Well it seems to be official as it’s been on the Rogers website for 30 days. I thought this was a mistake when they updated their voice rates on July 14th but $30/MB US data seems here to stay. Rogers previous rate was $6/MB which is a 500% increase. Who does that? Be aware as you could come home to quite a shock if you are on a 3G device and use data when roaming. It seemed for the last 15 months they had decided to drop prices to increase adoption, but what seems to have happened now is prices have been raised again and a harvest of unsuspecting customer money is on its way. The fall is coming after all; Rogers will have lots to celebrate this thanksgiving.
Posts Tagged ‘wireless data rates’
Rogers quietly increases US data roaming rates
Friday, August 14th, 2009
How do Bell and Telus get away with their data roaming rates?
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
$50/MB (priced as $0.05/KB) when roaming outside North America? Are you kidding? When I first saw the rates in the international roaming section of the Bell and Telus sites, I thought there was an error. Do customers have any clue what an absolute rip off that is. You guessed it….Nope. In Europe the rate is $1/MB when outside your country of residence. Folks, you are being robbed blind!
Unfortunately this is not new, in fact these rates have been in place for well over a year. I still can’t believe that with all the pressure that they are feeling, especially Bell, that they can maintain these outrageous rates. I suggest Bell and Telus start to wake up over there; if you have not heard there are three new players coming to town and they seem like they are ready to play ball. Rates like these just make it easy for them.