Comments on: Bafflegabble from Rogers on iPhone pricing

By: Rogers Pretends to Respond to Data Plan Controversy | robhyndman.com

Rogers Pretends to Respond to Data Plan Controversy | robhyndman.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:34:59 +0000

[...] plan for the iPhone and other 3G phones. So, no unlimited data plan for you – you’re still too stupid to make decisions for yourself! And the kicker – Rogers is saying that the plan is a [...]

By: Ruinediphone.com: Activism Gone Wrong? « Scrawled in Wax

Ruinediphone.com: Activism Gone Wrong? « Scrawled in Wax — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:55:16 +0000

[...] conflicted. On the one hand, I agree with some of Rob’s assertions that the iPhone is a sort of technological and cultural locus for the transition to a fully mobile [...]

By: Pema Hegan

Pema Hegan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:57:50 +0000

I was chatting about this over lunch with the GigPark team last week. Someone suggested the high mobile rates are the equivalent of another business tax in Canada. Most business need to outfit their employees with cell phones (increasingly cell phones that use data) and in Canada we pay something like a 50% premium over the US to do this. If the CRTC can’t take a look at this situation and figure out that something is wrong… then something really is wrong ;)

By: David Canton

David Canton — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:20:19 +0000

I agree about “getting in the way”. I’ve had a Windows mobile smartphone for quite a while, and never go to the web or download attachments when on the cell network because it simply costs too much. So I buy a plan that has enough megs for email – and hope I can find a wifi connection if I want to do anyhting else.

By: Tris Hussey

Tris Hussey — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:26:35 +0000

Thanks for the link Rob. I’m glad you also see the connection between our productivity and competitiveness and mobile rates.

The question is then, will the upstart providers who bought spectrum recently be able to change things?