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[Canada / Rogers] Petitions / ruinediphone / letter writing campaign / Merged Thread

Yes you are correct when "online petitions never do much"

But when the Subject Outcry becomes International News coverage in under 48 hours and creates serious bad publicity people become aware, people that don't normally access the internet will be educated on this reasoning for this outcry.
 
R0nin said:
Yes you are correct when "online petitions never do much"

But when the Subject Outcry becomes International News coverage in under 48 hours and creates serious bad publicity people become aware, people that don't normally access the internet will be educated on this reasoning for this outcry.
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100% agree.

The more people that know the difference between Canadian and American cellular pricing, the more Robbers (Rogers) will be scared. If this story hits the front page of most newspapers in Canada, Robbers will be sweating buckets.

P-79
 
Project-79 said:
100% agree.

The more people that know the difference between Canadian and American cellular pricing, the more... Robbers will be sweating buckets.

P-79
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Yes but the only way they'll change, is if sales are poor. We Canadian (potential) iPhone purchasers must resolve not to buy this (admittedly gorgeous!) smartphone until we are offered a similar deal to the US iPhone plans. This may be Rogers or a competitor resulting from the wave-band 'auction'.
I've been waiting a year - I'm prepared to wait, another few months.
 
Hey Northern Neighbors,

I've attached a copy of the toon from my local California newspaper; it's apparent the media has gotten onboard with your protest...(I just voted 5 stars, but I thought I had already voted, great thread!):cool:
 

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This just in. There's hope yet. Perhaps they really are listening!

From: "Rogers Wireless" <iphonerogerswireless@gmail.com>
To: "Peter Miller" <petermiller@koolsink.com>
Subject: Re: Why so Expensive??

Dear Rogers Customer

Rogers and Apple are working together to provide the best plans available for the end user. The plans which were released today are yet to be finalized one hundred percent. The plans could change slightly or allot depending on customer response to the data or voice. Please feel free to submit ideas to this email and pass the the word along that way we can better fit the customers. Plans will be changing in the future so stay tuned to Rogers.com

Thank You for the Response

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Peter Miller <<mailto:petermiller@koolsink.com>petermiller@koolsink.com> wrote:

I'm writing to express my frustration at your restrictive pricing for use of the iPhone.

Please consider following the pricing / service structure adopted by AT&T.

Thank You.

Peter Miller
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*Aluminum Products
Vancouver, BC, Canada
*(fax) 604-648-9403
<http://www.KoolSink.com>http://www.KoolSink.com
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...nology/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080702.wriphone03

At least some positive news, or helpful? I'm still pissed but at least they know we're pissed.

It states:

"To help customers, Rogers will send them a message when they are at 80 per cent of capacity and again when they have used up their purchased capacity. That is similar to how Rogers Cable Inc. notifies its Internet subscribers when they are approaching their bandwidth caps. Customers will also be free to change their plans for either more or less data, without incurring a penalty or resetting their three-year contract, she said."
 
Go Telus

Buy an "untethered" iPhone from AT&T, stick a TELUS GSM card in it and use Telus, their data plans are much better
 
Telus GSM

When I open my Telus BlackBerry and see my Telus SIM card and when I travel to a GSM country and it works on the local GSM, I take that as evidence that TELUS has access to a GSM Network. Their domestic data rates don't specify the network...It is CDMA preferential but it can and does access GSM
 
SFStateStudent

If your cartoon is from a California paper, why was it drawn by the Ottawa Citizen editorial page cartoonist and why does its say "Ottawa Citizen" in the upper right hand corner of the cartoon?
 
I can officially say that I'm going to wait a week or two (not that it matters but I just thought that if more people can commit the better) to buy the new iPhone, if at all, with the current rates.
I agree we need to start sending messages to Rogers (not general messages, ones to specific people that have had their e-mails posted) specifically regarding the new Bell plan and make it clear that the unlimited data plan is more appealing than the phone is... even if we have to lie a little... haha
I had a few e-mails exchanged with Liz Hamilton and told her that not only the new Bell unlimited plan, but also that the Sweedish carrier caving to public pressure to offer a $30 unlimited data plan has really pushed me to wait for the new iPhone to have better rates rather than just buying it and hoping that something is done. I told her that I had an iPhone already and it just wasn't worth upgrading without better plans. She in-turn asked me about my current data uses/what I would hypothetically use it for with more data and said she would pass on my suggestions/concerns. She seems to be the opposite of most interactions I've had with people from Rogers.
 
More fuel on the Fire:

Electronista said:
Telus today made a surprise announcement that it will be the first North American provider to carry the Touch Diamond, HTC's new flagship touchscreen phone.

Telus ships the Diamond later this summer and will sell it for $150 on a three-year contract; unlimited web, e-mail, and messaging on the device will be available for $30, while messaging alone costs $15.
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Source: Electronista

Telus and Bell now have Unlimited Data plans... Rogers, time to catch up?
 
Eric Lewis said:
Im switching to telus

but can we use youtube?
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I don't think you can use the iPhone with Bell/Telus. Even unlocked.

I thinks its because Bell uses CDMA, while Rogers uses something else. Or has this changed, and now you can use an unlocked iPhone 3G because of the 3G?
 
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