its too bad because the iPhone is certainly a nice device, its just a shame you have to put up with ***** carriers to get it. - Fafnir43, on 07/04/2008, -2/+16Here's a clue.
IF YOU BUY AN IPHONE IN CANADA YOU DON'T HAVE A ***** CHOICE STUPID *****. - longzero, on 07/04/2008, -0/+14I don't see which part is confusing. It's crystal clear. Rogers is saying "Don't buy the iPhone, a Blackberry is cheaper."
While stores with iPhones around the world will be swamped on July 11th, Rogers Store and Apple Stores will be empty in Canada. - Fafnir43, on 07/04/2008, -0/+11Whoa. $100 for six gigabytes a month is highway robbery, speaking as a UK citizen who is /used/ to getting ripped off on things like this. But fifty cents per megabyte - FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER GIGABYTE - thereafter? That's just sick.
- lukehh, on 07/04/2008, -1/+12The first two lines of this article DESTROY Rogers.
1. Apple iPhone in Canada is poisonously expensive for consumers
2. You'll get cheap rates on the iPhone if you don't buy one right away.
"The Canadian Press" just said FU to Rogers in a big way.
FTA:
'Apple's iPhone may have a poisonous bite for Canadian consumers who want the much-desired touchscreen phone when it finally goes on sale later this month.
Analysts said Wednesday that consumers will have to pay the voice and data rates set by Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX:RCI.B) if they want the high-end device unless early sales are slow.' - ramises, on 07/04/2008, -2/+13With this type of behavior I'd be reluctant to sign on with Rogers even if they DID provide unlimited data.... well, nah.. I'd probably switch to Rogers right away if they did.. but STILL!!!
- vw2005, on 07/04/2008, -0/+10Just 'speak with your wallets' when the phone hits the market ......
... at least WAIT it out .... how many ppl regret buying DVD players with NO secondary fille format support for $1200 when they first came out ?.. - IggyPop, on 07/04/2008, -0/+10***** Rogers.
- PantsSupreme, on 07/04/2008, -1/+11What a horrible company. I hope you Canadians don't give them a dime!
- pradaaddict, on 07/04/2008, -0/+9I have $15/mo for Unlimited Data on the HTC640. You are realllyyyy getting screwed on that deal. It's not even a good phone and has the battery life of a very well used first gen iPod.
- jcaino, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9not to mention that their network sucks.
- newsboys, on 07/05/2008, -0/+7What I don't understand, why is Canada not outraged that over the past year or so, when both Rogers and Bell have put caps on their high speed internet (for home use - not phones), when they used to be unlimited. This has gone on with almost no protest whatsoever, but word of this happening in the States is causing so much outrage and is all over digg.
- PhoneGuy, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7I signed this petition and ended up on a mailing list. Oh, and thats not all ... they put MY email address in the removal link, so I have been getting hundreds of requests to be removed ...
Thanks alot fellas! - PhoneGuy, on 07/04/2008, -2/+9I currently pay $95 for UNLIMITED data on Telus for my HTC640. It looks like a blackberry, but runs windows mobile. It ain't cheap, but it is UNLIMITED data.
I know Windows Mobile isn't perfect, but I have a Podcatcher installed, as well as my Audible book player, the DIVX player and I have my Software IP telephone client installed. There is not much else I need from a phone - and I certainly don't need to be $^&#* in my a$$ by Rogers for an iPhone. I gotta say, I am more than happy with my HTC phone. - tsnd, on 07/04/2008, -1/+8I agree, there is nothing confusing about it.
Just bend over and take it basically. - ABadPerson, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6***** Rogers.
- inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6me too they ***** something up.
- arobicha, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6The whole group at Rogers should be taken behind "the stupid barn" and put down. They can't supply a service worth a damn.
- sdipaola, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6ALL - THE PRESS ARE MISSING ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES HERE.
It is not data minutes but voice minutes that they are killing you with. Yes the data minutes suck and what everyone seems to focus on but the voice minutes are:150 weekday voice minutes for the $60 a month and a penalty of 35cent a minute over. This is outrageous and unheard of post 1985. Remember it is a phone and after all the web stuff you will be using it as a phone - so can you really go back to 150 minutes a month? - inactive, on 07/05/2008, -0/+6its only a 200 dollar subsidization. thats $5.50 per month on 3 year contract. give me a break.
- Fafnir43, on 07/05/2008, -1/+7I suspect I'm feeding the troll here, but... The problem is that it's /so/ extortionate when compared to the plans available in other countries (notably the US) that Rogers has essentially taken a product a lot of Canadians were excited about and ruined it beyond recognition. This generates vitriol. Film at eleven.
- inactive, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Till Liz that I said shut the ***** up.
- PhoneGuy, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5Unfortunately, mine is a business plan - and the consumer plans don't apply to me.
- elfuego, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5@ PhoneGuy
You'd be amazed at what can apply to you if you threaten to cancel your service and switch to Bell. - Fafaflunkie, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4Talk about giving new meaning to the term "forbidden fruit!" Looks like Uncle Teddy is up to his old tricks again. I say if you want an iPhone that bad, wait a bit and see if Robbers will be a bit more reasonable with their data plans. But I doubt it.
- elfuego, on 07/04/2008, -0/+4You should call Telus and renegotiate... right now they offer $30/month unlimited data for all smartphones as long as your voice plan is $30 or greater.
- RadioVibes, on 07/05/2008, -0/+4Now that my friend, is the honest truth!
- teamparadox, on 07/05/2008, -0/+3I know bandwidth costs money, more so on a cell network where the resources are far more finite then say on Comcast's network but there is no way it should cost $100 for 6 gigs of data. A more real figure would be...$60 for 6 gigs of data and im being very very nice allowing them to still make a large profit.
Hell a text msg which probably costs $0.0001 per msg costs $0.29 if you arent on a plan on most carriers. wtf is going on with providers on this side of the world? - Fafnir43, on 07/05/2008, -1/+4In Canada, their plan is the only available. And while bandwidth costs money, other companies seem to be able offer unlimited bandwidth at far, far, far lower prices. This is the problem. You *****.
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