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Below you find the latest Fido plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for August 2009 (effective August 5 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:...

Stock is finally under control. Phew. When the iPhone 3GS was released on June 19, 2009, it took about 2 weeks for Rogers/Fido to sell through their entire supply (popular device or just bad inventory control?). This left thousands of people who ordered their iPhone 3GS through the Rogers website or over the phone without...

Effective August 5, 2009, Rogers will introduce their new Student Plans. Both new and existing customers may opt for these plans after August 5, 2009 and up to November 2, 2009. Update: Effective August 18 2009, Rogers has added a My10 option to the $50 2009 Student Plan. More information here. Rogers Student Plans (2009)...

Back in the beginning of June, Rogers/Fido released the highly coveted $30 6GB Data Plan. At that time, the promotion was set to expire today, July 31, 2009. As expected, Rogers/Fido have extended the 6GB Data Plan until September 15, 2009. As previously, the data plan runs on a 3 year contract and must be...

Rogers/Fido have extended their hardware upgrade policy for the iPhone 3GS until September 15, 2009. See below for details. Fido Upgrade Policy Existing iPhone 3G Fido customers: Use FidoDollars towards the purchase of a no-term iPhone 3GS Fido will top up the FidoDollars amount by $100 This promotion does not include an extension or renewal...

Oh ya! Rogers came through! We made it to NUMBER TEN in our on-going Rogers blunder series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9). (Read: Sarcasm). Rogers iPhone Data Value Pack Let's take a trip back to June 2009. In June, Rogers added MMS to their Value Packs and the changes went like this: $20 Smartphone Value Pack (was $15)...

Rogers has officially announced its plans to begin a 21Mbps HSPA+ network roll-out across Canada, making it the first wireless carrier to offer these speeds in North America (Canada wins again, in North America anyway). Rogers 21Mbps HSPA+ Network The current network speed for Rogers 3G is up to 7.2Mbps, but as many of you...

As my favorite TV personality would say, "WAKE UP BIG BOY!" (Bonus points if you post the answer below.) We Canadians, as proud as we are, have been lamenting the 3G network speeds coming from our master Rogers Wireless (which means Fido too!). We have had numerous posts detailing the various speeds locally in Vancouver,...

Below you will find the updated and final pricing for the Rogers iPhone 3G/3GS for MSD and Non-MSD business customers. New or Existing MSD Business Customers (Corporately Paid and Corporately Reimbursed) There are two options for iPhone 3G/3GS pricing: Option 1 Restrictions (For new customers): New customer must subscribe to a $60 or $80 per...

If you are going to read any post today, make it this one. Many of the changes that Rogers Wireless implements to its service affect only new customers that begin service with Rogers on the policy change date. Usually existing customers are unaffected. However, that is not always the case. This week on July 7,...

As many of you know, July 7 2009 is the day that Rogers Wireless will begin charging for incoming text messages. We observed this change last year with Telus and Bell. What this means is if you have Rogers Wireless service, any incoming text messages that you receive will be billed at $0.15 per text...

Number 9 folks! We are up to number 9 in the Rogers pain train (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8). Effective July 7, 2009, Rogers Wireless will be increasing the rate for sending text messages when you are outside of Canada from $0.60 per message to $0.75 per message. Please Note: The changes...