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Rogers/Fido No Activation Fee Until January 1 2010
Effective December 10, 2009, Rogers and Fido are waiving the $35 activation fee that customers are usually charged when starting up a new account. Eligibility & Restrictions The offer is applicable to new 3-year term activations on the following rate plans: Mega Value Plans (All “choice of feature†plans: Unlimited Network Calling, MY5, Double Your...
Residents of Kawartha Lakes Upset about Rogers Building 4 New Cell Towers
The residents of Kawartha Lakes are in an uproar over four new wireless cell towers being built by Rogers Wireless. The Mayor, Ric McGee, says he’s got no control or say on where the towers will be installed, as that is up to Industry Canada. "I think this is a classic representation of lack of...
Rogers Sues Bell Over False Advertising
Two weeks ago, Telus sued Rogers for apparently misleading advertisements claiming that Rogers is "Canada's fastest network". Now, Rogers has filed a suit against Bell Canada for misleading advertisements claiming that Bell has Canada's "largest, fastest, and most reliable network". Rogers is pointing out that the currently operating Bell CDMA network has approximately 6.7 million...
Rogers/Fido Reduce More Local Calling Areas
Rogers/Fido have just finished another round of reducing customer local calling areas. We originally reported about this back in August when the following cities were undergoing the change: Sarnia (Ontario) – July 1, 2009 Windsor, London and Kingston (Ontario) – August 1, 2009 Kelowna, Nanaimo and Victoria (British Columbia) – September 15, 2009 Toronto (Ontario)...
Update: Rogers December Voice and Data Plans for iPhone 3G/3GS
Below you find the latest Rogers Wireless plans for iPhone 3G/3GS for December 2009 . The information below will not include the specifically labeled "iPhone 3G plans" from Rogers that cost $65 and $80 per month. They can however still be used. Please note that these plans will be reflective of Rogers Wireless and there...
Clarifications On Rogers/Fido iPhone Tethering
31 days left... As many have read our article regarding the Tethering policies for Rogers and Fido, one of the most talked about points is that Rogers/Fido plan to offer Tethering access for free to accounts that have 1GB or higher data plans (using your data bucket) up until December 31, 2009...but what then? Well,...
Rogers/Fido Release “My Account” iPhone App
A few months ago, Rogers/Fido updated their websites to provide customers with the ability to view their wireless usage in almost real-time. The information was updated every four hours and gave users a great tool to track wireless usage. To expand on that functionality and to set themselves apart from the other two Canadian iPhone...
Telus Sues Rogers Over False Advertising
These two are like brothers fighting over toys. This morning, Telus filed legal action against Rogers for misleading advertisements claiming that Rogers is "Canada's fastest network". Rogers has been running these ads, along with another one whose slogan is "Canada's fastest network: two times faster than any other" since 2007. We have seen them all...
Rogers/Fido Name Display Does Not Work With iPhone?
Recently Rogers and Fido both updated their various iPhone related value packs to include Name Display along side the Caller Display feature. This was primarily due to the release of iPhone OS 3.1, which, among other updates, brought with it the ability to use Name Display on the iPhone...or did it? After various personal testing...
Canada has 21Mbps, AT&T building 7.2Mbps
As of November 5, 2009, the four major Canadian wireless carriers consisting of Rogers, Fido, Bell, and Telus are all finally running HSPA+ with network speeds of up to 21Mbps. For a country that is traditionally viewed as behind the technology curve, I feel pretty good about this. Not only do our four main carriers...
iPhoneinCanada.ca Featured on Global BC’s News Hour
Just this past Wednesday, Bell launched their HSPA network. On Thursday, Telus followed suit and officially entered the 3G HSPA+ game too. With three networks in Canada now offering the iPhone, which one should you go with? On Thursday I had a chance to speak with reporter Ted Chernecki once again, regarding the iPhone in...
Virgin Mobile Attacks Rogers Over GRRF–WTF?!
Remember when Rogers "eliminated" their System Access Fee, only to replace it with the Government Regulated Recovery Fee (GRRF), which has nothing to do with the government whatsoever? Well, today Virgin Mobile's Chairman, Sir Richard Branson pulled out his guns to attack Rogers over this questionable and unjustified fee. I think he hit the nail...