Rogers iPhone information: activation, data plans, sign-up process, etc.

amoda · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:40 PM

Yay for the awesome data rates! Seriously, I'm shocked.

But is anyone else being a little "cup half empty" and kinda more pissed at Rogers right now?

The fact that they can offer $30 unlimited email and net, on something as usage heavy as the iPhone, subsidize the phone by $200 (or so) and STILL make money pisses me off. It means they could've offered this a long time ago, heck they could've made a $40 or $50 unlimited plan and swam in money. A company being a company I guess.

RunTheWorldOnMac · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:40 PM

Still not sure..it says "personal" email...personal email is my own domain setup on the phone....to me, push email is gonna run $45; I hope I am wrong. If they meant corporate for $45 why does it say "peronsal and corporate"....

SonicBlue82 · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:45 PM

For new customers, do we have to pay the $199+tax when we activate the phone, or will the cost of the phone be billed to us? In other words, do we have to fork over the cost of the phone upfront?

Flipstar · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:48 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by RunTheWorldOnMac
	Still not sure..it says "personal" email...personal email is my own domain setup on the phone....to me, push email is gonna run $45; I hope I am wrong. If they meant corporate for $45 why does it say "peronsal and corporate"....

I think you're reading too deep into what's being said. Push email is going to be through mobile me btw.

CaptainCode · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:48 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by RunTheWorldOnMac
	Still not sure..it says "personal" email...personal email is my own domain setup on the phone....to me, push email is gonna run $45; I hope I am wrong. If they meant corporate for $45 why does it say "peronsal and corporate"....

They always charge business more for the same thing. Push email for mobile me has a single TCP connection back to Apple, and that's all it is.

HowEver · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:50 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by CaptainCode
	They always charge business more for the same thing. Push email for mobile me has a single TCP connection back to Apple, and that's all it is.

Corporate voice plans may be much more than consumer plans; many are much less.

MACinist · Jun 18th, 2008, 07:53 PM

My corporate voice plan is MUCH less.

AlmacEng · Jun 18th, 2008, 08:17 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by CaptainCode
	Not really unless I'm missing something. The plan I have is $20/month + $7 call display(rip off) + $6.95 system access fee(rip off) + $0.50 911 fee. With all that stuff and taxes it is always around $40 and that's if I don't use other things like SMS which isn't included. My bet is Rogers' so called unlimited plan will have limits in the fine print somewhere like 200MB a month is "unlimited" because you can access it an unlimited number of times you want or some other cop out. I hope not but either way it's certainly a lot better than what it was.

Well said. This is defiantly something Rogers would do.

Roosterboy · Jun 18th, 2008, 08:34 PM

We are not being hard done by. Ever stop and think that Rogers did us all a favour by waiting for the 3G to come out. Otherwise this forum would be full of why did Rogers screw us with old technology. In a free enterprise society we have choices, make yours and leave me to mine. I sat and waited patiently for Apple and Rogers to come to an agreement, if the prices listed at the front of this thread come through great. I will budget $100 a month for the phone, voice, features and its associated data. I want all the features and I want the tie in to my home and laptop computers. For this I pay a price. But to lose sleep over fine print of a contract yet to be issued or a product yet to see the inside of this country come on. There are more important things to be worried about. I would hate to spend Christmas with some in this community, whens Santa arrive? Better have gotten me that "red" sled or he's a dead man! Its a phone, a cool one, but still just wait. Or Sanat ain't coming at all and all you will find is coal in your stockings!

chas_m · Jun 18th, 2008, 08:55 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by AlmacEng
	Well said. This is defiantly something Rogers would do.

I love hilarious misspellings.

Jun 18th, 2008, 07:40 PM	#42
RunTheWorldOnMac Honourable Citizen Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kanata Posts: 2,376	Still not sure..it says "personal" email...personal email is my own domain setup on the phone....to me, push email is gonna run $45; I hope I am wrong. If they meant corporate for $45 why does it say "peronsal and corporate".... __________________ Cheers, Scott _______________________ http://www.runtheworldonmac.com Mac Mini - 2.0GHz Intel Duo Core 2 MacBook - 2.0GHz Intel Duo Core 2 eMac - G4 700MHz iPhone 3G S 32GB - Black Apple TV 40G Time Capsule - 500G Airport Express Base Station iPod Nano Blue

Jun 18th, 2008, 07:45 PM	#43
SonicBlue82 Full Citizen Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Banff, Alberta Posts: 182	For new customers, do we have to pay the $199+tax when we activate the phone, or will the cost of the phone be billed to us? In other words, do we have to fork over the cost of the phone upfront? __________________ 1>> MacBook Pro 2.16 GHz/100GB HD @ 7200rpm/2GB RAM 2>> Mac Mini 1.42 GHz G4/100 GB @ 5400rpm/1GB RAM/Bluetooth/AirPort/Combo Drive

Jun 18th, 2008, 07:53 PM	#47
MACinist Honourable Citizen Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Downtown T.O. Posts: 1,215	My corporate voice plan is MUCH less. __________________  Macbook Pro 15-inch \| 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 \| 4GB RAM \| 128GB SSD \| OSX 10.6.3  iPhone 3GS 16GB (white)  2TB Dual-Band Time Capsule  Airport Express N

Jun 18th, 2008, 08:34 PM	#49
Roosterboy New Neighbour Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orleans Posts: 27	Why can no one wait? We are not being hard done by. Ever stop and think that Rogers did us all a favour by waiting for the 3G to come out. Otherwise this forum would be full of why did Rogers screw us with old technology. In a free enterprise society we have choices, make yours and leave me to mine. I sat and waited patiently for Apple and Rogers to come to an agreement, if the prices listed at the front of this thread come through great. I will budget $100 a month for the phone, voice, features and its associated data. I want all the features and I want the tie in to my home and laptop computers. For this I pay a price. But to lose sleep over fine print of a contract yet to be issued or a product yet to see the inside of this country come on. There are more important things to be worried about. I would hate to spend Christmas with some in this community, whens Santa arrive? Better have gotten me that "red" sled or he's a dead man! Its a phone, a cool one, but still just wait. Or Sanat ain't coming at all and all you will find is coal in your stockings! __________________ Roosterboy "Something to crow about"

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Jun 18th, 2008, 07:40 PM	#41
amoda Full Citizen Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 48	Yay for the awesome data rates! Seriously, I'm shocked. But is anyone else being a little "cup half empty" and kinda more pissed at Rogers right now? The fact that they can offer $30 unlimited email and net, on something as usage heavy as the iPhone, subsidize the phone by $200 (or so) and STILL make money pisses me off. It means they could've offered this a long time ago, heck they could've made a $40 or $50 unlimited plan and swam in money. A company being a company I guess.

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