Rogers iPhone 3G Data Plans Announced!

By Gary Ng on June 27th, 2008 137

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Rogers iPhone 3G Data Plan Pricing Revealed on their Website

Okay, I’d like to apologize about the previous $30 unlimited confirmation. Looks like my source will have to “disappear” if you know what I mean. Note to self: never trust anyone, ever again! But let’s get onto the REAL news of today…

Regardless of that, today Rogers announced their iPhone 3G data plans. After getting the info immediately from the iPhoneinCanada.ca community, reading the plans made me think do a double take. Let’s take a look at what Rogers has “to offer” shall we?

$60 Voice/Data Gives you…
150 daytime + Unlimited Evenings/Weekends (are you for real?!)
400MB data
75 Sent text messages
Unlimited incoming text messages (this has always been the case, advertising it makes it seems special)
Unlimited Voicemail (those capped voicemails inboxes are gone forever…)

$75 Voice/Data Gives you…
300 daytime + Unlimited Evenings/Weekends
750MB data
100 Sent text messages
Unlimited incoming text/voicemail

$100 Voice/Data Gives you…
600 daytime + Unlimited Evenings/Weekends
1GB data
200 Sent text messages
Unlimited incoming text/voicemail

$115 Voice/Data Gives you…
800 daytime + Unlimited Evenings/Weekends
2GB data
300 Sent text messages
Unlimited incoming text/voicemail

According to the official Rogers press release…this is what the above data will give you “access” to:

Data Usage – What You Get
————————————————————————-
Monthly
Data Usage   Online Applications
————————————————————————-
400 MB       up to 200,000 text emails or 3,100 web pages or 1,360 photo
attachments
————————————————————————-
750 MB       up to 380,000 text emails or 5,900 web pages or 2,560 photo
attachments
————————————————————————-
1 GB         up to 524,000 text emails or 8,000 web pages or 3,500 photo
attachments
————————————————————————-
2 GB         up to 1,048,000 text emails or 16,000 web pages or 7,000
photo attachments
————————————————————————-

This pricing includes:
- unlimited Wi-Fi access at all Rogers and Fido Hotspots. (wowsers!)

Two voice value packs:
$15/month: Caller ID, Who Called, Caller Ring Trax, 2,500 Sent Text Messages and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes
$20/month: Caller ID, Who Called, Caller Ring Trax, 10,000 Sent Text Messages and 6:00 p.m. Early Evening Calling and 2,500 Call Forwarding Minutes.

Special note: Fido customers with the $20/month plan get 5pm evenings…they are LUCKY!

All I have to say right now is WOW…these plans definitely are not what we expected. No unlimited plan as we had predicted in the past, but these plans are…I hate to say it…a start. The $60 plan starts with 400MB of data. Granted that is 400MB, but can you imagine how fast you would use that up with YouTube?? Sure, the stats say you can visit 3100 webpages, that makes it about 100 webpages/day.

What really gets to me about the starting $60 plan is the 150 daytime minutes. That is not a lot of minutes at all and people will have overages–that’s where Rogers will make its money on you! So many other voice plans out there include more than 150 minutes. This makes me feel like we’re moving backwards here…help me…I’m dizzy!

Caller ID you ask? The only way to get that is to add on one of the “voice value packs”. The cheapest one is $15/month, so you’re already looking at $75/month for using the iPhone 3G. Yikes. Let’s do a quick calculation…

How much is an iPhone 3G going to cost me over my mandatory 3 year contract?

Let’s say you choose the $60 plan as a bare minimum plus the $15/month voice value pack…

$199 iPhone 3G after taxes (in BC at least) = $224.87

$60 voice/data plan + $15 voice value pack + $6.95 SAF = 81.95 + GST/PST = $92.60/month

$92.60 x 36 months (3 year contract) = 3333.60 + $224.87 = $3558.47 over 3 years!

Divide that cost over the span of 3 years to include the iPhone 3G, you’re looking at roughly $99/month to use the iPhone 3G in Canada with Rogers. Are you going to add this new cost to the already increasing cost of living in this country? It really depends on your needs, and if you have the extra cash to spare.

