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- inactive, on 06/27/2008, -4/+257At last! People are standing up against these high data plans! Good for you Rogers, good for you! And, Digg it to help our Canadian friends.
- ThatDustyGuy, on 06/28/2008, -6/+200To quote College Humor's Guide to College:
"Practically speaking, signing an internet petition is the adult equivalent of writing a letter to Santa Claus." - bujinkage, on 06/27/2008, -4/+156Everybody should boycot this company... The should be ashamed of themselves...
- Clarkeness, on 06/27/2008, -4/+142Hey Kevin and Alex show this on Digg Nation would you I want a real data plan from Rogers!
Clarkeness - gurka1, on 06/27/2008, -2/+135Scam by Rogers! Boycott the iPhone in Canada.
- FAHQ2, on 06/27/2008, -2/+99Due to lack of any competition in Canada, "Robbers" are doing what they do best!
- SpectreFire, on 06/28/2008, -1/+97Dear Rogers,
Up yours.
Sincerely,
Canada - FrostyFire, on 06/27/2008, -0/+88"Robbers Wireless. The customer you are calling can't afford to answer his phone because the iPhone plan only gives him 150 minutes. Please call back after 9pm"
- StayPuft21, on 06/27/2008, -4/+89Fail. Apple's customer base are notoriously scrupulous consumers. When you try and couple a great phone to a ass-raping data plan we know, Ted. Nice attempt to capitalize on our iPhone-lust; an attempt I can promise will fail to meet your financial expectations.
- Inspiron700m, on 06/27/2008, -3/+70How much is an iPhone 3G going to cost me over my mandatory 3 year contract?
Let’s say you choose the $60 plan as a bare minimum plus the $15/month voice value pack…
$199 iPhone 3G after taxes (in BC at least) = $224.87
$60 voice/data plan + $15 voice value pack + $6.95 SAF = 81.95 + GST/PST = $92.60/month
$92.60 x 36 months (3 year contract) = 3333.60 + $224.87 = $3558.47 over 3 years!
EPIC FAIL!!!
http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-rogers/rogers- ... - inactive, on 06/28/2008, -0/+65Canada is pretty god damn ***** in terms if cellular plan rates. The only two reasonable exceptions are Koodo (just starting up) and PC Mobile, both of which are prepaid. Rogers sucks every first-time buyer in with a cool phone and a 3 year contract, and after that they don't stop ***** you in the ass until you realize that paying the $200 early cancellation fee is worth it. I've had so many friends with rogers get their phone and start happily downloading ringtones, going on the internet, etc only to find themselves with a $200 phone bill. Does rogers give a *****? No. They wanted that to happen. All of their promos offer something like "unlimited everything for the first 3 months!" sucking poor kids into an unhealthy routine and then screwing them over big time.
Rogers also doesn't offer a single per-second billing plan. Why? Because they know that it's actually fair for the customer. Pizza delivery fags like me make TONS and TONS of 5 second "hey I just got outside" calls and they're all rounded to 1 minute.
I will NEVER, EVER go back to rogers.
tl;dr: ***** YOU ROGERS, I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON A THOUSAND DICKS. - inactive, on 06/27/2008, -5/+59Please, Kevin and Alex. I'm the MOST LEET UBER watcher of your show. Help this site or talk about it to help the poor canadians fans to get a GOOD price plan for the iPhone!
- supersteve, on 06/27/2008, -11/+64***** rogers and ***** apple for letting this happen
- themurph2099, on 06/28/2008, -3/+56You know the Roger's plan sucks. It really does. The only problem with this is that "***** you" is not a response that is going to be taken seriously. This should be done under something a little bit cleaner. Using the term "***** you" not only comes off as crass and immature, it also prevents any media outlets from helping you take up your cause or reporting on what you're trying to promote. Roger's needs to be forced into catching up with the rest of the world, but "***** you" isn't going to do it.
- Cam_86, on 06/28/2008, -0/+43http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Cam_86/1206 ...
I posted this in another story a while back.
The second the CRTC allows foreign telco's business in Canada, i'm switching to them. Its ***** clear the canadian telco's are gaming the system. Theres no other reasonable explanation for why the costs to gain the same service as americans, australians, AFRICANS, etc.... is so dramatically more expensive for us canadians.
The worst part is, realistically we should have lower rates then americans, as out infrastructure was built with tax dollars(not private companies putting them up, as is the case in America.) Instead though, because we have the greediest companies in any industry and country we pay dramatically more. No ones expecting people in Churchill,MB to get 3G/HSDPA access, yet all the major telco's use rural communities as the rational for why urban settings(where something like 85%+ canadians live. A higher percent then America) cant have unlimited/fast access.
