Rogers announced service plans for the iPhone 3G in Canada today. iPhone 3G combined voice and data plans start at $60 and will be available starting July 11th. "As the wireless provider voted number one in wireless satisfaction(x), Fido is thrilled to offer a variety of well-priced voice and data plans making iPhone 3G accessible to as many of our customers as possible," said Sylvain Roy, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Fido. "These pricing plans will allow our urban customer base easy enjoyment of all that iPhone 3G has to offer."The data plans, however, are not unlimited as had been rumored. The new rate plans are detailed below:
- $60/month. 150 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 400 MB Data, 75 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
- $75/month. 300 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 750 MB Data, 100 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
- $100/month. 600 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 1 GB Data, 200 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
- $115/month. 800 minutes + unlimited evenings/weekends, 2 GB Data, 300 SMS sent, unlimited incoming SMS
How about it Canadians ? Will you buy into the IPhone madness?
in any case, no. i was thinking about it earlier, but i'd rather buy a ipod touch instead and keep my current phone. it's worked after i've dropped it so many times that it's hard to replace.
in any case, no. i was thinking about it earlier, but i'd rather buy a ipod touch instead and keep my current phone. it's worked after i've dropped it so many times that it's hard to replace.
Visual Voicemail is included with all 4 plans .. http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless...e_data_packages
dont forget - $7/month system access fee , evenings start at 9pm , and no caller id.
let alone the data being at only 400MB.. which i guess i could live with, but by the time you add the few extra costs you'd easily hit 100/month with ****ty voice plan.
No.
it would be great for a nationwide boycott of the iphone to protest against those rates. but i guess i'm going to keep dreaming
"iPhone packages include all the voice minutes and data you’ll need to fully benefit from the breakthrough device."
I think they forgot to mention "for a week".
Apple really needs to open this phone up to multiple providers (per country), but it is doubtful they ever will.
The problem in Canada is telecommunication companies have to be 60% Canadian owned, this was put in place to protect Canada from US Telecomunication corporations, out competing Canadian companies, do you think Telus, Bell & Rogers would ever survive if Sprint, AT&T and Verizon, etc.. ever offered plans and cell phone service in Canada?
Unfortunately Canadians pay the price for lack of competition, when you have just 3 Cellphone providers in the country.
Virgin, Solo are provided by Bell, Fido is owned by Rogers, Koodo is owned by Telus.
Canadian providers charge the outrageous amount of .95c/min for US roaming, while US providers charge .65c/min for Canadian roaming. my contract with Bell expires July 1, 2008 and I have thought about getting an iPhone, but of course have yet to see the price for the phone itself, probably will be like $199. cdn w/a 3yr contract.
I'll wait to see what Telus brings out in mid july as I had Rogers long long ago when it was Cantel and then Rogers for 2yrs, the customer service sucked as did their shifty billing, not to mention the signal issues, I understand the signal issues has improved with GSM and 3G, but the cust service and billing is questionable.
Bell sucks for signal, Telus was good when I had them although had issues with them too.
I am with Fido, and I get unlimited 24/7 with no blackout periods, 500 txt messages, voice mail and caller ID for $35/month with no tax. Who in their right mind would go with Rogers, when Fido is so much cheaper.
Just so you know, I got the $45 month Unlimited City Fido plan before they were baught by Rogers, and they still honour the price. But a year ago they called and offered me a free phone and $10 off my plan to bring it to $35/month just to resign with them
BTW, Yes I do have an unlocked iPhone
Here are Fido's iPhone plans...they are identical to Rogers.
http://www.fido.ca/portal/promos/personal/...n/promotion.jsp
Just say no.
Last edited by excalpius on 28 Jun 2008 - 20:11
North America...the best governments lobbyist money can buy.
And with the Canadian dollar now STRONGER than the US dollar why are Canadians still being charged a premium price for everything like they were over the past fifty years? The price should be CHEAPER to Canadians with the stronger dollar, not more expensive. Not any more.
Rip
Off
I almost feel sorry the suckers who buy into this crap. But I do continue to buy apple shares because I know there are enough suckers.
Hopefully Shaw will grab it up and offer better data packages in Canada.
It makes Sprint and AT&T look like an angel for Americans (overpriced carriers, imho).
I would encourage all Canadians to not even touch the iPhone. Or any carrier who seriously believes that much money is necessary to send a text message. LESS than 100 text messages to send??? For that much? But what really boggles the mind is 150 minutes for $60!!!!!!!!!!! That's like pay as you go horrible!
It'd be cheaper to get 3 separate devices which do what the iPhone do and pay for them than to own an actual iPhone at that rate.
That just would not work in Europe, we just wouldn't allow it.
Help us Canadians out. We'd help you.
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