[martin_ayton]

£7.50/month all-I-can-eat with T-Mo, a 3G connection, and I've been streaming NASA TV on my Vario2 for the last few days, watching the 'fun' with the damaged solar array. It's got to the point where it's cheaper to use the 3G connection at home rather than my WiFi. Man, I even have it running in my car (though when I'm driving the audio is all I'm interested in).

I'm stunned that the Canadian politicians aren't doing the comparisons with overseas markets and realising that their potential voters are being royally ripped off. And I can't believe that the campaign fund contributions made by Rogers (I'm assuming that that is legal in Canada) outweigh the potential campaign fund contributions from the corporate Blackberry bushes who are also currently being royally ripped off.

[martin_ayton]

£7.50/month all-I-can-eat with T-Mo, a 3G connection, and I've been streaming NASA TV on my Vario2 for the last few days, watching the 'fun' with the damaged solar array. It's got to the point where it's cheaper to use the 3G connection at home rather than my WiFi. Man, I even have it running in my car (though when I'm driving the audio is all I'm interested in).

I'm stunned that the Canadian politicians aren't doing the comparisons with overseas markets and realising that their potential voters are being royally ripped off. And I can't believe that the campaign fund contributions made by Rogers (I'm assuming that that is legal in Canada) outweigh the potential campaign fund contributions from the corporate Blackberry bushes who are also currently being royally ripped off.

[hamishmacdonald]

Originally Posted by Duncan

"...on average we live longer than you lot."

Och, not in Scotland we don't! Speak fer yersel'! Yeh must be fae England. We huv th' earliest mortality rate in all of Europe! (*tucks into his deep-fried-meat breakfast*)

(Actually, I'm originally from Canada and vegetarian.)

~

I'm about to visit Canada for December, and was hoping that Rogers might have a decent data plan, since non-contract WiFi hotspots always prove hard to find. Dang, looks like that isn't the case.

What I hate is how they disable my PAYG account and SIM because I don't use them for months at a time, so I get the added joy of paying $25 for a new SIM each visit, as well as getting rubbish PAYG rates.

[tnels!]

Originally Posted by mr_yellow

This is the most retarded comparison you could possibly make..
The cellular industry in canada is just as free and capitalistic as the equivalents in the US. You could argue that what we have here is in fact the negative side of the capitalistic model where companies are colluding in a free market to artificially keep prices high to ensure high profits. Because guess what? profit is goal #1. who cares about serving the public need and innovating with technology? government intervention? Oh no.. this is capitalism at work!

Sheesh

:roll: :roll:

'Sorry for being so retarded. However, collusion is not allowed in a Capitalistic model and is illegal down here in the US. My low $15 rate is probably due to competition and not due to government intervention. Please forgive me if I am wrong here; sometimes I don't think so good because of my diminished mental capacity.

Hey. but good luck with getting to Canadian government to force your data rates lower. By the way, what price should the Canadian government set the price at?

[Ed Hansberry]

Absurd rates. Explains my roaming bills of $50 or so for two days in Montreal. :roll:

[kiwi]

I just clocked over 105mb this month on Rogers.. LUCKILY I have the $80 200 meg plan, this was my first full month using my iPhone!!! ouch!!

With my S620, the data was more like 30GB month. Its the media rich browser and email thats forcing my usage up. I mean, with the Iphone you have to download the whole message, you dont get the option to say headers only. Same with the weather app, it always trys an auto update.


No Way in Hell Robbers will have unlimited data for iPhone here. Canadians love to bend over for Ted Rogers.

[GregWard]

Originally Posted by martin_ayton

£7.50/month all-I-can-eat with T-Mo

Can you point us to this deal? The best I've seen from T-Mo in the Uk is around £22 a month (Flext 20 + web'n'walk on a 18 month contract). Ok that does include £34 allowance on calls - so it's a pretty good deal - but I'd rather pay £7.50!

nb The deals I've seen are all subject to a fair usage policy as well. Actually they have three "unlimited" deals on their site at different prices! I believe they have 1gb, 3gb and 10gb limits on the fup. Again "not bad" but not really unlimited!

