Comments on: Rogers gives into consumers, lowers iPhone data pricing http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/canadian-wireless/rogers-gives-into-consumers-lowers-iphone-data-pricing-35370/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:05:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: PrepaidWirelessGuy http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/canadian-wireless/rogers-gives-into-consumers-lowers-iphone-data-pricing-35370/comment-page-1/#comment-23492 PrepaidWirelessGuy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:56:32 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=1094#comment-23492 This is great news for Canadian customers, however, I definitely agree that 3 years is a pretty steep committment in this competitive environment. Canada has always veered away from unlimited plans (aside from trials), and having worked on the business case analysis side, I can't say that I blame them. There are always abusers who simply render unlimited plans unprofitable, both for voice and data. And even in the States, as noted, such plans are now being capped in the small print. The reality tends to be that 90% or more customers aren't affected by such caps. Afterall, if the carriers can't be profitable, in the end the customers will lose. With current pricing in the marketplace, I expect to see further financial woes in the wireless space; we'll see who comes out on top! Cheers, PrepaidWirelessGuy www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com This is great news for Canadian customers, however, I definitely agree that 3 years is a pretty steep committment in this competitive environment. Canada has always veered away from unlimited plans (aside from trials), and having worked on the business case analysis side, I can’t say that I blame them. There are always abusers who simply render unlimited plans unprofitable, both for voice and data. And even in the States, as noted, such plans are now being capped in the small print. The reality tends to be that 90% or more customers aren’t affected by such caps. Afterall, if the carriers can’t be profitable, in the end the customers will lose. With current pricing in the marketplace, I expect to see further financial woes in the wireless space; we’ll see who comes out on top!

Cheers,
PrepaidWirelessGuy
http://www.prepaid-wireless-guide.com

]]> By: DaveO http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/canadian-wireless/rogers-gives-into-consumers-lowers-iphone-data-pricing-35370/comment-page-1/#comment-23034 DaveO Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:37:05 +0000 http://www.prepaidreviews.com/blog/?p=1094#comment-23034 My understanding is that Rogers limited time offer (only available until August 31) of $30 for 6 GB, is only *the data portion of the plan* and other features -- Voice minutes, Caller ID, Text Messaging, System Access Fee, etc -- would be in addition to that. My understanding is that Rogers limited time offer (only available until August 31) of $30 for 6 GB, is only *the data portion of the plan* and other features — Voice minutes, Caller ID, Text Messaging, System Access Fee, etc — would be in addition to that.

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