Today, Rogers and Fido released new plans and as compared to the last quarter plans, and even beyond that, the new Rogers plans especially are by far the worst they have ever done.

New Rogers Plans

1.) $30, $35, $40, and $45 consumer plans received “unlimited mobile browsing” as an option add-on. (not compatible with iPhone)

2.) $30 consumer plan lost My5 Local (talk, text unlimited) and was replaced with My5 Local Talk … Read More

The middle of December 2009 concluded what was expected to be the final round of Rogers/Fido local calling area reductions. Wrong.

Effective March 15, 2010, Rogers/Fido are further reducing Local Calling Areas across Canada.

What does this mean?

Local Calling Areas (LCA) are invisible geographic boundaries that determine which calls are billed as local calls and which calls are billed as long distance calls. Your LCA is the geographic area in … Read More

Effective February 9, 2010 , Rogers will no longer be offering “Freedom of Speech” (FOS) on any term plans. This means that any customers activating on any monthly, 1, 2 or 3-year term service agreement on or after February 9, 2010 will no longer receive one month of unlimited local calling.

Prior to February 9, 2010, Rogers gave customers one month of unlimited local calling as a bonus for … Read More

SIM Cards, or Subscriber Identification Modules, are the small smart cards that sit inside our iPhones and give us our connection to the cellular network. SIM Cards also come free with a phone/device purchase.

Normally SIM cards have a long life, usually in excess of five years, but sometimes they “burn out” or are defective. When the SIM card does not work, this usually requires a trip to the carrier store … Read More

Rogers has launched two new North American (US/Canada) Data add-ons.

The new data add-ons allow customers to use the available data anywhere in Canada or the USA. In other words, you can use the data add-on in the USA without any additional data roaming fees.

The new data add-ons start at $35/month and also have a Flex Plan beginning at $45/month. The new data add-ons do not replace the existing Rogers data … Read More

Effective January 28, 2010 (but in full deployment as of February 2), Rogers/Fido have improved their WhoCalled mobile add-on feature.

WhoCalled has received mixed reviews from customers in that some love it and some hate it, but for those that don’t know what the feature is, I’ll briefly explain.

WhoCalled is a feature that alerts subscribers of the calls that they miss when their iPhone is off or out of service area. … Read More

In a rare move, Rogers has changed their upgrade policy…for the better! It is now faster and cheaper to get a new device through the upgrade changes.

The new Rogers upgrade policy now states that Rogers customers will now be eligible for the same pricing as new customers on all devices on or after the 24 month mark since initial activation or last upgrade.

While this is similar to what was already … Read More

Until February 8, 2010, Rogers has extended their free 6PM early evening add-on for students.

The bonus is available on the following 3-year term in-market plans:

Mega Value Plans
Mega Value Combo
Smartphone & Rocket Stick plan
iPhone plans
Couples & Family Share Plans

All new activations that have a student code (MSD code) attached to them will have the 6PM Early Evening Calling bonus automatically added upon activation.

Insider Tip: You do not actually have to be … Read More

Just a quick note to potential Rogers/Fido iPhone customers.

If you are looking to get one of the “officially” labeled “iPhone Plans” from Rogers/Fido, you will now have both the Early Cancellation Fee and Data Early Cancellation Fee attached to the plan. In other words, the official iPhone Plans now include both the ECF and DECF which are maximum $400 and $100 respectively for Rogers and maximum $300 and $200 respectively … Read More

Until further notice, Rogers has extended their free 6PM early evening add-on. The promotion originally started in the middle of December and was set to expire on December 31 2009. The free activation fee promotion has not been extended.

The bonus is available on the following 3-year term in-market plans:

Mega Value Plans
Mega Value Combo
Smartphone & Rocket Stick plan
iPhone plans
Couples & Family Share Plans
All Business plans
EPP plans

All new … Read More