Boy, are we getting ripped....
neopundit @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:55 pm
Thought this was interesting. The article is actually about hacked iPhones, but contained this:
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In the U.S., iPhone users with AT&T can get 450 anytime minutes (with unused minutes rolled over to the next month), 5,000 additional night and weekend minutes, and unlimited data for $59.99 US, which today is virtually the same in Canadian dollars. Geist cites prices for a comparable offering with Rogers, which offers no rollover of minutes, only 10 per cent of AT&T's evening and weekend minutes, and only 500 MB of data with no unlimited data available -- and totals $295 per month.
I knew our services were over priced, but seeing that American plan makes me drool. Rogers, Bell, Virgin, Telus. Where the hell is the competition here?
Link.
Robair @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:58 pm
Any service like that is going to cost more in Canada. We don't have the population density.
And you know what? If that's the price I pay for added elbow room, I'm fine with that!
hwacker @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:17 pm
Robair Robair:
Any service like that is going to cost more in Canada. We don't have the population density.
And you know what? If that's the price I pay for added elbow room, I'm fine with that!
And you know what? If that's the price I pay for added elbow room, I'm fine with that!
Why ?
The network is up and running, why would it cost more to use it?
Canada gets the shaft on everything. We need more service providers, where is cingular(AT&T)
hwacker @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:21 pm
Oh I pay $16.95 a month for unlimited 3g data on my Cingular account, with Rogers it would cost me $150.00+ per month. I have a 10mb limit that costs $10.00 and I had to lie to get it.
Screw Rogers.
RUEZ @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:21 pm
There is currently a class action suit in the works over the 7.95 network access fee. That is one of the big reasons I switched to Virgin.
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:24 pm
rogers doesn't have a GSM network everywhere and no one right now is willing to put it in where it doesn't already exist.
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:27 pm
RUEZ RUEZ:
There is currently a class action suit in the works over the 7.95 network access fee. That is one of the big reasons I switched to Virgin.
there is a lawsuit cause people are MORONS... anyone who ever said that fee was government imposed should lose their job and be kicked in the junk. not every company is charging that much, some charge less, some charge more. but if reps were just honest what the fee was for... or better yet if they didn't know to look it up and not lie about it, no one would be in this situation.
this isn't a new lawsuit.. it's been going on for a few years now.
hwacker @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:28 pm
newfette newfette:
rogers doesn't have a GSM network everywhere and no one right now is willing to put it in where it doesn't already exist.
Rogers is ONLY GSM. they don't have anything else.
And if you're implying that they don't have cellular service everywhere, cingular doesn’t have the US covered either.
If you live in the sticks too bad.
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:32 pm
yeah I know they are only gsm... and i wish they would expand their network cause in the long run I'd get more business from it
hwacker @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:36 pm
newfette newfette:
yeah I know they are only gsm... and i wish they would expand their network cause in the long run I'd get more business from it
I've never had problems in Canada, most of my problem are the sticks in Iowa and South Dakota.
RUEZ @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:38 pm
newfette newfette:
RUEZ RUEZ:
There is currently a class action suit in the works over the 7.95 network access fee. That is one of the big reasons I switched to Virgin.
there is a lawsuit cause people are MORONS... anyone who ever said that fee was government imposed should lose their job and be kicked in the junk. not every company is charging that much, some charge less, some charge more. but if reps were just honest what the fee was for... or better yet if they didn't know to look it up and not lie about it, no one would be in this situation.
this isn't a new lawsuit.. it's been going on for a few years now.
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:39 pm
ever since I've been in the business it hasn't been
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:40 pm
hwacker hwacker:
newfette newfette:
yeah I know they are only gsm... and i wish they would expand their network cause in the long run I'd get more business from it
I've never had problems in Canada, most of my problem are the sticks in Iowa and South Dakota.
where i live we get a lot of people with rogers phone coming to ask why they don't work
newfette @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:45 pm
lily lily:
hwacker hwacker:
newfette newfette:
yeah I know they are only gsm... and i wish they would expand their network cause in the long run I'd get more business from it
I've never had problems in Canada, most of my problem are the sticks in Iowa and South Dakota.
Try driving along stretches of the major highways in BC. I know we have lots of mountains, but when you're stopped on the road for several hours because of a major accident where they need to call in rescue choppers, and you have no cel coverage to call for help, you realize how bad it can be.
in newfoundland if you go an hour outside the city of st johns you have no service
hwacker @ Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:46 pm
lily lily:
hwacker hwacker:
newfette newfette:
yeah I know they are only gsm... and i wish they would expand their network cause in the long run I'd get more business from it
I've never had problems in Canada, most of my problem are the sticks in Iowa and South Dakota.
Try driving along stretches of the major highways in BC. I know we have lots of mountains, but when you're stopped on the road for several hours because of a major accident where they need to call in rescue choppers, and you have no cel coverage to call for help, you realize how bad it can be.
Did you not see
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If you live in the sticks too bad.