slightly off topic: Rogers Canada slashes data plan pricing

[Dave O'Connor]

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 – when the device goes on sale
> 	– 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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