In the beginning of February, Rogers released a series of new price plans for both existing and new customers. At the end of February 2010, the company modified some of those new plans to include newer and better features.
One of the more negative changes made at the beginning of February was made to the $50 Voice and Data combo plan. At that time, the $50 combo plan lost its 50 bonus minutes and its My5 option was reduced from My5 Canada-wide Unlimited Talk/Text and replaced with My5 Unlimited Local Talk Only.
At the end of February, the $50 combo package regained its 50 bonus minutes and My5 Canada-wide Unlimited Talk/Text option. Both features were originally set to expire on March 31, 2010. The features have now been extended to May 3, 2010.
New $50 Smartphone Plan:
Daytime: 150 minutes + 50 Bonus Minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited at 9PM
Data: 500MB
Features: Unlimited Messages OR My5 Canada-Wide (talk, text, picture, video) OR Unlimited Local Network Calling OR Double Your Minutes
The new $60 Voice and Data combo plan that debuted at the beginning of February is also keeping its 50 bonus minutes (until May 3, 2010) for a total of 300 local daytime minutes.
New $60 Smartphone Plan:
Daytime: 250 minutes + 50 Bonus Minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited at 9PM
Data: 500MB
Features: Unlimited Messages OR My5 Canada-Wide (talk, text, picture, video) OR Unlimited Local Network Calling OR Double Your Minutes
Lastly, in February, Rogers removed the bonus minutes from the Share Plans but they have now extended (until May 3, 2010) the bonus minutes for their $80 and $100 share plan options:
New $80 Share Plan:
Daytime: 450 minutes + 50 Bonus Minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited at 9PM
Monthly fee for additional line: $35
Additional minutes per extra line: 225 Daytime minutes
Feature included: Canada-wide calling between plan members
Features: Unlimited Messages OR My5 Canada-Wide (talk, text, picture, video) OR Unlimited Local Network Calling OR Double Your Minutes
New $100 Share Plan:
Daytime: 350 minutes + 50 Bonus Minutes
Evenings & Weekends: Unlimited at 9PM
Data: 1GB shared (Double to 2GB for $15)
Monthly fee for additional line: $40
Additional minutes per extra line: 175 Daytime minutes
Feature included: Canada-wide calling between plan members
Features: Unlimited Messages OR My5 Canada-Wide (talk, text, picture, video) OR Unlimited Local Network Calling OR Double Your Minutes
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