Comments on: Data pricing from Rogers actually gets worse

By: WirelessNorth

WirelessNorth — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:48:59 +0000

You are not missing anything. I am pretty sure that the roaming rate for any carrier on the planet roaming anywhere else on the planet is significantly less than what Rogers alone charges it's customers for roaming.

Though experiment, do you really think that AT&T in the US is charging Rogers anything close to $750 a minute for wholesale roaming minutes?

By: chowhar

chowhar — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:16:35 +0000

Am I missing something here? I see T-Mobile US rates for roaming in Canada is $0.015/kb which is significantly less than the $0.05/kb Rogers/Fido on the same network. How does that work?!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:16:28 +0000

Actually getting worse. Amazing. Thanks for this update, sort of.

By: WirelessNorth

WirelessNorth — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:48:59 +0000

Though experiment, do you really think that AT&T in the US is charging Rogers anything close to $750 a minute for wholesale roaming minutes?

By: chowhar

chowhar — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:16:35 +0000

Am I missing something here? I see T-Mobile US rates for roaming in Canada is $0.015/kb which is significantly less than the $0.05/kb Rogers/Fido on the same network. How does that work?!

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:16:28 +0000

Actually getting worse. Amazing. Thanks for this update, sort of.

By: roland

roland — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:17:55 +0000

Whatever the reason is, the net-net is that we are making it harder for innovate in Canada and in the long run that costs us a whole lot more as a country than the negligible benefit to Rogers Shareholders (which is what I assume drives everything Rogers does. More transparency on why the rates are so high help but in the long rate the prices have to come down to I hate to say it “competitive world class levels” at least in the urban areas where over 75% of Canadians live!)

By: bobw

bobw — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:31:33 +0000

collusion, just maybe?

By: Ken Seto

Ken Seto — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:47:20 +0000

This is unbelievable. Just when you think Rogers couldn't sink any lower.

Are they doing this to to make the upcoming and likely overpriced iPhone plan look good in comparison?

I can see it now: "instead of paying $100 for 1GB, you can pay $65 per 1GB with our 5 year iPhone contract!"

By: CL

CL — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:09:26 +0000

Of course they're revising their plans, did you see their standing bids on the auction? someone's gotta foot the bill and it ain't gonna be Ted Rogers,,,, :-)

Disclaimer: I work for the competition