Rogers makes new BlackBerry plans official
Rogers has just released a slew of new BlackBerry data plans for your emailing and browsing pleasure. There’s still no unlimited BIS option, which is a bit confounding given the upcoming unlimited iPhone Data plan, but this is Rogers after all, so we’re not terribly shocked. The new plans breakdown as follows:
- $30 – 300 MB
- $60 – 1 GB
- $80 – 3 GB
- $100 – 6 GB
Um, yeah. That’s not cheap, though we have a hard time imagining a scenario in which 1 GB of data isn’t enough for average monthly usage, let along 6 GBs. Then again, with the upcoming Bold and its 3G radio, the potential for exorbitant data usage will certainly increase.
Thanks, Paul!
$15 unlimited data on my mogul.
snooze tell me when SPRINT is gettin the bold then we are tlkn
Yeah those prices seem high when compared to what carriers in some other countries charge, but considering that until yesterday I was paying $60 for 25 megabytes I quite happily switched over to the $30 for 300 megabytes plan yesterday afternoon. I’m “saving” $360 over what I was going to have spent for the year, so I’m not complaining (much).
And to confirm what @guess WHO said, the plans are available for all devices not just the BB, and this includes unlocked non-Rogers/non-Fido phones, with or without a contract. Also, tethering is now explicitly allowed, at least on Fido, which is my carrier.
All in all, not great, but significantly better than what Rogers/Fido had before. It’s a good step forward.
what do you expect when rogers has a monopoly in canada
Holy s*it that’s expensive!
I live in Sweden and I pay $6.50 for 1 GB of data/browsing.
And that’s with turbo 3G speeds up to 7.2 mbits/second.
I can confirm that these plans are available for all data devices as I currently am using the $30 one with my iPhone. I wasn’t sure that it would be enough, but I am using it fairly liberally and have only used about 10 MB over the last few days since I signed up for the plan on the 20th. I have pretty much done everything (browsing, email, google maps etc.) except for downloading music and tethering with my laptop.
As well, the Rogers rep told me that the plan included unlimited email, but I am still trying to confirm this…I don’t want to call them back because I despise there customer service (in most cases…some reps are fantastic, but my bill is usually screwed up in some way after I make any changes…)
I find it funny that your post before this is making fun of a typo, then you have one in the very next post. “let along” should be “let alone”.
Wonder why BES is still extortionate? Are they going to shaft iPhone users that connect to Exchange as well?
Any word on whether roaming charges will change? I took my Rogers BBerry to the UK and was charged 10 cents per KILObyte. I can tell you, that adds up over a couple of weeks. It would have been horrific if I’d actually used any of the features; emailing pictures, GPS maps, web surfing etc.