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05-05-2009, 02:59 PM
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| Rogers charging for incoming texts?!
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05-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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#2 | | The RS Freebie guru
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| Rogers to Start Charging for Incoming SMS Too
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...gers-text.html Quote:
Rogers Wireless said Tuesday it would begin charging 15 cents for each incoming text message for customers without message plans, beginning on July 7.
The move comes about nine months after rival carriers Bell and Telus made similar changes in their policies.
Rogers spokesperson Liz Hamilton said the decision is in keeping with changes in pricing policies among wireless carriers in both Canada and in the United States.
Charges will affect only a small number of consumers because most already bundle text messaging with their cellphone plans, she said.
Consumers won't be charged for spam text messages and users of the discount brand Fido won't be affected, she said.
When Bell and Telus announced last year they would begin charging 15 cents for incoming texts, it sparked anger among consumers and became an unlikely political issue last summer.
Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton called the move a "cash grab" and the party started a Facebook group to protest the changes. Two Quebec residents launched class-action lawsuits against the companies for changing the terms of their wireless contracts.
Consumers don't have to pay for spam messages
Industry Minister Jim Prentice met with Bell and Telus and said after the meeting that his government would not introduce new legislation over the changes.
Prentice was assured by the carriers that consumers charged for spam could contact their service providers and have their charges removed from their bills.
The government's anti-spam bill, introduced last month, also includes new enforcement measures to prevent telecommunications companies from charging customers fees for receiving unsolicited commercial text messages.
The announcement of the change to text messaging fees came the same day Rogers announced that both Rogers Wireless and Fido phones will be able to send and receive updates from online messaging service Twitter by SMS text message.
The feature comes at no additional cost to people with text messaging plans, said Rogers. Bell Mobility worked out a similar agreement with Twitter in February.
However, a charge of 15 cents per Twitter message will apply to those consumers who don't have text plans, including Fido customers.
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05-05-2009, 03:19 PM
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#3 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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whew good thing i got rid of my prepaid and got myself a plan!
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05-05-2009, 03:20 PM
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#4 | | 2013, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NHL Fantasy RS1 Champion
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OMG FUCK LOL
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05-05-2009, 03:26 PM
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#5 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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shit, I dun ever use SMS. I better remind my frd to never SMS me
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05-05-2009, 03:28 PM
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#6 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Monkey see monkey do lol
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05-05-2009, 03:28 PM
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#7 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Quoted from the site.
" How quickly they changed their tune. Less than a year ago they had this to say:
"We just don't charge for it, and have no plans to. Now it's a unique differentiator for Rogers," company spokeswoman Elizabeth Hamilton said of the move to charge for incoming messages.
http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=2527e80a-6260-47fb-b5ed-441d51cc0b79"
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05-05-2009, 03:29 PM
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#8 | | Banned (ABWS)
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blackberry messenger > SMS
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05-05-2009, 03:30 PM
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#9 | | Buy/Sell rules violation; Zero Tolerance
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05-05-2009, 03:31 PM
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#10 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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god bless my grandfathered w/ sms comm. pkg
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05-05-2009, 03:58 PM
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#11 | | How I Mod your mother
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I'm not worried, I've always had a text plan 
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05-05-2009, 04:01 PM
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#12 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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whew.. luckily i have the message plan ~
15cents ..... fack facebook = 100 per day..
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05-05-2009, 04:03 PM
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#13 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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if you dont have a msg plan, you probably dont txt enough to warrant one anyways..
either that or your an idiot
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05-05-2009, 04:17 PM
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#14 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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If I saw this only this only 2 days ago, I'd be pissed because I didn't have text included in my plan.
Finally called in and got a retention with text included in it.
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05-05-2009, 04:18 PM
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#15 | | 2010 RS Top Food Critic Winner
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Fuck Rogers. I don't use texting personally from the phone, but my friends will send me txts.
I reply with online txting, but I'm fucked now.
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05-05-2009, 04:23 PM
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#16 | | RS Veteran
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Terms and Conditions are subject to change without notice. It may piss us all off but hey, nobody held a gun to our heads saying that we have to have a cell phone.
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05-05-2009, 04:48 PM
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#17 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by Draft I'm not worried, I've always had a text plan | its not about being worried or not its about Robbers wireless nickel and dime-ing us the consumer for everything...we are already are one of the most expensive industrialized countries to own a cell phone
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05-05-2009, 05:10 PM
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#18 | | Banned By Establishment
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Fido, once again FTW.
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05-05-2009, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes It may piss us all off but hey, nobody held a gun to our heads saying that we have to have a cell phone. |
Really? I think my salesperson was a little more aggressive than yours was then.
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05-05-2009, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackCharle its not about being worried or not its about Robbers wireless nickel and dime-ing us the consumer for everything...we are already are one of the most expensive industrialized countries to own a cell phone | Exactly, i'm not even under Rogers
it's about what BlackCharle mentioned, and as the article mentioned, less then a year ago they were critisizing bell and telus for doing this, and promised that they wouldn't do the same. pathetic
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05-05-2009, 06:16 PM
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#21 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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BULLSHIT! Time to call the retention line and start bitching.
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05-05-2009, 06:26 PM
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#22 | | Banned (BBM)
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fuck u rogers
which fucking cell provider does this homo shit?
in fact a few of them dont even have this gayass service fee shit
now u wonna change the game by applying this bs?
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05-05-2009, 06:41 PM
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#23 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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This way is better. Now ppl can't mooch off their network by subscribing to twitter and getting msgs for free.
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05-05-2009, 06:45 PM
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#24 | | RS controls my life!
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Good bye Rogers for me then
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05-05-2009, 06:48 PM
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#25 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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har har, soon you will have no where to go. Then you will have to buy back into the club and you'll be sorry.....  | |
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