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Proposal to Rogers: Solving Canadian iPhone fares
Nickname: Claude Filimenti Date: 7/08/08 15:33
Here is the text I added to the petition. Let me know what you think.The iPhone is not just a cellular phone, and the telcos like Rogers have to adapt to this new reality. The iPhone is a new mobile computing platform and its users intend to use it nearly as much as their computer to access the internet. So far there is no equivalent product on the market. Telco administrators need to see this paradigm change and react accordingly. The first reacting favorably will dominate the market. Currently Rogers plans to offer data plans that are so miserly that Charles Dickens would have made it a point to rewrite A Christmas Charol… Rogers efforts appears to make sure that the iPhone will not succeed in Canada, like their great effort in preventing Motorola's Rockr from gaining acceptance by selling it under a numeral instead of it's proper name. They only resurrected it prior the iPhone launch. If the iPhone with decent data plans comes to succeed, the whole industry will have to adapt to the new realities. Why not sell more by charging less? Why not follow Apple's example. It's iTunes Store has proven to the world that consumers will buy songs, movies and TV shows rather than illegally copy them. Telco administrators should look into Apple's iTunes business model to see the great advantage and unlimited profits when a company gets the clients on its side. Almost everybody interested in an iPhone would sign up with a deal like 30-50 per month for a basic voice plan with unlimited internet and texto. Why not make the internet and text messaging a non monetary issue? That would be a killer deal. If Rogers intend to gather millions of new customers that would be the way to go. Let's stop killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Claude Filimenti (514) 251-1260 macmaitre at mac dot com Poor Taste?

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Nickname: Ryan Zaharia Date: 7/08/08 15:42
I have a better idea, just give us a better price like our neighbours, and everyone will stop complaining.
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Nickname: Geoff Crook Date: 7/08/08 15:46
ALL of Rogers' services cost TOO MUCH! No iPhone for us.. Greedy bastards!
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Nickname: SamuraiBG Date: 7/08/08 15:56
Problem is that I think Roger's is protecting other interests like maybe RIM or not wanting to piss off their other vendors. Sadly, I have to complain constantly to Rogers to have them fix things that they billed me for accidentally, and if I miss it, it's my own fault. Sadly we shouldn't have to do it constantly. Customer Service and satisfaction is SOOOOOO lacking in many companies on the consumer and internal level. no, you can't please all of the users all of the time but how about a whole lot of users most of the time. How many people do you know that love their cell phone prices/plans/services? now I dont mean to have all of the serivices for $20 a month. but i figure if i spend close to $100 a month I should get a bucket of minutes, huge if not unlimited amount of data and calling features like voicemail callerid etc. I dunno But I find evenings going from 9pm to 7am silly. (it's because its when the least peak hours are so they can bill more daytime minutes.) it used to be 6pm them it moved to 9 and went from 8am back to 7am. i can bet data shaping around network peak useage went into those time changes. I find most of my minutes are used early morning before work starts , smattering in the day, more minutes after work 5pm figuring out whats going on, finalizing plans, dinner,meetings etc. that usually runs until 7-8. haha If you're trying to call people figuring out what to do at 9pm when you're evening minutes start you may not be doing anything at all, unless you're going clubbing. So for me daytime minutes are important, looks like i'll be waiting a while before changing my plans onto an iphone
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Nickname: james Date: 7/08/08 18:12
I hate to say this, but grass isn't greener on the other side...I have dealt with both Rogers and Bell and they both are pathetic to deal with. I have had billing issues with both where I have been erroneously billed due to their on errors, but they leave the onus on you to prove their mistake. To top it off, they charge interest on the amount while you are arguing the error and it is not refunded. Where is CRTC in all this...I thought they were looking after general public interest. What a farce!!!
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Nickname: mike Date: 7/08/08 18:49
The CRTC sole purpose in life is to protect the old boys club - Bell, Rogers, Telus and Shaw. The interests of the average Canadian simply do not factor. Never have, never will.
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Nickname: me Date: 7/10/08 12:53
No comparable product? Please... have a look at the Symbian OS based devices that Nokia has offered for years. Even Smartphones are comparable in many ways. This isn't Alexander Graham Bell stuff here.
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