Rogers and Fido $7 Unlimited Browsing Plan Now Official
It looks like we can put another check in the ‘confirmed’ column of the internet rumors tally. As has been passed around for a while now, Rogers and Fido have quietly slipped an option on their site to add a $7 unlimited mobile browsing option to select new plans with 3 year shackles. Ok, ok… Stop cheering and take note of the wording here: "Unlimited On-Device Mobile Browsing." No, these are not unlimited data plans in the conventional sense unfortunately. There are plenty of stipulations that are sure to turn your smile into and awkward, pursed-lipped sneer. First and foremost, smartphones need not apply. As Rogers puts it, "PDAs such as Blackberry or Windows Mobile devices, PC cards and non-Rogers certified devices are not eligible." Secondly, tethering and data-reliant third party apps are both no-nos. This plan is good for browsing and other data usages will run you a cool $0.05 per KB. Lastly, don’t think you’re going to pull the wool over their eyes and purchase this plan packing your own unlocked device. Plans are activated for eligible handsets only and monitored via IMEI. In other words, if you try to test them you’re going to find yourself the subject of a bunch of those "Canadian Man Finds Himself with $10,000 Wireless Bill" posts. The $7 add-on does include a few extras though; namely a $100 discount on a Vision Device, one year of free unlimited local video calling and three months of free unlimited Video On Demand service. If you browse and do little else with your device in terms of data… jackpot. If you have a smartphone and make use of it, move on.
Thanks, Luca!
On Feb 6, 2008 @ 12:53 pm, Blackberry192 Said:
I much prefer telus’ $15 business bundle. Unlimited everything, and after my first bill it is true. In canada anyway.
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On Feb 6, 2008 @ 4:02 pm, Luca Said:
Np Zach.
I’m a little disappointed as I think i told you in my email. I was planning on buying a new N95 8GB NAM but since the restrictions, I might as well wait another year for the iPhone. I really don’t want an EDGE enabled phone as I’d rather physically go to the hosting station of the website then use dial-up speeds.
Its 3G or nothing for me.
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On Feb 6, 2008 @ 4:44 pm, Bla1ze Said:
Not for Blackberry usage anyways, no real sense in pointing out any other carriers BlackBerry plans
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On Feb 6, 2008 @ 10:15 pm, tom the great Said:
This is more of a backwards step for good device data plans. It’s unlimited browsing with the rogers mobile browser on wap sites only, and nothing else.
Use google maps? Like being charged $5+ to view one space of a map?
I’ll stick with my old vision plan of 10mb for $5, it still sucks, but if I use opera mini and google maps, it won’t cost me an arm and a leg.
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On Feb 7, 2008 @ 5:02 pm, Luca Said:
I’m going to picking a nokia n95 8gb NAM in a week or something.
I’ll op for the 10mb addon as well.
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On Feb 13, 2008 @ 9:52 pm, Sam Said:
Well Fido will be offering unlimited email as of February 19th for $15(Quietly). The catch: it will only work on 2 units they will be offering Motorola Q9 & Samsumg Blackjack. These 2 units will be running Windows Mobile. I figure that this will be using the the Blackberry Connect service from Fido. SO I am wondering if you could still use it on a unlocked Blacberry. In any case, we are still being robbed by all the carriers, we in Canada, pay more than 3 times the price for the same service in the poorest countries!!! ?!?!? WTF! Sorry for the outburst! But that’s the reality of it!
We are just being abused and I can not wait to see who will come in the Canadian market over the next year to compete with these thieves. Will this new player just slash prices and have Bell, Telus, Rogers/Fido running to save face and keep their respective customer base?! Well I hope so and we should all just defect and show them who really controls their fate!
But I guess that would be too much to ask of Canadians, just stick it to the carrier and enough of being taken for a ride for the last 15 years of double dipping! Look at how it works in Europe! Anyway, sorry for the rant, but I have had enough and hopefully we can get a Carrier that can offer some competitive plans like the USA!
Really looking forward to see what will happen. (Like my friend said: Let’s not be surprised that the pricing would actually be the same!!
LOL!
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On Feb 28, 2008 @ 11:54 pm, ed Said:
i feel the same way, totally agree
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