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Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones

18 points by nickb 18y ago

lpgauth 18y ago
Hopefully whoever wins the wireless spectrum auction (http://agora.ic.gc.ca/AuctionGCLF_BTS/bidderResults.cfm 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 18y 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 18y ago
    Yes, telecom sucks in canada. Woo, bad publicity for rogers!
- phd2000 18y 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 18y 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.
- axod 18y 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.
axod 18y 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 18y 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://todmaffin.com/iphonerumours - http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/ http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/ - http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:5OL_NN1y3BoJ:www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/+http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:5OL_NN1y3BoJ:www.apple....
s3graham 18y 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?

18 points by nickb 18y ago

Hopefully whoever wins the wireless spectrum auction (http://agora.ic.gc.ca/AuctionGCLF_BTS/bidderResults.cfm 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 18y 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 18y ago
  Yes, telecom sucks in canada. Woo, bad publicity for rogers!
phd2000 18y 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 18y 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.

axod 18y 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.

axod 18y 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 18y 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://todmaffin.com/iphonerumours - http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/ http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/ - http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:5OL_NN1y3BoJ:www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/+http://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/buy/&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=safari http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:5OL_NN1y3BoJ:www.apple....

s3graham 18y 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?