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Canadian iPhone: Consumer Revolt against Rogers tariffs

Posted Jun 29th 2008 1:30PM by Erica Sadun
Filed under: iPhone

When Rogers/Fido announced the iPhone voice/data plans a few days ago, the proposed rates were not received warmly. Over ten thousand people are letting their eDispleasure be heard on the "Rogers + iPhone3G == Ruined" protest website.

Canadian petitioners are unhappy with the high plan rates and the lack of affordable data. The site offers a list of Rogers/Fido contacts and suggests consumers take action, sending an email or letter, or calling.

The petition itself is full of impassioned feedback, suggesting that Rogers is killing a potential new market by exploiting demand with subpar overpriced service.

Are you Canadian? Let us know what you think of the the data rates in the comments.

Thanks, heath

Rogers announces iPhone rates in Canada

Posted Jun 27th 2008 12:30PM by Scott McNulty
Filed under: iPhone

We've known for awhile that Rogers would be bringing the iPhone 3G to Canada, but we didn't know what kind of plans would be offered. Well, the wondering can stop because Rogers has just posted a website detailing all the service plans and features you can get for your iPhone in Canda, and how much it'll cost you.

As you can see from the above chart service plans start at $60 (Canadian) and go to $115. Interestingly, there is no unlimited data option which might cause trouble down the road when you load up your iPhone with lots of heavy network using 3rd party apps.

Check out Rogers' page for all the details.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Canada might be getting the iPhone 3G

Posted Jun 10th 2008 12:00PM by Scott McNulty
Filed under: iPhone

Our Canadian readers have suffered a long, iPhone-less time. There are been countless rumors that Rogers, Canada's leading cell phone provider, would be releasing the iPhone 'any day now.' The above graphic from Rogers' website mentions that someting 'really big' will be coming on July 11th. Hmm, that date looks familiar... what else is happening on that date? Ah, right, the international launch of the iPhone 3G.

Canadians, looks like you'll soon be able to join in on the iPhone fun.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

Update: Rogers might be playing coy, but Apple released a press release letting us know what is happening on the 11th in Canada. In the rush of news yesterday, I overlooked this. Thanks, bob.

3G iPhone in Canada next month with reasonable data costs?

Posted May 18th 2008 2:00PM by Mat Lu
Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

Only last month Rogers finally officially confirmed that the iPhone was Canada bound. Now electronista is reporting that sources inside the company are saying that the 3G iPhone will debut next month (presumably about the same time as the US launch) and will qualify for Rogers new reasonably priced $7 unlimited data plan. Rogers has long been notorious for high data costs, making the new plan particularly welcome for the data hungry iPhone.

Needless to say this is good news for our friends up north, and yet more fuel on the 3G iPhone fire (as if it needed any).

It's official: iPhones in Canada

Posted Apr 29th 2008 8:45AM by Dave Caolo
Filed under: Rumors, iPhone

According to The Star, Canadian communications firm Rogers Wireless has finally announced plans to carry the iPhone.

"We're thrilled to announce that we have a deal with Apple to bring the
iPhone to Canada later this year," they said in a statement. "We can't tell you any more about it right now, but stay tuned."

This comes after nearly a year of back-and-forth between the two companies and the Canadian public. In April of last year, Rogers made a point of telling CBC News Online that they had not reached an agreement to carry the iPhone. At the time, they were the only GSM carrier in the country (all others used he CDMA standard). So no Rogers meant no iPhone.

Then, an article in The National Post suggested that Rogers would price the iPhone out of the hands of most Canadians, comparing it to their "Right Fit" plan, which offered (as of July '07) 250 anytime, zero weekends, 25MB of data and an additional fee for texts for a whopping Canadian $97/mo.

That was speculation, of course, and today's cryptic message from Rogers doesn't offer any contradictory details. However, the brief announcement should make many Canadians happy.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

Oh Canada: iPhone not coming anytime soon

Posted Jun 19th 2007 10:00AM by Mat Lu
Filed under: iPhone

Poor beleaguered iPhone fans in the Great White North are apparently in for a long wait. In a Globe and Mail article, the CFO of Canada's lone GSM provider Rogers Communications is quoted as saying: "The truth is we aren't very far with Apple.... They're concentrating on this launch and the U.S., and when they decide to turn their mind to other markets, we'll be in line."

Well at least this suggests that Rogers will eventually carry the iPhone. We earlier mentioned a report that they "had not announced their intentions to carry the iPhone." So our friends up north will just have wait, but at least there's reason to hope.

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Canadian iPhone: Consumer Revolt against Rogers tariffs

Rogers announces iPhone rates in Canada

Canada might be getting the iPhone 3G

3G iPhone in Canada next month with reasonable data costs?

It's official: iPhones in Canada

Oh Canada: iPhone not coming anytime soon

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