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Rogers Wireless recently released the service plans for the iPhone 3G on their network.

Their plans are as follows
[from].

Monthly Fee	$60	$75	$100	$115
Weekday Minutes Included	150	300	600	800
Evenings and Weekend	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited
Data Included	400MB	750MB	1GB	2GB
Bonus Sent Text Messages	75	100	200	300
Visual Voicemail - New with iPhone	Included
Access to Rogers Wireless and Fido Hotspots	Unlimited
Additional Weekday Minutes (per minute)	35¢	35¢	25¢	15¢
Additional Data	50¢ per MB for the first 60 MB, 3¢ per MB thereafter
Additional Sent Text Messages (per message)	15¢

Now compare this with AT&T’s plans

Basically as follows

Pick a Voice plan
(Current individual plans on their website are as follows)

Minutes/Plans	Monthly Cost	Rollover® Minutes	Unlimited Nights/Weekends	Unlimited M2M
450 Minutes (Nation)	$39.99	yes	Includes 5000	yes
900 Minutes (Nation)	$59.99	yes	yes	yes
1350 Minutes (Nation)	$79.99	yes	yes	yes
Unlimited Minutes (Nation)	$99.99		yes	yes

Add an “UNLIMITED” data plan at the following price points [from here]

Consumer $30/Month
and
Business $45/Month

This (For Consumers) puts UNLIMITED data in your hand for

$69.99/month

Which is still cheaper than Rogers 750MB Plan at $75/month

On top of this also consider that if the rumors are to be believed Rogers is charging the same price for the iPhone 3G that AT&T is (8G $199, 16G $299) The difference being that supposedly Rogers will lock you into a 3 year contract and AT&T only requires a 2 year contract.

Shame Rogers. For Shame. This is both a deal breaker and an insult to my intelligence. In a day in age when we can directly compare Apples to Apples (Pun intended) and providers still try to play the games and pretend that we don’t know(or can’t find out) what the service is really worth.

I want an iPhone more than anyone but given the difference between these Canadian prices and the US prices I’m going to have to hold off at least for the time being. I think I decide to give my cellular service to another provider in protest if things aren’t changed in short order.

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Tags: Apple, iphone, iphone 3G, rogers

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