Comments on: Rogers introduces new international Travel Packages for cheaper voice roaming

By: Nigel Reeves

Nigel Reeves — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:16 +0000

I agree completely. I have been using a prepaid US phone for over a year now for travel and it is by far the best option.

I foolishly tried the new data roaming pack for a weekend business trip to see if I could simply use e-mail like my old blackberry. I bought the $30 10 mb plan and religiously tracked my usage throughout the trip. At the end of 4 days my usage option read 4mb (I only used e-mail). My monthly bill read something totally different 27mb & an extra $70 tot he cost. $100 for four days of e-mail is just plain robbery. After three days of fighting, the reduced %75 of the additional cost… but it is not worth the headache!

I love the phone, but useless for travel.

By: SmartRoamer

SmartRoamer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:09:22 +0000

Rogers, you know what you can do with your roaming fees. How on earth do you justify the fact that Americans can roam in Canada for 20c a minute, and the very best rate you can give us is 60c a minute?

for the last 3 years i have found the best way around this ridiculous situation is a little ugly but for us regular travelers to the US it’s the only way. Here’s what i do..

I have an AT&T number, (you can either get a regular plan through your company, or you can simply purchase a prepaid card). You then take your rogers number, and forward it to a local canadian landline. (your home number or your work direct line) then forward that landline to your US number. This way, no one knows your using a US number, you get all your calls, and when you make calls in the US it’s cheap.

the fact that rogers don’t have comprehensive agreements for roaming with AT&T for Voice AND DATA is a joke – and it has nothing to do with AT&T, rogers are too happy to continue gouging canadians….don’t be a sucker, if more people opt out, they will do something about it.

By: Wilf

Wilf — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:40:40 +0000

I bought a $100 prepaid plan from T-mobile.It’s good for 1000 minutes and lasts for a year. You can always keep your account active by buying another $10 prepaid. Too bad I can’t do something similar formy iPhone data.

By: Keith McArthur

Keith McArthur — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:56:52 +0000

Just to clarify the last comment, Rogers continues to honour the per-minute pricing of the Travel Pack purchased until the self-expiry date on the one-month term.

By: Keith McArthur

Keith McArthur — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:43:17 +0000

Hey all – I’m with the RogersHelps team at Rogers Communications.

It’s great to see the discussion around roaming. We recognize that roaming charges can be a pain point for wireless customers and we’re trying to simplify things with these Travel Packages.

Not only do the Packages automatically expire one month from the date of purchase, but we continue to honour the per-minute price even if the customer uses up the minutes in his or her bucket.

Rogers is also continuing to negotiate with foreign carriers to bring better roaming fees to our customers. Data roaming charges have fallen by 40 per cent over the past year and there are more price reductions to come.

By: Sandy Serverick

Sandy Serverick — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:45:59 +0000

I can’t believe this! Seriously, Canada is charging way too much. Canadians: instead of getting a Rogers travel package and losing all of the money that’s in your wallet, you might as well get a Tracfone. I have one, and I can make all of my international calls to Brazil with the same price that I pay domestically, which is so cheap!

By: sonny

sonny — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:35:05 +0000

I long for the day when mobile networks don’t treat data roaming as an opportunity for them (and the foreign network) to gang rape their customers. It’s obscene. I spent a few weeks in the Philippines on business and was smacked with a $300 data roaming bill. I didn’t even realize that the phone was making a data connection, I never saw anything but a GSM connections, but apparently the phone was intermittently able to get a data connection and run up a huge bill. I’d like the mobile networks to know we’re not your bitch, we’re your customers and don’t deserve to be treated like a low rent hooker. Next time it’s an unlocked phone with a local SIM.

By: D

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:01:58 +0000

Whine, whine whine, all Canadians do, everyone here has not business sense and just come here to bitch… stop comparing to the US, Southern California market itself is the size of entire Canadian Market… use your brains…
At least the Canadian Market and carriers are taking steps… $30 for 1Gb data plans… = great (even $30 6GB promo right now). Great to see these new add ons… keep it up!