Well done Rogers, well done. Kudos for offering plans with great value to Canadians! Right now Rogers shareholders are probably rejoicing as they will know that Canadians will continue to get gouged for voice/data plans, compared to the rest of the world.

Want to voice your thoughts on these Rogers iPhone 3G data plans? Join us over in the iPhoneinCanada.ca Forums for more heated discussion (in particular this exploding thread)!

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Cliff

Good luck to everyone trying to buy a 3G iPhone on EBay. The new iPhone is offered in the US only with a contract. That means that anyone who buys one in the US also has to purchase a three-year contract to go with it. Do you think they’re going to be selling those handsets cheap? Probably not.

These prices might be high for consumers, but I’m already paying $120/month for my Treo with Bell, and that’s for only 30MB of data. I’d kill to be able to get 100Gig for those prices. Personally, I think these plans are CHEAP compared to what we’ve had in Canada so far. Sure they’re not as cheap as the US, but they’re a huge step closer than we’ve ever been.
Cliff

Good luck to everyone trying to buy a 3G iPhone on EBay. The new iPhone is offered in the US only with a contract. That means that anyone who buys one in the US also has to purchase a three-year contract to go with it. Do you think they’re going to be selling those handsets cheap? Probably not.

These prices might be high for consumers, but I’m already paying $120/month for my Treo with Bell, and that’s for only 30MB of data. I’d kill to be able to get 100Gig for those prices. Personally, I think these plans are CHEAP compared to what we’ve had in Canada so far. Sure they’re not as cheap as the US, but they’re a huge step closer than we’ve ever been.
Cliff

Good luck to everyone trying to buy a 3G iPhone on EBay. The new iPhone is offered in the US only with a contract. That means that anyone who buys one in the US also has to purchase a three-year contract to go with it. Do you think they’re going to be selling those handsets cheap? Probably not.

These prices might be high for consumers, but I’m already paying $120/month for my Treo with Bell, and that’s for only 30MB of data. I’d kill to be able to get 100Gig for those prices. Personally, I think these plans are CHEAP compared to what we’ve had in Canada so far. Sure they’re not as cheap as the US, but they’re a huge step closer than we’ve ever been.
eason

come on guys/girls, just don’t buy the 3G iPhone from rogers/fido, or even create those facebook thing to let them know they’re just outrages!!!!
eason

come on guys/girls, just don’t buy the 3G iPhone from rogers/fido, or even create those facebook thing to let them know they’re just outrages!!!!
Taylor

This sucks big time. oh well might as well wait untill Jan 09, around there will be some new GSM providers since the auctions should be ending anyday now. Most likely be on ebay but for around $399 from Italy
Taylor

This sucks big time. oh well might as well wait untill Jan 09, around there will be some new GSM providers since the auctions should be ending anyday now. Most likely be on ebay but for around $399 from Italy
Taylor

This sucks big time. oh well might as well wait untill Jan 09, around there will be some new GSM providers since the auctions should be ending anyday now. Most likely be on ebay but for around $399 from Italy
mil

well i wont be upgrading my phone any time soon. and if these plans don’t change I’ll be switching to another service provider at the end of my term. there is no way I’m going to spend $90 a month for the basic plan plus the “value” pack, when i get 200 mins plus free rogers to rogers and unlimited incoming with 125 text messages, voicemail and call display for only $55(with tax). having 400mb of data is not worth it, after all, the iphone is still a phone, people TALK on phones, and 2 1/2 hours of daytime talk time a month is a joke.

Is it possible to switch plans after you’ve bought an iphone? rogers say on their website that :

“Rogers customers can change plans any time they want
* That’s right. No questions, no hassles and no cost for switiching.It’s that easy.”

are they choosing to ignore this policy when it comes to the iphone?

http://your.rogers.com/store/wireless/whyrogers.asp
mil

well i wont be upgrading my phone any time soon. and if these plans don’t change I’ll be switching to another service provider at the end of my term. there is no way I’m going to spend $90 a month for the basic plan plus the “value” pack, when i get 200 mins plus free rogers to rogers and unlimited incoming with 125 text messages, voicemail and call display for only $55(with tax). having 400mb of data is not worth it, after all, the iphone is still a phone, people TALK on phones, and 2 1/2 hours of daytime talk time a month is a joke.

