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^^^ I was playing with one of those about a month ago... slick little machine but I prefer one handed typing so I'll stick with the suretype models.

I've just noticed with Rogers, along with all those other changes that as of July 15th, 2008 they will no longer allow you to send txt msgs to the US for free included with your txt msg plan. They are going to charge 25 cents per txt sent and now have 4$ and 7$ plans for x amount of txts sent to the USA.

That is total BS. They already charge more per txt than any other company out there from what I have read up on.
I get charged 40 cents to sent international and when I am in the US I get charged 40 cents to txt back to a Canadian number.

I do have a BB and am looking for the best plans. Anyone else using someone other than Rogers for their BB and what are your plans like?

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Originally posted by magikb I've just noticed with Rogers, along with all those other changes that as of July 15th, 2008 they will no longer allow you to send txt msgs to the US for free included with your txt msg plan. They are going to charge 25 cents per txt sent and now have 4$ and 7$ plans for x amount of txts sent to the USA. That is total BS. They already charge more per txt than any other company out there from what I have read up on. I get charged 40 cents to sent international and when I am in the US I get charged 40 cents to txt back to a Canadian number. I do have a BB and am looking for the best plans. Anyone else using someone other than Rogers for their BB and what are your plans like?

You can get an international texting plan, but that will kill your current plan. I've tried this already and they said if went with the shitty international plan I'd have to get rid of the unlimited plan I currently have as you can't have 2.

So stupid. Rogers really needs to wake up.

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Originally posted by Chris Allen You can get an international texting plan, but that will kill your current plan. I've tried this already and they said if went with the shitty international plan I'd have to get rid of the unlimited plan I currently have as you can't have 2. So stupid. Rogers really needs to wake up.

seriously?? again, total BS.
If Rogers doesn't want to work with people I may look at canning them altogether for my cable, internet and wireless. I have been a customer with them for 10 yrs and haven't had any complaints up until more recently.

(as far as I have seen though, they are still the best plan out there for BB which is unfortunate and why I asked who else has what for theirs)

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Originally posted by magikb seriously?? again, total BS. If Rogers doesn't want to work with people I may look at canning them altogether for my cable, internet and wireless. I have been a customer with them for 10 yrs and haven't had any complaints up until more recently. (as far as I have seen though, they are still the best plan out there for BB which is unfortunate and why I asked who else has what for theirs)

I have Rogers for my Blackberry as I need it for international use outside of North America and Bell just doesn't have good enough phones or plans for that (plus I hate Bell less than I hate Rogers, imagine that).

That said, with my usage of one week in Miami this year with these exact charges you're talking about, I was up at almost $700 for one week because of international and roaming charges (most of that was txting, not calls).

Will be interesting to see if things will change, because we're getting raped as of late.

more on the spectrum auction.. i wish the Star would cite some of their sources sometimes. I'd really like to take a look at some of the independent studies on Canada's wireless market and its competitiveness against other industrialized nations.

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Auction to lower cellphone prices, Prentice says Bandwidth set aside for new mobile players in bid to increase competition May 27, 2008 Julian Beltrame THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA � The federal government's spectrum auction is already having the desired impact of lowering prices in Canada's cellphone market, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said Tuesday on the first day of a weeks-long process that could introduce new competition. The government is auctioning 105 megahertz of radio spectrum, which is used to carry the signals of cellphones. The auction is expected to raise up to $1 billion for the government treasury and draw interest from the big three existing players in the market, Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI.B), BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) and Telus Corp. (TSX: T) But because 40 MHz has been set aside for new entrants, Prentice says he is hopeful it will increase competition in Canada and lead to lower prices. "Certainly it will have the effect of introducing more competition to the Canadian market place, there's no doubt about that," said Prentice. "There are those who would say even to this point it has started to exert downward pressure on prices." Independent market reports have placed Canada's cellphone market as among the least competitive and most costly to users in the industrial world. Prentice said 24 bidders are in the auction, which will be conducted electronically, with the anticipation there will be many rounds. The department will table the results of each round on its website. But a final determination of winners and losers may not be known for a month, he said. Following the close of the auction, winning bidders will be required to submit ownership and control documentation and to complete various payment transactions within 30 business days, Industry Canada said. The department will then review the information submitted by each bidder and issue licences as appropriate.

source:
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/431636

In case you didn't know...


HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY TED ROGERS!!!






PS. The Auction is suppose to last 3-5 weeks...so we'll have to wait a bit and see what happens then!

Here's a list of the qualified bidders: