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The new Rogers/Fido iPhone 3G Rate Plans
Rogers told us something big was coming on July 11.
Something bigger is coming every month to your monthly bill for the next three years. Rogers is the only cell carrier in the world that requires a 3-year contract for the iPhone. They do not offer an unlimited data option, opening the door to large over-limit fees. Rogers levies an extra charge for Call Display. You've all heard about it, some of you might get one, some of you won't give a shit. The lowest $60 iPhone 3G Rate Plans:
For more updated info click below for the direct links: Rogers Apple 3G iPhone Rate Plans Fido Apple 3G iPhone Rate Plans Quote:
You shall not use or allow others to use the Service or your Device if such use: * consumes excessive network capacity in Bell's reasonable opinion, or causes our network, or our ability to provide services to others, to be adversely affected; * is for multi-media streaming, voice over Internet protocol or any other application which uses excessive network capacity that is not made available to you by Bell; * is to operate an email, web, news, chat or other service. In other words, you pay for unlimited bandwidth, yet can't use many of the services that make affordable unlimited bandwidth such a necessity in Canada. Newsource: Bell to offer smartphone with unlimited data plan Get the facts on the Rogers iPhone - HOME CNN FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 30,000 Canadians petition for iPhone rate relief « PC World - Canadians Blast iPhone Pricing Reuters - Customers groan as Rogers sets iPhone prices | Technology | Macworld | iPhone Central | Canadians protest iPhone plans Kris Abel Blog :: Can You Avoid The iPhone Data Plans From Rogers? Yes, But It Will Cost You |
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Have you got a SSN yet in the US? I finally got mine the other day so I'm hoping that is all I need to sign up for a phone. The other problem that I have found moving to the States is that your credit rating obviously doesn't follow you.
I have a really good credit rating in Canada and I don't even qualify for a non secured credit card here. It isn't so bad because my company has co-singed a lease for me so I'm slowly building a rating. I'm just curious if you've been able to get past any of that? |
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It's wild how cheap it is in the States.
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That's really strange that you can't get a credit card bc BOA tried to convince me to get one when I signed up for my bank account and I was like "NOOOOO NO NO NO". lol. What bank have you been using? And for me, my credit rating NOT following me is probably a good thing, heh :P |
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Everybody who signs a cell phone contract for 3 (!) years in this fast changing world is nuts...
Sign this instead? RuinedIphone.com | Screwing Canadian iPhone customers since 2008 Last edited by anewlife; Jul 06, 08 at 04:18 AM. |
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lol, I got an account with BoA too. So it sounds like I shouldn't have an issue getting an account with at&t. The whole credit thing hasn't really affected me much at all since I have my credit card and such from Canada. I would just like to start building a credit rating so I can cut my ties to Canada and not worry about having to pay taxes to Canada.
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SpectrumWatch: Round 171 - Auction likely to end in next 48 hours
Posted: July 02, 2008, 1:17 PM by David George-Cosh Telecom, SpectrumWatch The bidding in Industry Canada's wireless spectrum auction has slowed down with each passing day, to the point where less that 5% of all licences available for sale are being bid on today. Only 14 licences were bid on in the most recent round compared to about 23 licences during the first round of the day. Each day has 10 rounds of bidding during the day. No matter when the auction will end, it will certainly fulfill Industry Canada's wishes to increase competition with the 40 MHz set-aside spectrum it mandated this past November. The federal government will also appreciate the additional $4.18-billion in revenue it will receive from the auction, almost three times as much as industry watchers predicted it would yield. But the big winners will likely be the three incumbent wireless operators who have bid the most for spectrum during the auction. Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp., and BCE Inc. hold the top three spots respectively. As it stands, Rogers holds 52 licences worth $928.9-million; Telus holds 56 licences worth $855.3-million and Bell Canada holds 54 licences worth $719.0 million. It is widely expected that Bell and Telus will use the spectrum they win to deploy a 3G HSPA/GSM network. Among the new entrants, Quebecor Inc, Globalive Communications Corp., Shaw Communications Inc., Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. and Bragg Communications will win sizable amounts of spectrum licences. Quebecor, Shaw and Bragg will likely operate within their home turfs of Quebec, western Canada and Atlantic Canada respectively, while Globalive will be the closest thing to a new national entrant Canadians will see. DAVE Wireless holds urban-centric spectrum across Canada as well. SpectrumWatch: Round 171 - Auction likely to end in next 48 hours - FP Posted |
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We’ve heard through the grapevine that Apple isn’t pleased with Rogers right now, due to their insanely high iPhone data prices. This isn’t 100% confirmed at the moment, but here’s what is rumored to have happened:
* Rogers hired additional sales staff to handle the iPhone launch, all of whom have been fired effective immediately * Apple has informed Rogers that they will be diverting a “large percentage” of their iPhone stock that was destined for Canadian shores, sending it instead to their European distributors. According to the rumor, this would leave Rogers with as few as 10-20 units per store for launch day. The consumer backlash against Roger’s data rates was understandable, but we’re honestly a bit shocked to see Apple reacting in a similar fashion. Cupertino is doing one of two things here: they’re either attempting to strong-arm Rogers into lowering their data tariffs and making the iPhone more accessible to average consumers, or they really have simply given up and are abandoning the Canadian market in favor of a European market that seems a bit more eager to, uh, allow people to purchase an iPhone without mortgaging their Moose farm. Let’s hope, for the sake of our Canadian friends up North, that Apple is simply trying to affect some change, and that Rogers will be forced to comply by next Friday. Any more takers for the Rogers petition? |
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I can't believe I'd be sticking up for Roger's, but people don't understand that Canada has such a different market for cell phone users than the USA or any other part of the world does.
The whole putting down Roger's because of the requirement to sign a three year contract to get a heavy subsidy on the cost of a phone is just silly. I can't think of a single carrier that wants to release a brand new, expensive device and subsidize the cost without a contract requirement. As far as I know, consumers in places like Europe and Asia generally have less of a problem buying a piece of hardware outright and don't care about the cost. Canadian consumers have a sense of entitlement anywhere they bring their business and the bottom line for the average customer is getting a 'cheap' phone or a 'free' phone. If Roger's was giving away iphones for cheap without a contract, then their plans would need to be much more expensive to allow them to continue to operate as a business. The smart consumers would just buy the damn phone outright and not have to worry about being locked in with their carriers once they get over the whole ihype. |
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every single other plan? really? care to post other carrier's costs for the iphone? i'm genuinely interested.
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(I picked the lowest cost if you get the highest plan, to compare to Canada's 3-year contracts)
AT&T (USA) - 2 year contract - $199 O2 (UK) - 18 month contract - Free T-mobile (Netherlands) - 2 year contract - $2 (yes, that's not a typo) TeliaSonera (Nordic countries) - 2 year contract - $132 Softbank (Japan) - 2-year contract - $215 |
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Over here (Switzerland) you can get an iPhone with a 1 or 2 year contract, depending on your provider. The device costs between 248 and 397 Canadian dollars (depening on price plan) if you buy into a 1 year contract...it's cheaper, obviously, if you sign a 2 years contract.
So yeah, I don't think you guys should complain, huh? :wacko: Last edited by anewlife; Jul 07, 08 at 01:46 AM. |
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