Rogers revising iPhone plans?

The pricing is *decent* imo. Not great, but not terrible either. My biggest issue is having to sign a 3 year contract with Rogers when GSM competition in Canada is imminent. I could probably stomach 2 years (like AT&T in the US) but at 3 years... I can't help but think that last year is going to really piss me off.

I thought I'd get an iPhone on day 1, but the voice rates were as atrocious as the data rates (I use my cell a lot .. don't even have a desk phone at work). I held off and while these rates certainly look to be an improvement, I am still holding off and the main reason is the 3 year contract issue.

I'm on Rogers so does this mean that my plan 6gb 450 minutes etc. is going to change.

Well, I was considering to buy an iPhone before I found out about the price of the plans. For the plan I wanted it was going to cost around $110 a month! I'm a High School student! How can I afford that? With this new plan I think I could manage $60-$75 a lot easier. Hopefully this happens and I might consider getting an iPhone.

These plans are much better. While I would like unlimited data, I most likely wouldn't us it. I pay roughly $45 a month right now for the equivalent of the $75 plan for my k850i but that doesn't have and data at all.

Wow..... it seems Rogers screws their customers worse than AT&T. I feel bad for iPhone owners in Canada.

Better...

not good enough. I'm a high school student who works only part time. I can't afford a $60 plan a month! The point, Rogers, is to get the price lower first.

I mean, no caller ID, activation fees? ect. ect. This is NOT good enough.

Here is our original story on this article:

http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-fido/leaked-new-rogers-iphone-3g-plans-coming-october-1st/

The bottom line is that if you're in Canada, unless you're going to use your cell as a primary phone, ANY plan is nowhere near the money.

Frankly, I've cut my home costs by dropping the major Telco's, going with Vonage on Rogers Internet(their internet prices are pretty decent) and I got a Virgin Mobile pay per use cell phone for my wife.

Screw Canadian Telco's indeed.

this is sure cool. i mean i'm in Germany and the T-Mobile contracts are damn expensive. for EUR 30 you can get 50 minutes, NO sms, 500 MB data and not to mention, there is no land line number or any other option like that... sad indeed.
and comparing the German prices, i guess the Canadians can rush to an Apple store right now!! :)

The $60 is better for sure, except the amount of text messages you (don't) get. The thing I really like about the current visual voicemail plan is the 2,500 texts. That's practically unlimited! I know I'll never use 6GB of data a month, so it would be nice if they did $15 3GB data package or something, but even still that's really expensive in my opinion.