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Rogers Increases Evening Clock To 9PM On EPP Plan

by Mr. Ex on June 27th, 2009

In yet another fantastic (read: sarcasm) financial move in alienating (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) their customers over the last few months, Rogers Wireless has put another nail into their coffin.

Effective July 3, 2009, the Rogers Wireless Insider EPP Plan will have its early evening clock that is currently at 6PM raised to 9PM. If you were looking to get this plan, you may want to get the new details.

You may recall back in April 2009, Rogers increased the monthly price of this plan from $17.50 to $20.00. Well now Rogers is increasing the evening clock from 6PM to 9PM. However, if you would like 6PM evenings, you can still have it, you only have to pay $7 more per month, a feature that was free. (Holds for applause)

Moreover, while the plan is still a 3 year contract, you get no voice minute bonus such as 1 or 2 or 3 months of free local calling. With other 3 year voice plans, you get 1 month of free calling, which itself used to be 3 months before April 2009.

The details are listed below:

  • Price: $20.00/month
  • Weekday Minutes: 200
  • Evenings/Weekends: Unlimited local minutes; evenings starting at 9PM
  • Contract Term: 3 Year
  • Included Features: Call Waiting, 3-Way Calling, Unlimited Received Text Messages
  • Early Evening Option: Add 6PM evenings for $7.00/month.
  • Note: Existing customers on this plan are unaffected

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Is it just me or is the wireless industry one of the few industries that seem to be raising prices instead of lowering them in this current economy?

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  • Blitzraj1
    Seriously we Canadians continue to get screwed over and robbed by these cellphone carriers. I can't wait until we open our market to foreign competition.

    I think the saddest thing about Rogers and even Bell is that these are both Canadian companies! It was Canadian laws that protected them from foreign competition, without Canadians these companies would not be where they are today. But instead of rewarding Canadians they have been screwing us. I can only hope that these companies change or go to hell.
  • djholden
    Hi,
    Just bought 32g 3GS with $45.00 Rogers plan 100+50 voice minutes and 500MB data
    I was surprised when i started receiving calls all with "Unknown Number"
    Apparently you have to pay an extra $8.00 per month to identify the incoming phone number
  • ML
    call and speak with customer relations. tell them that you want to switch to another provider and see what they offer. I was able to get the sweetest plan ever from my provider by doing that.
  • Lesbee
    that's stupid! I'm glad they didnt change my exsisting one..even they change it there's pretty much nothing i can do i guess...
    currently on $17.5 EPP with 6pm early night
  • eason
    they know competition is coming soon, so that they just grab what ever they can (our money).
  • skylo
    not to mention its considered a corporate plan... so upgrades are only eligible every 2 years... and you can't complete the upgrades on the store's computer... you have to call it in. l.a.m.e.
  • Josh
    What if you already have this on your plan, will you lose it?
  • Guest
    Read the NOTE part below the bottom of the picture ;)
    Note: Existing customers on this plan are unaffected
  • Ugh, hopefully they don't pull this crap on the Fido side. Currently have the Fido EPP ($17.50/mo for 200 minutes billed per second, 5pm evenings, unlimited incoming texts).
  • It's called harvesting your customer base before the competition kicks in ! I would expect many more like this one within the next fews months. Didn't Bell follow the same path in the old days of long distance and local line deregulation ?
  • Colin
    I asked for this plan but was told you can't just be a member of air miles etc. You have to be an employee now of a corporation. If is possible to still get this I would like to know how.
  • Sergio
    I got this plan a year ago and they asked for my Aeroplan number. Now if I go to a Rogers Store they cannot see my account because it is "corporate".
  • andrew
    As the days pass I am considering more and more to drop my rogers plan and move on. 3 cell phones, TV and Internet should get me a good deal somewhere else.
  • Matt
    Yeah I switched from 6gb data to the 35 plan with 500 mb and I checked the printout they gave me. They upped mycontract by 1 year on the data. I never agreed to thisand they nevertold me I could have walked out not knowing if I didn't ask for a printout of my account. I didn't sign anything so it's not valid. Should be fun in 2 yrs when my voice contract is up lol.
  • Guest
    Ouch! Robbers just like to piss them customers off lol
    $7 on top of $20 for 6pm, stupid! $27 for that package now, wow.
    I currently have the EPP plan for $20 and thats including 6pm, good thing we are not effected.
    If u want the current EPP plan, I guess u better jump on it before July 6, 2009
  • Scott
    A verbal contract is legally binding, its he said she said.
  • Let's all chip in for an oversized "FUCK YOU" card for Rogers. Who's with me?
  • thraxisp
    This sounds like an out for anyone on a contract, as you can't change the contract without agreement by both partes. If this were the US, you would have 60 days to drop the contract penalty free. Any lawyers about?
  • JordanB
    This change doesn't effect people already signed. This is a change to what's being offered for new EPP customers.

    Legal, but way greedy.
  • Dude
    Way to go Rogers! (sarcasm) :p
  • Phayzer
    Wowwwww
    seems to me since mr rogers died this company is getting worst
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