By: Atraveler

Atraveler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:30:47 +0000

Finally a way to call internationally cheaper. Thanks for the info. I was wondering if I’m the only one that finds it so expensive!!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:22:49 +0000

My Canadian plan from 7 years ago includes US roaming for $0.20 per minute. Also per second billing. Not changing that plan to get these new rates.

By: Lorne

Lorne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:19:55 +0000

Yes, it is good to see that our socialized system provides the same quality education that you apparently received

By: Jag

Jag — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:31:23 +0000

Canadian phone companies r rip off.

By: galvatron

galvatron — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:20:20 +0000

just unlock your phon not worth it wit robbers.
man massive taxation for antiquated socaized medicine tha running you broke an robber raping the consumer. EWW.
No wonder canadians com down to live her durring the winter time hella cheaper in the land of AZ

By: goose

goose — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:11:56 +0000

The fact that these rates exist just shows how dumb we Canadians are to put up with this kind of shit.

As mentioned, get your phone unlocked and put a foreign SIM card in wherever you go.

FYI- I pay less to call long distance from mainland China to Canada on my mobile than it costs for a Canadian to make a local phone call on Rogers.

By: KeiFeR123

KeiFeR123 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:30:53 +0000

AMERICA – $1.00 per minute is nothing. Wait till you hear how much Rogers charged roaming fee. Probably $5.00 per minute.

Crazy.. I wish there will be more GSM companies come to Canada.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:31:06 +0000

No SAF with Fido (a sub of Rogers)

By: Gibbler

Gibbler — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:04:01 +0000

It is literally cheaper to buy a new phone from TracFone at Walmart and buy the needed prepaid minutes. Ironically, it is cheaper to then use that prepaid phone in Canada, than it is to go with many of the prepaid rates from Rogers. Just to reiterate: it can be cheaper to do international roaming with some American phones, than it is to do domestic calling within Canada. That, my friends, is wacked.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:54:45 +0000

That is why we canadians should apply to be part of the USA states… we are not big enough to draw any competition…
Very very Sad how the monopoly works in here !
we are being raped for Internet, for mobile phone rates for everything except thanks god for our electricity rate !

By: Jorge

Jorge — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:15:37 +0000

What the hell are they smoking? $1.66 per minute in Latin America or EU? T-Mobile charges $1.50 per minute in Mexico without a package and I thought that was expensive.

By: PetFoodz.Info

PetFoodz.Info — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:56:31 +0000

Rogers pillages the Canadian consumer with everything they sell.. It’s sad but it is the truth.. The US is now wayyy ahead of us when it comes to broadband\DSL competition (non existent in Canada).. Cell competition\pricing.. And just about everything else they sell.. Not to mention we are all throttled and bandwidth capped.. VERY SAD!..

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:54:24 +0000

Its cheaper to buy an unlocked phone and get a sim card where ever you travel.

By: X1Zero

X1Zero — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:33:52 +0000

This is really old information. Rogers announced these at the beginning of June.

By: nothanks

nothanks — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:32:15 +0000

I admit these new rates will make them a bit more appealing though the stigma of Rogers roaming rates will take some time to wear off.

By: nothanks

nothanks — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:27:07 +0000

Had a couple activated a phone with Rogers a while back. The husband took the phone to Asia for a couple weeks, meanwhile the wife receives the bill one month later and it came close to $3000, that’s three f*g dollars! She almost fainted in the store.

By: Roger A

Roger A — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:10:16 +0000

AMERICA – $1.00 a MINUTE!!!??? HOLY SHIT!!! Sprint has a $2.99 plan $0.20 per minute while in Canada.
Most other companies are between $0.20 (with a special plan) to $0.69 without plan…

WOW CANADIANS YOU ARE GETTING RAPED!

By: KeiFeR123

KeiFeR123 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:02:47 +0000

I live in Canada and these fees are still expensive. We’re already drowning on System Access Fee and United States don’t have SAF but still wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of us.

By: kenny817

kenny817 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:54:50 +0000

Goooooooood Bless Americaaaaaaaaa