Comments on: iPhone data plan promotion extended in Canada

Rogers Communications, the exclusive iPhone carrier in Canada, is extending a promotional data plan to attract more smartphone sales, including that of the BlackBerry Bold.

[konchung]

Don't forgot the System Access Fee that Rogers charging on top. So with a $20 plan, you are actually paying around $30 with tax and System Access Fee. The System Access Fee should be waved.

[tomtomtom]

$7 call display & $8 voice mail on top

$11 as a bundle

[chrisnickel]

Can you please cite your source for iPhone tethering? all my research suggests that iPhone does not support tethering unless it has been jail broken. Thanks

[davidsmi]

I can't find anything either. I've posted the question over at iphoneincanada.ca.

[jedweb]

Yes, please let us in on the tethering. I saw Netshare in the store briefly a few weeks ago and made the mistake of not grabbing it. I actively search for it regularly but I haven't seen it since. Is there another way?

[ct_max]

People need to realize that the so-called $60.00 plan only provides 150 minutes of call time per month. I had no choice but to get the $75.00 plan for 300 minutes + $20.00 early nights / weekends unlimited. The extra data plan would put my monthly bill at $125.00 and it still would not be unlimited data.

[g4chris]

Despite how people 'hate' Rogers, I think they deserve some credit. They've sort of rolled out a form of the 'piece-of-mind protection' as I got a courtesy call from the Fido/Rogers customer service about 'excessive' data usage on my iPhone. The system didn't register my data plan properly and they called because they noticed that I was going to be charged $3500 in data fees. They had everything sorted out in less than 5 mins. but I mostly surprised at the fact that they called (instead of having the customer find out and have a heart attack).

[Wetsuit101]

"Come October 1, Rogers will have new plans in place. A $25 plan will provide 500MB of data downloads for $25."
Really??? Who would have imagined a $25 plan would cost $25!!! I would have thought it might cost $33

[wpound]

Question: Your article states that Rogers $30 data plan includes downloading. I recently checked with Rogers and they advised me that these plans are only for web surfing and email. Any download, application, music, email attachment would not apply and would have to be paid for at 4/Mb or under a separate plan. Rogers web site also states for "web browsing & email only", not downloading.

[canadianhappyapple]

sorry but where did you see that the iphone data plan is for "web browsing & email only"? I have never heard this before and is contrary to all the information I have read thus far. Could you please show us the exact page on Rogers where this is stated?

[MysteryMT]

Why is this the second article to come up when you search Blackberry Bold? It's been on the top of CNET's Popular Searches and the CNET editors seem completely oblivious to it...oh look an iPhone.