Not that I'm complaining in comparison to the Canadian prices mind you! The only crumb of comfort I can offer is that UK prices have got MUCH better over the last few years.

[alanjrobertson]

I'd agree - in fact just in the last couple of months the UK prices have vastly improved - Voda/O2/Orange are still lumbering in behind Three and T-Mobile but they're finally getting there.

For those who are interested (and those that aren't, I guess!) here's a round-up of the latest UK pricing. I've been checking out all the options as I just finished my 1y contract with O2 - now onto 18 months with T-Mobile with a HSDPA-capable (ie. 1.8Mbps or so) K850i for about £10 upfront (after Quidco cashback) and then £32.50/mo for Flext 25 + WnW Plus (3GB data, laptop use/streaming allowed - great for the Slingbox!).

Cheers

Alan

PS - roughly double the prices for American/Canadian/Australian dollar.

(Reposted from my original post on uk.telecom.mobile)

-=-=-
O2
Costs
- £7.50/mo for 200MB O2 Web Bolt On - modem access NOT permitted
- £30/mo for 3GB O2 Web Max Bolt On - modem access permitted
Restrictions
- O2 Web Bolt On - Instant Messaging, IP Telephony, Point 2 Point file
sharing and file transfer, VoIP (e.g. Skype™), Video and TV streaming,
Slingboxes; and Use in conjunction with routers not allowed
- O2 Web Max Bolt On - Instant Messaging, IP Telephony, VoIP (e.g.
Skype™), Video and TV streaming; and Slingboxes not allowed
-=-=-

-=-=-
Vodafone
Costs
- £7.50/mo for 120MB - modem access permitted.
Restrictions
- No obvious restrictions but £2/MB over monthly limit.
-=-=-

-=-=-
Orange (very difficult to find information - eventually found at
http://www1.orange.co.uk/entertainme...orld/terms.php)
Costs
- £8/mo for Orange World Monthly Access - 30MB of anytime access - no
mention re. data modem access in T&Cs (cf. off-peak access) so appears
to be permitted.
- £5/mo for Orange World Off-Peak Access - 1GB of evening/weekend
browsing - modem access NOT permitted
Restrictions
- common to both plans: not to be used for other activities such, non-
Orange internet based streaming services, voice or video over the
internet, instant messaging, peer to peer file sharing, non-Orange
internet based video
-=-=-

-=-=-
T-Mobile
Costs
- Web'n'Walk - £7.50/mo for 1GB - modem access NOT permitted
- Web'n'Walk Plus - £12.50/mo for 3GB - modem access permitted
- Web'n'Walk Max - £22.50/mo for 10GB - modem access permitted
Restrictions
- WnW - peer to peer file sharing, internet phone calls or instant
messaging not allowed
- WnW Plus - internet phone calls not allowed
- WnW Max - no restrictions
-=-=-

-=-=-
Three
Costs
- Internet 10 - £2.50/mo for 10MB data - modem access NOT permitted
- Internet Max Add-On - £5/mo for 1GB data - modem access NOT
permitted
- Broadband Lite Add-On - £10/mo for 1GB data - modem access permitted
- Broadband Plus Add-On - £15/mo for 3GB data - modem access permitted
Restrictions
- I've searched over the site and even the T&Cs at
http://www.three.co.uk/personal/help...=1187800248881
don't seem to mention any services that are blocked - would be very
interested to hear people's views.
-=-=-

[PantheraLeo2k3]

I do believe what needs to happen is the Canadian gov't needs to go to, say, T-Mobile or Orange or someone and offer them a nice tax break to set up shop in Canada, perhaps if one carrier comes in and starts competing it would be the catalyst that would start some competition happening in this country.

[ctmagnus]

I would love to see another GSM carrier in this country. Preferably one that offers better than unofficial coverage where I live.

[mtnmedic]

8O

Whoa.

Somebody at Rogers is on CRACK.

Wow. Even Sprint PCS's $59.99/mo for unlimited data card use at Rev-A speeds is a deal compared to this.