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I've said it once and I'll say it again.
Screw Rogers.
They have been in a corporate relationship bouncing customers between them and bell canada for decades, giving inadequate service and hassles to the canadian consumer.
I hate rogers. Everybody does. We only use them because we have to.
alex - "I hate rogers. Everybody does"
Speak for yourself. I'd give up my left nut before switching to Bell or Telus (who constantly drop calls).
I've got 3 lines with Rogers, and I've been using the $65/1GB data plan with my iPhone for months now. Bellus can't even come close to the service level that Rogers provides.
You're only choosing between the lesser of two evils. I switched
from Bell to Fido because Bell sucked. Then Rogers bought fido and
fido started to suck. We only have two choices in Toronto, you gotta
step out of the matrix my friend. Take the appropriately coloured
pill and wake up to the fact that you're paying 3G prices for 2G
technology. Let's not even get into customer service issues and billing.
I had Clearnet before Telus bought them out and ran them into the ground.
Bell.....well that's just a joke and the only people who don't know the punchline, are the people working at Bell.
Rogers has provided me consistently exceptional service, both in terms of customer service, and also actual cellular service. I would sign another 3 year contract with them tomorrow without batting an eyelash because I know 110% that I can count on them.
Telus is like dealing with a bi-polar psych ward patient. Everything will be fabulous one minute, and the next minute you might as well use tin cans and string if you're looking for reliability.
@Khris
Sounds like you need a reality check. You are paying $65 A MONTH for an internet add-on to your phone contract FOR 1 GIGABYTE OF DATA! That is just outrageous... they are bending you over hardcore and you are taking it spread eagle and asking "gimme more! gimme more!". And this is the new "reduced rate"... just crazy...
You're definitely right about telus, partly because they're subleasing half their services from bell and living in the 5% profit margin. The best thing that happened to Bell is when they outsourced their tech support to India.
By the way, I'm writing this message from Japan. When I signed up for 100Mbit internet access at $40/month, they sent one technician to set up my line and another (with an english translator) about two hours later to hook up the software. That's what I call service. Not mailing you a box and telling you to hook it up as if they're doing YOU a favour.
@ Sam
Whether you can justify (or afford) $65 a month for data is your own decision. I can justify, and afford it, so therefore I have it and use it. An iPhone can be extremely data hungry, so for me it makes sense to have a data plan that can accommodate that amount of use.
I have a choice as to whether or not I want to give Rogers that $65 a month for data. The benefits of having it are valuable enough to me to warrant the cost. Granted, not everyone may feel the same, but to say that Rogers is "bending me over hardcore" is complete and utter rubbish.
And yes, this is a new reduced rate. I was paying $65 a month for 25MB of data previously!