***** outrageous. - Jenadae, on 06/28/2008, -0/+43Wow those prices are ***** ridiculous...
- sabaat, on 06/28/2008, -9/+50i woke up this morning and felt sick....
ready to cry.... i was sooo looking forward to this....for over a year..
and now this.
i don't know what to do...
sucks - AnotherEdd, on 06/28/2008, -0/+39Rogers just gave the iphone a RIM job.. heh..
- a1cd, on 06/28/2008, -0/+34Rogers sucks. On top of this they also initiated download caps on ALL their internet plans
- catlincava, on 06/28/2008, -3/+33Alright People take this from an EX Rogers employee...this is how you get around the stupid plan...its better if your an existing customer...but follow must of the steps if your new to rogers.
1- Get a Regular Vison Phone with the $20 Vision plan with unlimited internet...
2- DONT USE THE PHONE FOR MORE THE 30 MINUTES OR KEEP IT FOR MORE THEN 30 DAYS...Swap it for the IPhone but don't change your plan...
3- You have your IPhone and with unlimited internet...
Trust me I had a Sony Ericsson and went to a Motorola Q and a Samsung A736 and have unlimited internet...
And if it doesn't work and they won;t send you an IPhone say the magic words
"I'M GOING TO CANCEL"
Poof you have a new phone...
For new customers
1- Order a Vision Phone with the $20 Vision Plan with unlimited internet...
2- DON'T KEEP THE PHONE FOR MORE THE 30 DAYS OR USE IT MORE THEN 30 MINUTES...Call in and say you don't like it and you want an IPhone...They will do a swap with you and send you a the IPhone...
and if that don't work tell them your going to go back to your previous carrier...
If that don't work...tell them where your going to shove their IPhone... lol
Enjoy...
P.S.
That will work for any phone you want - ahughes, on 06/28/2008, -0/+28and Rogers will say to you, "We are sorry you feel that way, thank you for your valuable feedback"
- gfair, on 06/28/2008, -0/+25With fierce bidding on new cellular spectrum, Rogers is going to get the $%@! kicked out of them in less than a year when the next national, and possibly several regional, cell providers begin offering service.
Rogers rates + iPhone + Comcastic customer service = Chapter 11. - PhotoShap, on 06/27/2008, -19/+42I was gonna buy one, was counting down the days in fact. But since seeing Rogers rate sheet, well I'm just going to go back and buy another hacked original iPhone and use it with my Unlimited City Fido Plan.
I spend way too much with Rogers and hate that I'm treated like a Canadian. AKA taking it in the ass when Canadian telecom providers determine pricing.
Here's wishing the United States invades Canada already so we can have some competition or just subscribe to an American Telecom company with good rates! - ericsabourin, on 06/28/2008, -0/+23"Something REALLY BIG is comming on july the 11th : Your iPhone bill...."
- JeffHenderson, on 06/28/2008, -0/+23Blame the CRTC. They are the ones restricting competition. US companies like Verizon or AT&T would love to expand to Canada, and they would force Rogers to either lower their rates or go out of business.
Unfortunately, a wireless company that isn't Canadian owned cannot get a license in Canada.
Screwed by our own government again. - pcote, on 06/27/2008, -8/+30How can Apple let that happen ?
- HolyChimp, on 06/28/2008, -0/+22Christ... do you get charged for voicemail as well?
/ a Brit confused by the concept of paying to receive a call. - pradaaddict, on 06/28/2008, -2/+23I was fully prepared to pay a $380 ETF with Telus just to purchase the iPhone 3G but now these plans are making me seriously re-think it. I was going to buy two of them, one for me and one for my spouse. There is no mention of family plans and there are horrible data caps when you consider MobileMe, Youtube, picture exchange or large email attachments.
There needs to be three options and family calling should be always unltd.
$60 ~ 250 minutes, 200 text, untld data, caller id, visual voicemail
$90 ~ 500 minutes, unltd text, unltd data, caller id, visual voicemail
$120 ~ 1000 minutes, unltd text, unltd data, caller id, visual voicemail (for executive clients) - MrLlama, on 06/28/2008, -5/+27Wait... your saying Canada isn't a capitalist country? Just because it has slightly more 'liberal' policies than America doesn't mean it is some sort of socialised/communist state.
- kinglenster, on 06/28/2008, -0/+20Those are some real ***** plans. I'm beginning to actually rate O2's plans quite highly now after seeing this and the crap that the U.S. have been offered.
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paymonthly - lartones, on 06/28/2008, -0/+20I was getting an iPhone right from the get go, but with a $100 plan i don't think i will get one anymore!
- mattc908, on 06/28/2008, -0/+19I love extortion
- lartones, on 06/28/2008, -0/+19I sure hope nobody gets the iPhone with these initial rates otherwise we'll all be screwed
- Arkanok, on 06/28/2008, -1/+19Rogers, I thank you, with all my heart, for ***** us Canadians. Your blatent disregard for pleasing your customers covers me in a blanket of warm fuzziness. /end sarcasm.
