Comments on: Tens of thousands sign rogered iPhone petition http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/ Covering The Great Wireless North Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jamie http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-1883 Jamie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:02:25 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-1883 F.-U. rogers. No iPhone for me 'til it's available from another carrier (like if/when Telus gets some GSM deployed...). Competition might actually shake things up enough to make things reasonable. F.-U. rogers. No iPhone for me 'til it's available from another carrier (like if/when Telus gets some GSM deployed…). Competition might actually shake things up enough to make things reasonable.

]]> By: Jamie http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Jamie Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:02:25 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-757 F.-U. rogers. No iPhone for me 'til it's available from another carrier (like if/when Telus gets some GSM deployed...). Competition might actually shake things up enough to make things reasonable. F.-U. rogers. No iPhone for me 'til it's available from another carrier (like if/when Telus gets some GSM deployed…). Competition might actually shake things up enough to make things reasonable.

]]> By: Consumers protest iPhone pricing, wireless spectrum auction coming to a close in 48 hours…. « Simon Tonekham’s Blog http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Consumers protest iPhone pricing, wireless spectrum auction coming to a close in 48 hours…. « Simon Tonekham’s Blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:17:58 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-561 [...] Rogers and Fido’s final plan structure, while others decided to go to the extreme by signing a petition located at www.ruinediphone.com (which at this time of blog posting, closed down without notice). [...] [...] Rogers and Fido’s final plan structure, while others decided to go to the extreme by signing a petition located at http://www.ruinediphone.com (which at this time of blog posting, closed down without notice). [...]

]]> By: netrokid http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-756 netrokid Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:50 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-756 Their Hosting service pulled the plug- Didn't get many details, although I know they got a dedicated server. Perhaps the change in DNS hasn't propagated everywhere yet... They're up to 28,421 signatures. It's great to see this although it may not have much impact in the short term. Nonetheless, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Rogers PR dept. Better yet, I'd love to know what Mr. Rogers really thinks about all of this complaining. Is there any remorse at all? Hope you all encourage everyone you know to sign- this has to be one of the largest protests we've seen towards our favourite Telco. Will be great if we can all hold off on buying the new iPhone (breaks my heart, cause I am a Mac Fanboy). This being said- I'm sure that if we do hold off, Roger's will spin it as a plus for blackberry or something.....nuff said... Their Hosting service pulled the plug- Didn't get many details, although I know they got a dedicated server. Perhaps the change in DNS hasn't propagated everywhere yet… They're up to 28,421 signatures. It's great to see this although it may not have much impact in the short term. Nonetheless, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Rogers PR dept. Better yet, I'd love to know what Mr. Rogers really thinks about all of this complaining. Is there any remorse at all? Hope you all encourage everyone you know to sign- this has to be one of the largest protests we've seen towards our favourite Telco. Will be great if we can all hold off on buying the new iPhone (breaks my heart, cause I am a Mac Fanboy). This being said- I'm sure that if we do hold off, Roger's will spin it as a plus for blackberry or something…..nuff said…

]]> By: mlknows http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-755 mlknows Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:49:04 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-755 What happened to <a href="http://www.ruinediphone.com/">http://www.ruinediphone.com/</a> website? What happened to http://www.ruinediphone.com/ website?

]]> By: Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Wirelessnorth.ca » Blog Archive » Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:12:51 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-552 [...] How many of those 20,000+ people will really boycott the iPhone? How many signed the petition, but still won’t be able to resist the lure of the amazing iPhone? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please", url: "http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/" }); var disqus_url = 'http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/ '; var disqus_title = 'Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please'; var disqus_message = 'We’ve all been there before, you have 3 months left in your cell phone contract after years of being a customer of one of the carriers, and now you need out. Each carrier in Canada has a different get-out-of-jail fee to break their contracts and Rogers has always been one of the most expensive, but […]%0A%0ASHARETHIS.addEntry({%0A title: "Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please",%0A url: "http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/"%0A});%0A%0A'; View the entire comment thread. [...] [...] How many of those 20,000+ people will really boycott the iPhone? How many signed the petition, but still won’t be able to resist the lure of the amazing iPhone? SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please”, url: “http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/” }); var disqus_url = ‘http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/ ‘; var disqus_title = ‘Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please’; var disqus_message = ‘We’ve all been there before, you have 3 months left in your cell phone contract after years of being a customer of one of the carriers, and now you need out. Each carrier in Canada has a different get-out-of-jail fee to break their contracts and Rogers has always been one of the most expensive, but […]%0A%0ASHARETHIS.addEntry({%0A title: “Need out of your iPhone contract? $1100 please”,%0A url: “http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/07/01/need-out-of-your-iphone-contract-1100-please/”%0A});%0A%0A’; View the entire comment thread. [...]

]]> By: acurrie http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-754 acurrie Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:10:25 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-754 Our problem in Canada is that we're stuck with a GSM monopoly. Our government made the bewildering move of allowing Rogers to swallow up Fido -- the only other GSM provider here -- instead of letting T-Mobile buy a controlling stake.<br><br>And we've been suffering ever since... Our problem in Canada is that we're stuck with a GSM monopoly. Our government made the bewildering move of allowing Rogers to swallow up Fido — the only other GSM provider here — instead of letting T-Mobile buy a controlling stake.

And we've been suffering ever since…

]]> By: heri http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-753 heri Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:10:28 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-753 I wonder if actually anyone knows why rates are so expensive in Canada compared to rest of the world. Is it because of higher margins taken by carriers? is it because they are not efficient enough (old or outdated equipment)? is it because the territory is too big, forcing them to spend more on infrastructure compared to other countries? is it because the penetration and usage rates are so low that they have to make the existing customer base pay for the service?<br><br>is there a study on this ? say comparing rogers' operating costs with those of the likes of NTT Docomo (Japan) Orange (Europe) <br>anyone? I wonder if actually anyone knows why rates are so expensive in Canada compared to rest of the world. Is it because of higher margins taken by carriers? is it because they are not efficient enough (old or outdated equipment)? is it because the territory is too big, forcing them to spend more on infrastructure compared to other countries? is it because the penetration and usage rates are so low that they have to make the existing customer base pay for the service?

is there a study on this ? say comparing rogers' operating costs with those of the likes of NTT Docomo (Japan) Orange (Europe)
anyone?

]]> By: Sharp http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Sharp Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:50:56 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-752 who cares?<br><br>They would have sell it a 1000$ and they wouldnt have enough iphone for everyone. who cares?

They would have sell it a 1000$ and they wouldnt have enough iphone for everyone.

]]> By: WirelessNorth http://wirelessnorth.ca/2008/06/30/tens-of-thousands-sign-rogered-iphone-petition/comment-page-1/#comment-751 WirelessNorth Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:08:57 +0000 http://wirelessnorth.ca/?p=222#comment-751 Heh indeed you did. Heh indeed you did.

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