Comments on: Apple Doing What RIM Should Have Done Ages Ago?

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:21:11 +0000

Well..I’m a Rogers customer so kinda experienced in their plans that’s for sure..to cover the viable plans…

$15 BIS email only (akin to T-Mobiles Plan)

$30-300MB

$50-500MB

$60-1GB

$80-3GB

100-6GB

Their is in-between plans but to keep it simple I outlined the basics..

Right now, I pay $100 for 1GB, Rogers announced a few weeks ago the plans I outlined, but I refuse to chane mine right now, as I’m going to use it as a bartering tool to get my bold for cheaper ie..(You have new cheaper plans available, why on earth wasn’t I told about this?…Do I get a discount on my Bold for paying approx $200 more then I had too for the past 2 months?…No…retention dept please I wish to cancel) lol!!

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:30:56 +0000

Shows how much I know about Rogers. I usually dont cover them since I dont understand their data plans. Is it really $30 a month for 300mb? Users are going to get killed with the 3G bold…

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:32:20 +0000

Oh I so hate to defend Rogers here..I honestly and truly do..but Rogers has their $15 BIS only plan in comparison to the T-Mob $10 plan.

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:33:15 +0000

The problem is why RIM not making a point of showing their contention. They are the premiere wireless company in Canada. They have clout! Yet Canada remains one of the most expensive countries for wireless data! The crazy part is that they prices are not just high they are in the stratosphere compared to the US. For example even something as simple as T-Mobiles $10 a month email plan for the Pearl…

By: Bla1ze

Bla1ze — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:03:45 +0000

RIM HAS gone and blasted carriers for this before, so I’m not understanding where the “Why don’t RIM do this” is coming from, and while it may be true RIM does pride it’s self on good carrier relations they have no problem with stepping in and pointing out the carrier flaws.

The article while old..is still viable here…if anything to prove that RIM did stand up to the carriers before.

http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=383a1dd4-7370-4db1-971f-a66d050110cb

By: Ronen Halevy

Ronen Halevy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:19:11 +0000

Yeah I tried having a “good” relationship with RIM. That translated into keeping a smile on your face while bending over…

By: BlogReader

BlogReader — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:52:35 +0000

RIM prides itself on having a “good” relationship with the carriers. Unfortunately “good” for the carriers means the consumers get screwed.

Anyway having a “good” relationship with the carriers is like having a “great” relationship with AOL 10 years ago. Whoop de freakin do.

By: joey

joey — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:34:34 +0000

Who cares about data prices? Doesn’t ur company juss pay for your blackberry? That’s why no one cares…

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:20:48 +0000

I have often wondered WHY iPhone has such a ravenous user community versus RIM? Blackberry has FAR more users around the world than does iPhone yet we get nothing for our devices but some leaked beta device software builds (we become uncompensated guinea pigs for RIM’s beta program). Blackberry has been on the market FAR longer than iPhone, yet the Blackberry user community does not seem able to muster the sort of “grass roots” user efforts that iPhone does. Look at last year, when Apple dropped the iPhone price, the user community that had bought into the first round was able to get concessions from Apple. Every new iPhone device software build for iPhone gets hacked (within DAYS or HOURS) to allow 3rd party apps to run, yet we can’t seem to get even close to that level of user interest (SIM unlocking, carrier GPS blocking disabled, etc.). I suspect a Blackberry to be FAR more secure a device than iPhone ever will be, but still, after all these years on the market, the Blackberry hacking community has produced little tangible result.