No but really, ***** you Rogers. - chaoswings, on 06/28/2008, -1/+18If only we could. Rogers and Bell are almost as bad as your Comcast. What boggles the mind is why he is only protesting the iphone data plans. Their internet bandwidth caps are just as bad. I have a choice of either Rogers or Bell and they both equally suck, each for different reasons.
- xero9, on 06/28/2008, -0/+16Wow, like someone else said.. I felt sick when I read this.
Co-worker of mine showed me a page on thestar.com about their pricing was like "no way man, it's gonna be $30 unlimited for personal use". Then I went to rogers.com and saw they posted official pricing..
All I have to say is, this move really makes me want to pack up and move to the US. AT&T offerings are WAY better. - RogueMountie, on 06/28/2008, -0/+15I have been screwed over by Rogers Wireless. I have been screwed over by Rogers Video. I have been screwed over by Rogers Cable. This isn't a coincidence, it's a ***** business model. I am already boycotting Rogers, and have devoted my life to convincing others to do the same.
Death to Rogers! - Sherman901, on 06/28/2008, -4/+19because they just make the phone
- luet, on 06/28/2008, -1/+14It's called Sasktel because it only exists in SASKATCHEWAN.
- sonnybobiche, on 06/28/2008, -46/+58Dear Canada,
Try Capitalism.
Sincerely,
The United States of America - Rapter09, on 06/28/2008, -0/+13Guess what happens when you run out of minutes? No incoming calls.
- klassica, on 06/28/2008, -0/+13Dugg for the appropriate use of "Comcastic"
- TheIguana, on 06/28/2008, -0/+12Done and done. I really want to know that this will help, but alas Rogers has a habit of just not caring. Oh and I cp'd the contents of my email here.
Dear *Rogers Exec*,
Today your company (Rogers Communications) released the details of its proposed rate scheme for the Apple iPhone. Given my general love for Apple products, I have patiently waited for the iPhone to makes its way to Canada. Disappointingly, the announcement made today has dashed both the limelight and my wish of owning an iPhone.
The most painful factor of the plans announced today is a disregard in providing a fair and reasonable service in concert with cost. The most notable element of these new plans is the stinging choice between 400Mb and 2Gb of data on the network. These quotas are better than in past, but they remain the worst in the fleet of international iPhone mobile carriers. No other mobile carrier worldwide has offered a single plan below the 1Gb threshold, with a significant majority opting to provide users with unlimited service.
I and my family have long used Rogers as our wireless service provider. I was seriously considering purchasing an iPhone come July 11th. However, the service options you have raised has in one fellow swoop dashed the wish I had for purchasing an iPhone on your network. Beyond this, it has raised a powerful realization for me as a consumer of your services. If these plans reflect how you would like me to view you as a mobile service provider, then I wonder why, I and my family should continue to pay an growing part of our hard earned income for your mobile services.
Sincerely, - jasonh1234, on 06/28/2008, -1/+13Dugg down for being anti-Canadian as opposed to anti-Rogers or anti-Monopolies
- inactive, on 06/28/2008, -1/+13I'm sick of these telecommunication companies. I wish we as an internet entity could create our own 'Freedom ISP' and 'Freedom Wireless' with donated money, no bandwidth caps, no ridiculous charges, no *****. It's a dream.
- DesktopGeo, on 06/28/2008, -1/+13I find it funny that Sonnybobiche is lecturing Canadians about capitalism when America is also a land of limited and incompetant wireless service providers that create the illusion of choice while artificially inflating prices for their own benefit.
If you want to see real capitalism at work, you should be looking at the Japanese cell phone market.
I always find it funny how Americans talk about their 'freedoms' like the rest of the first world doesn't have them, when in fact, they often have fewer freedoms than those countries. It's such an effective and convincing nationalistic catchphrase, that your politicians have become so good at taking away so many of them. - Gimpyfuzznut, on 06/28/2008, -0/+12$10 is really wishful thinking... but they should at least give us some ***** middle ground here. I'm not saying $10 but maybe $20...$25... even $30? But come on, 2GB for $115 bucks. Give me a ***** break!
- Yage2006, on 06/28/2008, -1/+14Dear asshead Canada is capitalist.
Did your daddy say we were communist WTF
- HonoredMule, on 06/28/2008, -0/+12In case you haven't been paying attention to any of the Canadian issues that have been dugg over the past year, let me bring you up to speed. We Canadians have been fighting (kicking and screaming, in fact) about anti-competitive and the problems with our telecommunications industry for the past year. We're just getting completely ignored by ALL major players in our government, and getting ***** responses to our complaints which effectively declare that nothing is wrong and we should be happy with our ***** services.
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