Is it possible to switch plans after you’ve bought an iphone? rogers say on their website that :

“Rogers customers can change plans any time they want
* That’s right. No questions, no hassles and no cost for switiching.It’s that easy.”

are they choosing to ignore this policy when it comes to the iphone?

http://your.rogers.com/store/wireless/whyrogers.asp
mil

well i wont be upgrading my phone any time soon. and if these plans don’t change I’ll be switching to another service provider at the end of my term. there is no way I’m going to spend $90 a month for the basic plan plus the “value” pack, when i get 200 mins plus free rogers to rogers and unlimited incoming with 125 text messages, voicemail and call display for only $55(with tax). having 400mb of data is not worth it, after all, the iphone is still a phone, people TALK on phones, and 2 1/2 hours of daytime talk time a month is a joke.

Is it possible to switch plans after you’ve bought an iphone? rogers say on their website that :

“Rogers customers can change plans any time they want
* That’s right. No questions, no hassles and no cost for switiching.It’s that easy.”

are they choosing to ignore this policy when it comes to the iphone?

http://your.rogers.com/store/wireless/whyrogers.asp
Briar

Here here to Mil. Right now I pay $15/month to Telus for unlimited internet browsing. Its absolutely ridiculous that we are the only country that still can’t offer a decent unlimited plan. They’re all a bunch of greedy pricks.
Briar

Here here to Mil. Right now I pay $15/month to Telus for unlimited internet browsing. Its absolutely ridiculous that we are the only country that still can’t offer a decent unlimited plan. They’re all a bunch of greedy pricks.
Briar

Here here to Mil. Right now I pay $15/month to Telus for unlimited internet browsing. Its absolutely ridiculous that we are the only country that still can’t offer a decent unlimited plan. They’re all a bunch of greedy pricks.
Andy

fight the power!
Andy

fight the power!
Andy

fight the power!
Dr.Phil

Congrats Rogers….another lost sale until 2009 when you finally get competetion…..
Dr.Phil

Congrats Rogers….another lost sale until 2009 when you finally get competetion…..
Dr.Phil

Congrats Rogers….another lost sale until 2009 when you finally get competetion…..
steve

What a joke! Who is kidding whom here? Come on Rogers, why not give us a wee kiss before you poke us harder!
I was going to switch to the G3, but not now. I’m going to wait it out until another vendor come along that has bought up some of that block of airwave!
Thanks but no thanks!

SB
steve

What a joke! Who is kidding whom here? Come on Rogers, why not give us a wee kiss before you poke us harder!
I was going to switch to the G3, but not now. I’m going to wait it out until another vendor come along that has bought up some of that block of airwave!
Thanks but no thanks!

SB
steve

What a joke! Who is kidding whom here? Come on Rogers, why not give us a wee kiss before you poke us harder!
I was going to switch to the G3, but not now. I’m going to wait it out until another vendor come along that has bought up some of that block of airwave!
Thanks but no thanks!

SB
Alex

Wait so what do they mean by FREE Wi-Fi browsing at ROGERS/FIDO Hotspots? First of all, I work for and authorized Rogers Wireless dealer, and there are no such things as ROGERS/FIDO hotspots that I know of, and secondly… Does that mean we HAVE to use ROGERS/FIDO hotspots? Does that mean they’ll charge us for using our own wi-fi networks?
Alex

Wait so what do they mean by FREE Wi-Fi browsing at ROGERS/FIDO Hotspots? First of all, I work for and authorized Rogers Wireless dealer, and there are no such things as ROGERS/FIDO hotspots that I know of, and secondly… Does that mean we HAVE to use ROGERS/FIDO hotspots? Does that mean they’ll charge us for using our own wi-fi networks?
Alex

