“The sleek, multimedia device will hit Canadian stores on July 11. But soon after Rogers unveiled its plans, a protest website began collecting signatures and comments that its creators plan to send to the company on the day of the launch,” Taylor and Dabrowski report.
MacDailyNews Note: That protest website is: www.FuckYouRogers.com
Taylor and Dabrowski continue, “Canadians have long bemoaned high cost of wireless service compared to those in the United States, and many blame lack of competition in a relatively thinly populated country that stretches across six time zones.”
“Rogers and its Fido wireless unit said they were offering voice and data plans ranging in price from C$60 ($59) to C$115 ($114) a month for the iPhone, a price that includes unlimited Wi-Fi access at Rogers and Fido hotspots,” Taylor and Dabrowski report. “The top-end C$115 plan will buy 800 weekday minutes for voice calling and unlimited time at evenings and weekends.”
“It will allow users to send 300 text messages and have 2 gigabytes of data usage — something that Rogers says is enough for about 1 million text e-mails, or 16,000 Web pages, or 7,000 photo attachments,” Taylor and Dabrowski report.
“By comparison, U.S. carrier AT&T has said it will offer unlimited 3G iPhone data plans for $30 a month in addition to voice plans that start at $39.99 a month,” Taylor and Dabrowski report.
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To add insult to injury, “evenings” starts at 9:00 pm.
The plan doesn’t even include call display.
That sucks.
Rogers . . over and out?
There should be a French site also that can be used for the balance of the Canadians.
So what would the French translation of the wed site be? http://www.________Rogers.com
@ Jersey_Trader:
That would be http://www.MangeDlaMardeRogers.com !
TelCel in Mexico is offering unlimited data for $90.00 usd , and 200 MB for $68.00 usd
How much is 200 MB ??
“that doesn’t sound good to me Oveur” over
BelovedWife and I have iPhones and we already had AT&T;so I don’t know if it’s different for others who came over to the carrier specifically for the iPhone, but our voice rate stayed the same and AT&T;gave us the unlimited data (200 text) for $20 a month each.
The Canadian plan says voice and data rates ($59 to $114) while the AT&T;rates specify data for $30. Could it be that people are comparing apples to oranges. My voice plan was about $50 a month (plus the $20 for data) and is now about $70 (plus $10 for her line and $20 for her iPhone data package).
This seems to make the Canadian plan look better, not worse. If I remember correctly, we have a family plan with 700 (or 800) anytime minutes, free nights and weekends (nights @ 7pm?) and unlimited mobile to mobile (but I’m not sure if that is just our plan phones or any AT&T;mobile). The plan includes rollover minutes and a spare line for our son (albeit on a lesser phone). All this for $110 or so plus taxes and fees.
This would put the Canadian plan pretty close if the plan they quote includes your voice service and is not just data. In fact, since the plan includes unlimited access to a wi-fi network, the Rogers plan might be much better.
~M
Mozfan, check your math.
This is the potential iPhone killer. Carriers. We are still in the 1970’s and expensive long distant times. This is worst than the RIAA.
As much as I feel the prices are outrageous, I’m stunned at how expensive the plans are in continental Europe, and how little data is available on those plans.
My big concern is overages; does anybody know if it’s technically possible (at least through the SDK) for the iPhone to measure internet usage through the 3G and EDGE networks (as opposed to WiFi)?
A Rogers rep said there’s “no way” for the company to offer users a way to track their 3G/EDGE usage to ensure they stay under their limit on their phones, until the bill gets calculated…in other words, we have to be very wary of potentially data-intensive usage such as GPS – Google Maps or YouTube or the iTunes Music Store…ridiculous…even the highest end plan is only ~ 68 MB per day….still better than France’s “reasonable usage” 500 MB cap (~16 MB per day!!!) though…
“This is the potential iPhone killer. “
Damn commies. Half of the country doesn’t even speak a proper language. Obama will need to invade and liberate Canada.
@Spark,
My Family Plan $50
My iPhone Data $20
Wife’s add-a-line $10
Wife’s iPhone Data $20
Son’s add-a-line $10
50 + 20 = 70
70 + 10 = 80
80 + 20 = 100
100 + 10 = 110
110 + taxes & fees (all of which I mentioned in my post)
Is this the math of which you were concerned?
~M
http://www.IFartInYourGeneralDirectionRogers.com
@Mozfan
3 phones for the same price as 1 is not equal.
