Rogers Blows It.

spitfire1945

what did I tell you guys? I am not surprised this is happening

CRTC won't do anything!

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harrisjr

Meh, not really a Monopoly. You can go get an Aliant or Telus cell phone if you wish. Only difference is one takes a sim card (GSM) and one doesn't (CDMA). For all intensive purposes, they're the same. (Maybe 3g is different but definately isn't the dealbreaker for the majority of users) So not sure where the whole monopoly thing comes from.

Sure, they have different phones but so do all the carriers in the US. And ATT is the only US carrier that has the iPhone. Just like Rogers is the only carrier in Canada that has it.

Just my 2 cents!

And that's the bottom line! Whooooooooooooo!

West Coast Boy

Woohoo - An whole 8 Hotspots in the Province of BC!!!!!!!

slicecom

Well, no iPhone for me.

spitfire1945

I love my BB 8830 on Telus network with $15/month of unlimited data

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pictor

You know...it doesn't seem that bad to me. If it comes with the voicemail (I assume so...it's just that voicemail is an extra option on normal phone plans), and unlimited access at Rogers hotspots (of which there are really a lot of them), then 400MB will give me loads. If you use those hotspots when you find them....are you really going to blow 400MB in a month? Do you surf that much on a phone?

I pay...I forget exactly, $45 or so right now, so it's a bit more. It's not fantastic, but it's not bad.

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slicecom

On the plus side, those who are still going to buy one on launch day probably won't have to worry about line ups!

5andman

I'll go for the $30+$30 Plan.

I'll just cancel my Rogers Home Phone to make up for the cost.

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ruffdeezy

I'm starting to think that these will be ok. The 400mb isn't enough but if you think about it, reasonable usage will wont put you above the 750mb mark. I used a lot of data (on edge) and the most I ever hit was 300mb. That was using internet, email, ocassional youtube for about an hour a day.

MacGYVER

Well I'm out too. Starting at $60 does not include all the fees on top of that, so you're looking more closely to $80 in the end per month. The data rates don't give you much to go on, as most people will go beyond the usage without even knowing it.

Too bad Rogers won't change the Unlimited time from 9:00pm to something along the lines of 6:00 or 7:00pm start time.

I think I will keep my current phone and plan with a competitor which offers more on the voice front of things until Rogers does the following:

1. Include caller display and all the usual stuff that comes free with who I am at the moment

2. Reduce the evening start time of Unlimited as Rogers has THE LATEST start time in the country and of the competition period!

3. Bring on Unlimited Data to the $60 base plan

4. Get rid of all the useless added fees that NOT ALL other carriers charge, except for the BIG 3.

When Rogers does the above, maybe I will switch over to them and an iPhone. The competition is doing the above and more, why not Rogers. No excuse in my opinion. Obviously Rogers doesn't want my business, that's ok, as many Canadians who might have jumped on board, won't be doing so now either.

FORGOT TO ADD: As another poster here did the math. If you want CALLER ID you will have to pony up for the value pack which makes that $60 much closer to $100 per month after all the added fees and taxes. But, you do get a lot more text messages, earlier evening start times etc....

Question is, how many are prepared to spend $100 a month for a base plan? To receive such basic features with the added value pack?