Wait so what do they mean by FREE Wi-Fi browsing at ROGERS/FIDO Hotspots? First of all, I work for and authorized Rogers Wireless dealer, and there are no such things as ROGERS/FIDO hotspots that I know of, and secondly… Does that mean we HAVE to use ROGERS/FIDO hotspots? Does that mean they’ll charge us for using our own wi-fi networks?
http://www.expandyourband.com/ exband

Alex… yeah i know what you mean… On the Rogers site they show their “Hotspot” logo, but i’ve only ever seen that logo at Bell Hotspot locations.
As for using your own wi-fi network.. i would think yes they will charge you for that as well, probably even if you subscribe to internet through rogers… they will just ding you twice.

there is an online petition at ruinediphone.com so far about 20,000 people have signed it.
http://www.expandyourband.com/ exband

Alex… yeah i know what you mean… On the Rogers site they show their “Hotspot” logo, but i’ve only ever seen that logo at Bell Hotspot locations.
As for using your own wi-fi network.. i would think yes they will charge you for that as well, probably even if you subscribe to internet through rogers… they will just ding you twice.

there is an online petition at ruinediphone.com so far about 20,000 people have signed it.
http://www.expandyourband.com exband

Alex… yeah i know what you mean… On the Rogers site they show their “Hotspot” logo, but i’ve only ever seen that logo at Bell Hotspot locations.
As for using your own wi-fi network.. i would think yes they will charge you for that as well, probably even if you subscribe to internet through rogers… they will just ding you twice.

there is an online petition at ruinediphone.com so far about 20,000 people have signed it.
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Rob

Rediculous…I have been anticipating buying my iPhone on July 11th for about 3 months now…since I lost my last phone and started using a 7 year old Nokia.

But wtf…over 100 a month for 400mb?

that takes it from sitting on my couch playing on my iPhone…to going to my computer desk…charging my iPhone and playing on my PC. Which is stupid because whats the point of having one anymore?

…add onto it that the iPhone is still a Phone and 150 daytime minutes??? honesltY? What kind of company doesnt offer an unlimited offer….my 1st celphone came with unlimited daytime and that was like 8 years ago or more…..i will be canceling my family plan as soon as I can, I’ve had enough of Rogers.
Rob

Rediculous…I have been anticipating buying my iPhone on July 11th for about 3 months now…since I lost my last phone and started using a 7 year old Nokia.

But wtf…over 100 a month for 400mb?

that takes it from sitting on my couch playing on my iPhone…to going to my computer desk…charging my iPhone and playing on my PC. Which is stupid because whats the point of having one anymore?

…add onto it that the iPhone is still a Phone and 150 daytime minutes??? honesltY? What kind of company doesnt offer an unlimited offer….my 1st celphone came with unlimited daytime and that was like 8 years ago or more…..i will be canceling my family plan as soon as I can, I’ve had enough of Rogers.
Rob

Rediculous…I have been anticipating buying my iPhone on July 11th for about 3 months now…since I lost my last phone and started using a 7 year old Nokia.

But wtf…over 100 a month for 400mb?

that takes it from sitting on my couch playing on my iPhone…to going to my computer desk…charging my iPhone and playing on my PC. Which is stupid because whats the point of having one anymore?

…add onto it that the iPhone is still a Phone and 150 daytime minutes??? honesltY? What kind of company doesnt offer an unlimited offer….my 1st celphone came with unlimited daytime and that was like 8 years ago or more…..i will be canceling my family plan as soon as I can, I’ve had enough of Rogers.
LuckyDucky

Sorry to break the bad news for you people with hacked iPhones, but you only get free wi-fi at Rogers hotspots (www.canadianhotspots.ca) if you have a Rogers 3G iPhone.
LuckyDucky

Sorry to break the bad news for you people with hacked iPhones, but you only get free wi-fi at Rogers hotspots (www.canadianhotspots.ca) if you have a Rogers 3G iPhone.
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