I agree. They want to keep people from signing up on those new networks. The less people on those new networks would then make it more likely for them to fail or be bought out by Rogers.

T-Mobile?  I don't think so.  Thanks to government rules, new cellphone companies must be minimum 54% Canadian.  Unless T-Mobile is going to be a minority partner (isn't going to happen) then T-Mobile is definitely not coming to Canada.  I've not seen this anywhere else, I think perhaps you have them confused with another company. 0113

Sorry, forgot to add that I totally agree though with your main point in why Rogers is requiring a 3 year contract.  Lock the suckers in now in case, gasp, fairness actually comes to the Canadian cellular industry! 

Geez folks,

Listen, even if another company enters the GSM market in Canada it will take them YEARS to erect enough cell towers to get the same coverage Rogers has nationally.  Large urban centres will be quick to start but what happens when you start roaming across the country?  Guess what - they'll have to piggy back off the Rogers network.  Another, more viable solution is to have Telus continue it's GSM switch-over while grandfathering the CDMA side of the business.

T-Mobile in Canada?  That'll be interesting if approved.  I personally know the fellows at Yak (owned by Globalive) and they are a mismanaged company with deep pockets looking for a way into the cell market.  When Globalive bought Yak they completely gutted the team and installed their own managers who knew nothing of running a Telco and still don't.

After paying a $250 deposit for my Blackberry perl I expected my $80 dollar plan to be $80 and I expected my phone to work when I moved to a new house. My phone doesn't work in my house. when I call customer service it takes hours and I just get the runaround like there investigation team is checking into the matter.

In addition to that the camera turns on for no reason. My wife and I will be at our table and the phone just light's up and the camera turns on. We called customer service and they accused us of turning it on accidently. The thing is we don't even touch the phone and the camera turns on.

When I told them I wanted to cancell my 3 year contract they said I had to pay $500. I don't mind paying the balance for my phone if they give me the unlock code but there is no way I am going to pay a penalty fee for a bad contract.

I have perfect credit and I feel like they are blackmailing me into paying for a service that does not work for me. I am so upset with Rogers everytime I get there bill in the mail it's like an extortion letter. I allways honor my contracts and I"ve worked hard all my life to get a good credit rating.

  If there is ever a class action lawsuit aimed at Rogers count me in.

I have had nothing but problems with Rogers and their call center support please as a word of advice do not sign up with Rogers on any of their services let alone the IPhone. It took Rogers 1 year to figure out my invoices I always had to call them on a monthly basis as there was discrepencies. They could not tell me that my home phone was not part of the builders free package. One month they would tell me they would credit it and the next invoice nothing was changed. I asked them to send me a billing report for 2008 and never told me that they would charge me $40. I also took my phone to the USA and they kept calling me for what ever reason. I whanted to check my bank account and did not have a data plan. I had to subscribe to Verizon and ended up with a bill of $175 for data and $150 for my cell plus the monthly fee of about $100. I was quite upset to find out they were charging .95c per min and I spend time with their technical support sorting the issue of the data plan which cost me $15.00. I also had to replace my Iphone 2 in less than 8 months. I asked Rogers why are they obligating their cust to a 3year contract when the harware only last 6months on the first unit and  4 months on the second unit. The answer was go to Apple  it's Apples problem. I did go to Apple and they are replacing the unit which I will sell to recover the remining of my 2 year contract. I asked Rogers for a copy of their service policy they could not provide one and their web page was not available. When I returned all my hardware today I briefly explaine my situation to the Rogers agent and he agreed with me that their call center was poor.

 I could go on with Rogers but it is too frustrating. i am glad to see that there will be more competition as I am sure they will be loosing more customers.

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Hi, I want to get an iPhone 3GS, but I need to sign a 3- year contract. I never signed a contract before, and my question is, is it free to sign a contract

I replaced a broken phone for my son, and spoke to the people at Rogers about not having to pay full price since I had just baught that phone that works.  Well they ended up extending all my lines without telling me.   So if you have more than one phone for family members please find out about your contracts cause they autamatically extend all your phone numbers!  Then when you call them about it, they're rude and want to charge you for having to cancel something that you had no idea you were extending.