Yesterday the voice and data plans were released by Rogers for the coming iPhone. I wanted to throw up when I saw the prices. $60? For almost nothing? No thanks. To get just what I have now on my phone, I'm looking at $80 a month. I pay $54 after taxes right now. Where does Rogers think they get off charging that much? We seriously need some competition in this country, as we as Canadians are being gouged. The phone itself is a lot cheaper than I thought it would be. I followed the initial launch in the states, and though I wanted one, I wasn't about to pay $800 for it.
For that reason, I stopped paying attention to what was happening. Then one day a guy at work showed me the price on the Apple website, and suddenly I was ready to start thinking about getting one. The issue now is the damn plans. The plan I have right now is one I got through work about a week before Rogers decided not to offer us special plans anymore, and I'm pretty sure if I get the iPhone I can stay on the new plan (it's just a sim switch, after all) but what happens in November when my contract runs out? I can't see that I'll get that same plan again. I never was one for using the internet on my phone, mostly because it was too slow and too expensive. I've heard lately that the iPhone 3G has done some work on connection speeds and signal reliabilty, which is great, but the data plan would kill any hopes of a decent budget for next year.
Hopefully some (sadly) American company is planning to roll into town and kick Rogers/Telus' collective asses to the curb. I'd rather pay them for a decent plan than keep breaking my budget while trying to remain patriotic.
