Comments on: Canadian Wireless Costs, Redux http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:12:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: angryman http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-80110 angryman Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:51:40 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-80110 I just got a SMS from Rogers which says that they going to apply long-distance rates on top of my current air time rate to all long-distance incoming calls. This is just ridicules. In Canada we have worse mobile service in the world and this is not a joke. Most developing countries have lower price rate for much better quality mobile service. I will vote for anyone on next election who can promise that we will have the mobile service provider that can deliver high quality service with a reasonable price rate. There is no one country in Europe has so high price rate and so poor quality service!!! I just got a SMS from Rogers which says that they going to apply long-distance rates on top of my current air time rate to all long-distance incoming calls.
This is just ridicules.
In Canada we have worse mobile service in the world and this is not a joke. Most developing countries have lower price rate for much better quality mobile service. I will vote for anyone on next election who can promise that we will have the mobile service provider that can deliver high quality service with a reasonable price rate. There is no one country in Europe has so high price rate and so poor quality service!!!

]]> By: midtoad http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-79635 midtoad Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:24:15 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-79635 Verizon in the US offers a 5 GB/mo. wireless data plan for $60/mo. Canada's Rogers will charge you $22710 for the same amount of data! Don't use that much data each month? (I do on my cable internet connection). Let's say you limit yourself to 1 GB/mo. Verizon still costs $60. Rogers costs $2710! Meanwhile, Virgin Mobile Canada has just introduced a new video-capable phone, the Samsung m510, and more to the point, a wireless data plan to go along with it, offering UNLIMITED data for $10/month. I hope they sell a zillion of these. Verizon in the US offers a 5 GB/mo. wireless data plan for $60/mo. Canada’s Rogers will charge you $22710 for the same amount of data! Don’t use that much data each month? (I do on my cable internet connection). Let’s say you limit yourself to 1 GB/mo. Verizon still costs $60. Rogers costs $2710!

Meanwhile, Virgin Mobile Canada has just introduced a new video-capable phone, the Samsung m510, and more to the point, a wireless data plan to go along with it, offering UNLIMITED data for $10/month. I hope they sell a zillion of these.

]]> By: Rod http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-79474 Rod Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:46:51 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/07/10/canadian-wireless-costs-redux/#comment-79474 Seeing RIM bash wireless data rates really made my day. Short of cloning a foreign regulatory environment for Canadian wireless (say the Australian or NZ), it's not obvious what can be done to get rates down. Our mobile operators clearly prefer rates where they are. I'll admit I'm puzzled as to why Rogers is spending money rolling out HSDPA. Who's going to use it unless data rates come down? The 100 iPhone customers who are willing to pay the 4-figure monthly mobile data bill? Or are they preparing for what they fear will be serious competition in the near future? I'm afraid it may take more than the combined onslaught of RIM political pressure and Jobsian RDF to make the kind of difference needed. Seeing RIM bash wireless data rates really made my day. Short of cloning a foreign regulatory environment for Canadian wireless (say the Australian or NZ), it’s not obvious what can be done to get rates down. Our mobile operators clearly prefer rates where they are. I’ll admit I’m puzzled as to why Rogers is spending money rolling out HSDPA. Who’s going to use it unless data rates come down? The 100 iPhone customers who are willing to pay the 4-figure monthly mobile data bill? Or are they preparing for what they fear will be serious competition in the near future? I’m afraid it may take more than the combined onslaught of RIM political pressure and Jobsian RDF to make the kind of difference needed.

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