Globe and Mail finally realizes that Canadian Data Rates are a r*poff

Posted Sat, 2007-10-13 16:06 by Roland

Better late than never, Globe and Mail. Here's to Rogers coming to their senses and offering the iPhone at an affordable price to Canadians soon.From globeandmail.com: Kapica's Cyberia - How to get an iPhone:

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Canadians would have to pay $400 for the iPhone, and to use all the iPhone features, about $300 a month in voice and data fees (the iPhone is a heavy user of mobile data transfer). By comparison, AT&T, the sole company offering the iPhone in the United States, allows a plan for $100 that includes 1,350 minutes of voice calls, unlimited data, video voice mail, 200 text messages and unlimited use nights and weekends.

The iPhone would be too expensive for Canadians to buy even if they had a data plan that charged them $100 a month.

So far, Rogers has been sitting on its hands, unwilling to cut its rates because it is still unsure whether there would be enough of a market for the iPhone to offset such a major cut.

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Comments

Globe and Mail editorial spin

by Anonymous (not verified) - 2007-11-19 12:53

Interesting to note that I have tried (unsuccessfully) to report on a conversation I had with a Rogers rep re: the iPhone and data rates in Canada. I have posted the comment several times to the Globe and Mail website, but curiously it hasn't ever been published?

The Rogers rep said that they wouldnt bring the iPhone to Canada until they had an opportunity to sit down with the other Canadian carriers and figure out how to charge for unlimited downloads on their network. This doesn't sound like a free market approach to me!

 

 

i have had the same experience

by Roland - 2007-11-21 08:36

i.e. my comments not being approved

c'mon globe and mail install wordpress or drupal and akismet and open up anonymous comments

get rid of the bogus approval process please g&m

sincerely :)

...Roland "a loyal Globe and Mail print" subscriber

jkgvytk

by Anonymous (not verified) - 2007-11-11 01:17
jkgvytk

Data roaming charges...

by bluelines - 2007-10-15 09:37
Don't even get my started on this topic. My iPhone cost me about $500 in data roaming for three days in San Fran... My understanding is that the carriers have 'Bill and Keep' relationships for roaming, so that in my case Rogers bills me $500 for roaming on AT&T and keeps 100% of that. Vice versa if you're an AT&T customer roaming on Rogers. Imagine the actual cost to the carrier. Can you say 'collusion', 'cartel'...

yeah i wish i could not say c*rtel

by Roland - 2007-11-21 08:42
oh well

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