Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/08/spat_with_rogers_leaves_canadian_apple_stores_without_iphones.html

by nickb • 18 years ago

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lpgauth• 18 years ago

Hopefully whoever wins the wireless spectrum auction (http://agora.ic.gc.ca/AuctionGCLF_BTS/bidderResults.cfm) will change the Canadian market by introducing competitive rates. I'm betting on Videotron.

Also, what is the CRTC doing... they should realize something is wrong in the Canadian telco industry.

rahulgarg• 18 years ago

I came to Canada from India. India is experiencing a telecom revolution right now because of the intense competition b/w the telcos. The call rates have dropped 10-30 times in the last 7-8 years. I was appalled at the cell phone rates here in canada.

elai• 18 years ago

Yes, telecom sucks in canada. Woo, bad publicity for rogers!

phd2000• 18 years ago

Don't count on it. This is a country where Bell and Telus just announced that they will now be charging for incoming text. An additional 15 cents for incoming text, even if it was unsolicited.

Ok now let's step back from the initial outrage and think about it. This is supposedly two independent carriers making a joint announcement of a price increase. Now, I have no idea if I just stepped into Wonderland, but in my world that is called price fixing. Where two entities collude to fleece customers even more. Sort of the same idea where local gas stations collude to fix gas prices.

Now that's what I call balls, the monopolistic carriers don't even care about getting caught.

dmose• 18 years ago

Not like there are many Apple stores in Canada, but does the 10-20 unit sanction apply to each rogers store as well? In that case..the launch is going to be a complete flop, I couldn't be happier.

axod2• 18 years ago

It sold out within a few minutes in the UK. It just depends how good your countries network is I guess.

Rogers certainly seems to be shooting itself in the foot a bit.

axod2• 18 years ago

This is really sad.

Unlimited data here in the UK, and that's how it should be. You even get free access to the cloud network of wifi spots which are dotted around most towns/cities. 600 minutes, and 500 sms for £35. 18 month contract.

I really don't know how Rogers can get away with charging so much for so little.

arn• 18 years ago

From what I can tell, Canadian Apple Stores were never going to sell the iPhone. They were always going to sell only in Fido/Rogers stores:

- http://todmaffin.com/iphonerumours - http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/ - http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:5OL_NN1y3BoJ:www.apple....

s3graham• 18 years ago

Before Rogers announced the rates, I'd even deluded myself into believing that maybe the iPhone would usher in somewhat more reasonable data rates here. Fuckers.

Anyone want to start a Canadian mobile WiMAX company with me?

Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones

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