Rogers Actually Listens to Customers; Hell Freezes Over

Rob Williams

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In a way, I'm speechless. Maybe, just maybe those thousands of unhappy Canadian voices finally got through to the folks at Rogers. Or, I'm seriously hallucinating. I'll take it as the former until someone pinches me.

According to a press release from Rogers, the company will offer a promotional deal that will include 6GB of data for $30 a month that can be tacked on to any voice plan. This promotion is only going to last until August 31, so this is definitely a bid to try to pursuade people already on the fence about buying an iPhone.

Granted, it isn't the best deal around, but it's way better than the company's previous offering. 6GB of data should be enough for anyone, especially since there is no tethering option (unless you plan to watch tons of videos over the air on the device, but even that's a stretch). Hopefully the demand will encourage Rogers to keep the deal around for the long haul, but time will tell.

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Effective July 11, and as a limited time promotional offer for customers who activate by August 31 on a three year contract, a data-only offering of 6GB of data for $30 per month is being made available that can be added to any in-market voice plan. For example, with 6GB of data, iPhone 3G users can visit 35,952 web pages, or send and receive 157,286 emails, or watch 6,292 minutes of YouTube videos each and every month.

Source: Rogers Press Release
 

Rob Williams

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Heh, this seems better, but I'm still not that impressed. It's a deal that's done with just a month and a half after the launch. This will appease some people, but it's still not that great. I guess the question is, with this $30 option, does it last the ENTIRE contract, and how does the end price compare to what we saw before?
 

slugbug

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Personally I think cellphones in general are evil and the inventor should burn in hell for creating this brain cell killing abomination....but I digress :rolleyes:

For everyone else in the world who can't live without these damn things, I guess it's a good deal :)
 
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