slightly off topic: Rogers Canada slashes data plan pricing

[Mathieu Charron]

you know, I don't think the "price cut" will change anything. the 6GB
for 30$ is for a limited time (until the end of August) when you
activate your 3 years iphone contract.

what does this mean: Canadian will suck it, Complainer will get
strange look, nobody's win.

Sorry, but Canadian are not united, and thus the Monopoly of Rogers
and the Bell & Telus Cartel control what's gonna happen in the
Wireless world.

as for my source: http://micro.newswire.ca/84735-0.html
this is the official Rogers (TSX: RCI) news feed... and it's no where
mention that the 6GB for 30$ is available to other.
also Fido flagship store in Montreal will open 2 hours sooner.
http://your.rogers.com/investorrelations/news_communications.asp

you to decide if the suck ( I think they do)

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Dave O'Connor <doc at skynet.ie> wrote:
>
> Ah yes, but rogers now sucks slightly less than the rest.
>
> Bell and Telus just started charging for *incoming* texts.
>
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008, Crane, Matthew wrote:
>
>>
>> "listened to customer feedback" == anticipated customer backlash and
>> competitors taking advantage of backlash
>>
>> Rogers SUCKS!!
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org
>> [mailto:community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Paul Wouters
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:32 PM
>> To: community at lists.openmoko.org
>> Subject: slightly off topic: Rogers Canada slashes data plan pricing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080709.wgtiphone0709/BNStory/Technology/home?cid=al_gam_mostemail
>>
>>        Customers who purchase an iPhone and sign up for a three-year
>>        contract any time between July 11 â€" when the device goes on sale
>>        â€" and the end of August will be eligible for a $30-per-month
>>        data plan giving them access to 6-Gigabytes of data. Rogers
>>        previously had charged $100 for a 6-GB plan.
>>
>> Though mostly meant for the iphone, they say:
>>
>>        The special plan is available not just to iPhone customers,
>>        but any Rogers customer with a 3G next-generation smart phone.
>>
>> Though Rogers claims to have "listened to customer feedback", the article
>> also quotes:
>>
>>        One blog posting on AppleInsider.com, a popular Apple rumour
>>        site, stated that Apple would divert some iPhone shipments that
>>        had been earmarked for Rogers to Europe for punishment over the
>>        negative publicity, leaving some Rogers outlets with as few as
>>        10 iPhones to sell.
>>
>> Time to get a USB 3G dongle that works on laptop and openmoko. Though
>> getting
>> the 3G subscription might allow you the same rates on the 2G network
>> perhaps?
>>
>> Paul
>>
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Mathieu Charron
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