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WATCH OUT if you use WIFI

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#1 ·
Was at the lineup today and I asked the Rogers people about using WIFI. They said that even if you use WiFi at home, it still counts onto your Rogers Data plan. So basically, whenever you hook up the phone to the internet (wifi or not), it charges you. We're are having to PAY for our OWN internet! RIDICULOUS.

Also, the 199$ price is ONLY for NEW customers OR existing customers that have used 1200$ on their plan or 30 months of their plan. I had used 27 months so the phone they said would cost me 350$.
 
#5 ·
That is probably the most bull**** I have ever heard. Rogers cannot legally do that both because, A) Apple would not sign a contract with that in it and B) They cannot charge you for that. That is like getting charged for burning Esso´s gas after you purchase it. You have already purchased it.

That rep was blowing hot air. If you can show me somewhere in the contract where it says that I will go get myself an iPhone and walk down to my lawyers office.
 
#6 ·
I wish it was a lie. I asked 3 reps in the store and they said that this is how it's gonna be. That's why they were URGING me to get a data plan, because whatever WIFI you are using, they said it's gonna charge you. Even if you have a data plan, the data will be counted onto your plan. I REALLY hope they were blowing smoke because I bought one without data plan and wa shoping there will be some kind of hack.
 
#7 ·
3 reps in the same store who probably got the same information from the same source ;) IT really is hard to believe Rogers would be able to charge you for data they don't transmit, and have no way of measuring. It just doesn't make sense, both from technology and from a legal/business standpoint.

Patrix
 
#12 ·
Um, are people really believing that wifi uses network data? Seriously? Reality check people. And if Rogers reps were telling you this, get their names and report them to Rogers' head office. It's completely *impossible.* More than likely, they were selling you data plans by saying this; not that data plans are a bad idea, it's just completely impossible for wifi to use network data.

As for $199/$299 being for new customers, that's right, but existing customers get that $50 back as a bill credit if they qualify (voice plan over $30, etc.). Otherwise, think of it as an upgrade fee.

Some existing customers will pay less (e.g., corporate customers, once corporate pricing gets sorted out).
 
#13 ·
If ROgers was even able to track that data (which I doubt), they would be sued up one pant leg and down the other if they ever tried to charge for it.

It uses 0% of their infrastructure. You could turn off 3G connectivity entirely and still use wifi.

Don't believe it
 
#25 ·
They would probably love to charge you for using your iPod Touch of they could. An iPhone with the 3G and Edge turned off using only WiFi is essentially the same thing as an iPod Touch.
 
#26 ·
This has to be untrue. Wi-Fi may be a battery hog, but it will not use your Rogers data plan. We live in a rural area that Roger's coverage is limited, so people will use wi-fi in homes that Roger's has no coverage. How would they track that? hmmmm? Telepathy?
They can't even track how many iPhones they actually have, let alone data usage.
 
#23 ·
This cannot be true at all. Do not worry. Many Rogers people know absolutely nothing (no offence to those that work(ed) there). The guys at the store I went to were telling customers that they would have to switch their accounts from their current SIM card to the new one that comes with the 3G. One guy was worried about his SIM contacts, and the Rogers rep told him not to worry as he would transfer everything to the new SIM.....uhhh....THE IPHONE DOESN'T READ SIM CONTACTS!!!!

No worries they're BSing.. Wifi won't cost you.
 
#37 ·
One guy was worried about his SIM contacts, and the Rogers rep told him not to worry as he would transfer everything to the new SIM.....uhhh....THE IPHONE DOESN'T READ SIM CONTACTS!!!!

No worries they're BSing.. Wifi won't cost you.
Ummm... actually, the phone DOES read SIM contacts. If you go under System Preferences, there's an option to transfer the contacts from your SIM card to the iPhone. But if you have a mobileMe account, and sync the contacts from there to your iPhone, it will overwrite any contacts already on your phone.
 
#24 ·
I'm sure there are lots of people who know this is BS is posting this is BS and to not believe it for one second, but I just wanted to add my own:

IT'S BS, DON'T BELIEVE IT.. and for gods sake have some common sense, it's impossible for them to charge for wifi unless you're using their hotspots, but in which case they've already said that's a free/included service.
 
#28 ·
Since the iphone plans include rogers/fido hotspot access, i am guessing teh reps meant that that data usage would count towards your total data usage - which makes sense since it is Rogers bandwidth that you are using.
Isn't that supposed to be UNLIMITED access at Roger/Fido hot spots? Why would that need to be tracked?
 
#30 ·
If what the rep said is true, then the way your preserve your data access without being charged for it is to NEVER you use a Fido/Rogers hotspot when you use WiFi, even though Fido/Rogers hot spot access is supposed to be unlimited. Somebody is talking out of their arse.
 
#31 ·
A couple of points that I think have been overlooked:

The OP was commenting on being told that WiFi use would count as data. If the rep was refering to Rogers/Fido hotspots this might be true if the subscriber did not buy into a data plan.
The Unlimited Rogers/Fido hotspot access is part of the data plans not the iPhone purchase. No data plan, no hotspot service. (from the Rogers/Fido sites) Use it at home all you like.
 
#33 ·
It's in Rogers best interest to give you free and unlimited data on the WiFi plan, this means that you're not using their 3G network which costs them $$$.
 
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