Almost there
I agree with Roger's 6GB cap, verses unlimited, there's no such thing as unlimited. And 'reasonable' is subjective, saying 6GB is good, it's a tonne and i would bet less than 1%* of users would hit that cap. Back in the days of dial up Internet, all the providers started offering Unlimited hours and then dinged customers that stayed on 24 hours a day, or in some cases more than 24 hours per day using multiple connections. A spelled out cap is fair for all. Assuming of course, those heavy users that do hit the 6GB cap pay a fair price per GB over, say $5 per GB ($30/6GB).
Now, things that Rogers still needs to change, in my opinion:
1. Drop the 3 year contract length, or at least guarantee we can upgrade to the next iPhone at the subsidized price. I'm upgrading my jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 1 for the new one, and expect to do it again next year.
2. Allow the phone to be unlocked so we can use it while out of the country. We're still locked into a contract and paying Rogers anyway, so why not allow us to unlock it legally (we're going to anyway, so why fight us on it).
3. Incorporate this new data plan into the official iPhone plans that include Visual Voicemail etc. Dropping the rates by $30 each would probably work (so $30-85 [plus the $7 system access fee])
4. Drop that system access fee that's on everything, at just incorporate it into the price if it's needed. The marketing tactic isn't fooling anyone (intelligent).
5. Drop the August 31st deadline. If this isn't just an attempt to quiet down the masses, why have a time line on when you'll be more fair before resorting back to ripping everyone off.
Overall, this does look like a positive move for all, Rogers and it's customers, lets hope it's not a 1 step forward, 2 steps back situation.
* Disclaimer: this is just my own guesstimate, no numbers to back this up.
I agree with Roger's 6GB cap, verses unlimited, there's no such thing as unlimited. And 'reasonable' is subjective, saying 6GB is good, it's a tonne and i would bet less than 1%* of users would hit that cap. Back in the days of dial up Internet, all the providers started offering Unlimited hours and then dinged customers that stayed on 24 hours a day, or in some cases more than 24 hours per day using multiple connections. A spelled out cap is fair for all. Assuming of course, those heavy users that do hit the 6GB cap pay a fair price per GB over, say $5 per GB ($30/6GB).
Now, things that Rogers still needs to change, in my opinion:
1. Drop the 3 year contract length, or at least guarantee we can upgrade to the next iPhone at the subsidized price. I'm upgrading my jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 1 for the new one, and expect to do it again next year.
2. Allow the phone to be unlocked so we can use it while out of the country. We're still locked into a contract and paying Rogers anyway, so why not allow us to unlock it legally (we're going to anyway, so why fight us on it).
3. Incorporate this new data plan into the official iPhone plans that include Visual Voicemail etc. Dropping the rates by $30 each would probably work (so $30-85 [plus the $7 system access fee])
4. Drop that system access fee that's on everything, at just incorporate it into the price if it's needed. The marketing tactic isn't fooling anyone (intelligent).
5. Drop the August 31st deadline. If this isn't just an attempt to quiet down the masses, why have a time line on when you'll be more fair before resorting back to ripping everyone off.
Overall, this does look like a positive move for all, Rogers and it's customers, lets hope it's not a 1 step forward, 2 steps back situation.
* Disclaimer: this is just my own guesstimate, no numbers to back this up.
