Carriers

The question of the day is: What is Enhanced 911 Phase Two? Background Information As many of you are aware, Rogers customers pay a monthly System Access Fee of $6.95 and Fido customers do not and that really begs the question of why Rogers customers have to, but that's for another day. But there is...

At the end of July 2009, we reported about the expiration and the immediate extension of the Rogers/Fido $30 6GB Data Plan for iPhone 3G/3GS. This Data Plan began on June 9 2009 and was to expire on July 31 2009. On that day, the data plan was extended to September 15 2009. $30 6GB...

I think everyone remembers on August 21 2009 when Rogers/Fido yet again amended their hardware upgrade policies. If not, you can read all about it here. Well, earlier last week I spoke with a little birdie and here is the highlight of that conversation. Check it out: "There have been many concerns regarding the recent changes...

At the end of July 2009, we reported that Rogers Wireless (and Fido) will be launching a large 21Mbps HSPA+ network upgrade. Beginning September 14 2009, that network upgrade is now live in the following Canadian cities: Vancouver Calgary Toronto Ottawa Montreal Throughout the 2010 year, Rogers has plans to expand the new network upgrade...

About a month ago Rogers began testing a new addition to customers' Rogers.com accounts. The new addition was the ability to track your Voice and Data usage online, which meant you could track how many minutes, data and messages you have used and what remains in relation to your current billing period. The feature went...

If you are an iPhone owner, or any user of a data plan in Canada, you should know that data roaming should always be turned off. Why? Well, because if you turn it ON and surf the internet freely and liberally, you're going to get a hurt real bad. Winnipeg Student Gets $18,000 iPhone Data...

Along the release of the $150/month 15GB data plan, Rogers Wireless has increased the Data Protection Cap for all new and existing customers. At first this may sound good, but it is not good. Not at all. Therefore, it will be added to our growing list: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16...

At the beginning of June 2009, we talked about the release of a 15GB data plan for $150/month (ouch) from Rogers. Originally the data plan was to be released on June 16, 2009 but a day before the 16th, on June 15, Rogers delayed the release of the data plan until further notice. Well, the...

If you've been thinking of getting your hands on the latest iPhone 3GS, and you plan on getting it from Rogers/Fido, think again (or get in line!). Currently, iPhone 3GS stock levels in Canada (and around the world) have been in short supply. When the iPhone 3GS first went on sale it was expected they...

So here is an interesting development. According to an entry on the Financial Post, Canada's wireless phone companies, which include Rogers, TELUS, Bell, the new carriers and all the little guys, are going to begin to allow customers to refuse material changes made to their wireless plans while that customer is still under contract. Either...

Below you find the latest Rogers Wireless plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for September 2009 . The information below will not include the specifically labeled "iPhone 3G plans" from Rogers that cost $60 and $75 per month. They can however still be used. Please note that these plans will be reflective of Rogers Wireless and there...

Below you find the latest Fido plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for September 2009. Please note that these plans will be reflective of Fido and there are five sections below detailing individual regions (prices vary between regions): 1.) BC/ALBERTA REGION 2.) MIDWEST REGION 3.) ONTARIO REGION 4.) QUEBEC REGION 5.) ATLANTIC REGION Note: The plans and...