so i was watching cbc news and they were talking about how rogers
800min+unlimited evenings/weekends+2gb data plan is $115 in canada but AT&T offers the same plan for around $40 a month -.-'''''

how much is the iPhone going to cost with a 3 year?

www.fuckyourogers.com


seriously go there and sign it

I think if there's enough public outcry on it Rogers will have to rethink their price plans

http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/

more rants there

I have unlimited internet/email etc for 15bucks a month with telus

http://digg.com/apple/Rogers_iPhone_...nada_Screw_you

Man, Rogers really screwed themselves over this. Sure, people who have money to throw away will still the get the iPhone 3G, but for people with half a brain, these plans offer no value at all.

150 daytime mins, evenings at 9pm, no caller ID, for $60?! WTF! :thumbsup:

Their voice plan coupled w/ the data is sh*t. 75 SMS?! WTH...and no caller ID?! WOW. My voice plan right now is way better than that...blah. Hope someone figures out how to unlock it.

I'm just amazed that Apple let Rogers do it. It totally goes against what they wanted for the iPhone, which is to sell to more people so that it can penetrate the market more and address the concern that the first iPhone was "too expensive".

o sorry man, i should've said i was referring to rogers robbing people..

telus and bell have always had better data plans.. even since... 04 i think..

went to London Drugs @Coq. centre today to buy a bbq grill and was passing by Rogers store.

they put huge sign "3G iPhone is HERE!" but didnt get a chance to stop by and ask abt the data plan.. :(

Saw the same sign at Celtek at Metropolis. *shudders*

it said is HERE?
my store only says the iphone you've been waiting for lol

Has this been posted already?

yes.

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showp...0&postcount=43

Bullshit prices. Please, for the love of god, do NOT purchase a 3G iPhone...show Rogers that we will not put up with these rape prices for data. We pay the most out of all first world countries for mobile phone plans.

On the prcing for data see

http://techdirt.com/articles/20080630/0204011545.shtml


http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...ch-iphone.html

sounds like rogers is backpedaling .

check out the plans in Hong Kong:

http://www.intomobile.com/2008/06/30...ing-at-24.html

iPhone rates irate would-be customers
Roger's high monthly plans cause cyberspace buzz

Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, June 30, 2008
An online petition looking to mobilize Canadians outraged over Rogers Communications Inc.'s rates for Apple's iPhone 3G has begun to create a buzz in cyberspace, collecting over 19,000 signatures along the way.

The petition, found on the website ruinediphone.com, was launched shortly after Rogers unveiled its pricing scheme last Friday for the iPhone, scheduled for sale in Canada July 11.

The website, title “Screwing Canadian iPhone consumers since ‘08”, also includes an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

Signed by James Hallen, the letter calls on Jobs to intervene and pressure Rogers into cheapening up their iPhone rates.

“I was going to buy an iPhone for me, my girlfriend and my family. Now, sadly, I cannot afford the plan,” writes Hallen. “I hope you can do something Steve; we are loyal customers and trust that you will. We don’t want to lose faith in Apple.”

The website has also provided a venting forum for outraged would-be iPhone customers, many who have included sharply worded statements along with their names or aliases on the petition.

“As a previous Rogers employee I know for a fact that they can do better and this plan is a joke. Smarte’n up guys,” Chris Burka posted Monday.

“You really ought to take a lesson from Google. ‘Don’t be evil,’” wrote Ryan Feller, who posted a minute before Burka.

The petition is getting some high-profile cyber exposure with Fortune Magazine’s Apple 2.0 blog picking up the cause by comparing Rogers’ rates with those from the U.S. and U.K.

“What’s wrong with Rogers’ rate plan?” writes blogger Philip Elmer-DeWitt. “For one thing, it comes with a mandatory three-year contract. In the U.K., O2 offers an 18 month contract and throws in the iPhone for free. And although both AT&T and Rogers offer calling, data and text messaging for $75 a month, Rogers at that price gives Canadians a third less calling time, half as many text messages, and puts a 750 MB cap on 3G data usage - with steep fees for users who go over their monthly limit.”

Rogers is offering up four voice-and-data combo packages for the iPhone 3G, ranging in price from $60 per month to $115 a month, all requiring a three-year contract. Pricing includes unlimited Wi-Fi access at all Rogers and Fido hot spots, the company said. Caller ID will cost an extra $15 to $20 per month, depending on the package.

The price on the phone - touted as being twice as fast as the first iPhone launched last year - is $199 for the eight-gigabyte model or $299 for the 16-gigabyte version.

Liz Hamilton, a spokeswoman for Rogers said the company had no comment on the petition but said it was apparent there is “confusion in the marketplace” about Rogers pricing plans for the phone.

She said iPhone 3G bundles are high value and offer customers savings over voice and data plans that exist today though they are not the only plans being offered.

“These are the best value for customers who wish to use the iPhone 3G as it was meant to be used, but as always our customers have choices,” Hamilton said in an e-mail.

She said customers can use their existing voice and smartphone data plans, or order other a la carte options so they don’t have to take the value pack.

Rogers Screwing Canadians with 3G Iphone Release
 

Hey guys,

If you haven't noticed, Rogers has just recently unveiled their Voice and Data Plans for the Iphone and they are a slap in the face. If you haven't seen them yet than check them out here

Rogers
http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wi..._data_packages

This is where we all come in. Voice your opinion if you feel outraged like many other Canadians. A website was created on June 30th,2008 (JUST LAST FRIDAY) with an online petition voiced towards Rogers and Apple. Thus far they have over 22,000 signatures just over one weekend. People are talking and the media is also covering this outrage and giving hope to some sort of shakeup. To sign the petition and be heard please visit

http://www.ruinediphone.com/



We've waited so long for these phones, just to get slapped in the face by Rogers. Steve Jobs .... this is the worst decision you ever made. Rogers just shit on everyone !

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha *gasp* ahahahahahahahahah

people were already complaining when they first anticipated it to be what? $30 for unlimited data? Now it's 400MB data? Chances are people would use that much in the first week or two, especially with INCREDIBLY 3G SPEEDS!!!!1!!1!!

...and to think that a lot of the people were actually anticipating the new iphone being a steal of a deal with the $199 price tag hahahahahahahhahahhahhah

LOL at extra fee for call display... 9pm evenings??...

anythings I think cell phones are for calling people. they should have 12 buttons, one funtion (send) and one ring tone. one that goes ring ring. anything else is gay on a phone, and should be done with a computer.

Im not a big touchscreen phone /iphone kinda guy.

But if people don't like the plan/prices, theres only 1 thing you can really do about it...
BOYCOTT.
Wait it out. see what happens.
It's been quit the hot topic of late, so i wouldn't suggest
people go into it right away.... Wait it out and be patient.

it is a steal. in other countries.

my thoughts exactly, people don't understand that the $200 price tag is more than made up when you're being gouged with $300+ phone bills:P
400mb is nothing, i can use that in a day on my 2g iphone but yayfreewifi so i'm not paying another $100/day to watch some youtube videos

3g iphone has no improvements that warrant the price, i can't imagine the battery life as the 3g version's is RATED (so, take 3/4 of the rated time lol) at half of the 2g and the battery still drains fast as hell when you're actually on it.

3g=waste of time and money unless we have decently priced data plans, and i laugh at anyone and everyone who buys one and is suddenly surprised at their $1000 phone bill as they've burned through data. lolpeace3g