Part of the problem with Roger’s plan is that “unlimited evenings and weekends” starts at 9:00 pm. To get that to 6:00pm, you have to add the $20/month “iPhone Bundle”
Another problem is that the $60 (actually $80) only includes 400 MB of data. Additional data is 50¢/MB up to 60 MB, then 3¢/MB. If you went to the 2GB the expensive plan calls for, that’s about $75 of overage charges, or $160/month. You would almost have to go to the expensive plan, or $135/month. (I’m including the $20 “Value Bundle” as a matter of course).
Add about another $15/month for the various “addtional fees” (system access fee, 911 fee, etc), and that brings us up to $150/month.
Another problem is that it’s a three-year plan, which is typical in Canada. Assuming no data overage charges over the life of the plan, a Canadian iPhone user with the max service will pay (drum roll please) $5400.00. Plus the $199 or $299 upfront. Plus whatever apps you buy from the iApp store. If you have a WiFi network at home, you may as well add in the $29 to $60/month you’re paying for that, as well.
Needless to say, it adds up pretty fast. I’m now leaning farther and farther toward the iPod Touch….
@Mozfan
No data plan for your son?
No Google Maps for him?
No weather info for him?
No email for him?
How old is he 7 years old?
Or are you a . . . well everybody knows what you would be
if your son is older than 12, has an iPhone and no data plan!
On the rollout of the 3G iPhone last month I made the prediction the Rogers aka Fido (better known as Robbers) would undoubtedly make the iPhone the first failure at launch. Having denied Canadians the phone for a year they intend to gouge their customers as is their habit. Send the petition to Apple and ask Apple to cancel the contract. At over $1400 per year for a LIMITED DATA PLAN, no warantee coverage beyond a year, a THREE YEAR contract very few will bite. Plus Robbers also charges an extra $84 year for their infamous Systems charge. And you can bet there’ll be extra monthly costs for BASIC phone services (call display, etc.).
Buy an unlocked phone (or an iPod Touch) go VOIP, use WiFI and moon Ted whenever you can.
Terry
This is simply outrageous, almost criminal..and I had so high hopes for the iPhone only to be let down by Rogers once again.
@ all Canadiens, how much of the cost of these plans are actually taxes or are there taxes on top of this? I know that Canada boast a free National health care plan but do Canadien corporation pay an inordinate amount of excess salaried through bloated salaries to the rank and file which then allows the government of Canada to collect 1/2. Ever wonder why There are fewer and fewer NHL Hockey teams up there? As for me personally I’m tired of teams from Florida, Dallas , LA and Phoenix beating up on my Rangers and Islanders. Most of your actors and sports heroes claim US addresses so they can keep more of what they earn, even the European ones.
Rogers may not be charging these fees just because they can, they may have to to not only survive but improve service. I agree that some of the plans do seem draconian in price terms but I believe a poster to a similar topic believes Iphone rate plans in Europe is just as if not more expensive than Rogers plans. If you have a lot of wifi hot spots you are not going to be using rogers 3G network as often.
The fact that you can turn on and off 3G means that you can throttle your data rate but you probably won’t want to. I’ve use my cell phone in Canada. I once got charges $150 for a 45 minute phone call from a hotel near Vancouver BC’s airport to Salt Lake City Utah and I was receiving the call not initiating it. In retrospect I should have told them I would call them back in a couple of days when I was back in the states.
@Obama Supporter
“Damn commies. Half of the country doesn’t even speak a proper language. Obama will need to invade and liberate Canada.”
<sarcasm>I’m sure Obama would we proud of your statement…</sarcasm>
Criss d’ d’imbécile!
As much as I like to see this petition happening, I know it won’t do a damn thing. Roger’s knows they have a captive market with no other “legal” options so they are going to bilk it for all it’s worth. I blame the CRTC for caving to media/communication company lobbyists who conspire against the consumer by ensuring any new upstart businesses are bound by “non-competition” contracts; in other words other providers must offer different services to acquire a license to do business and cannot compete directly with the same services. All it does is ensure the Canadian consumer loses at every turn and fill the pockets of lazy businesses who act more like mafia than true providers.
Is this the same great Pirate Rogers of the Carrier being the unscrupulous knave of yore?
Francly, that’s too much.
Has anyone else tried to fill out the Competition Bureau Enquiry/Complaint form and been able to submit it? I have tried twice on both Safari and Firefox and I keep getting error 404?