Up here in the hinterlands of Canada, you may have heard about the giant uproar with Rogers, our only provider who can support, and therefore, sell the iPhone — specifically with the bald-faced inequitable profiteering of its data and voice rates in comparison with other countries (i.e. the United States). You may have also [...]
If you’re Canadian (and by looking at my stats, few of you are, so if you aren’t, move on) you’ve probably heard the growing attention that the iPhone has been getting in advance of its July 11th release.
Most of it being negative, thanks to Rogers’ bald-faced, shamelessly blatant attempt at profiteering, that is, as one [...]
I have ranted on a few occasions about how Canadians get reamed with respect to wireless data plans, and their cost thereof (really high), particularly with *personal* inequity I feel about not having any unlimited data plans. This made sense in a sick sort of way; after all, how could anyone charge $15 for [...]
In a somewhat shocking maneuver, it seems like Rogers, who is the mobile carrier in Canada slated to offer the iPhone when it arrives (my money’s on next year) will, in fact, not be able to ream Canadians as they’re often wont to do, with their astronomical data transfer rates.
I had commented on this discrepancy [...]
I’ve heard from more than one place — including at work, oddly enough — that the Jesus Phone iPhone is coming to Canada via Rogers (one of our few wireless carriers) before Christmas.
Mat Ingram points out that the price might be around $CAD 499 for an 8 gigabyte phone for a 3 year plan.
Personally, I [...]
In the issue of WiMax vs. WiFi, why can’t we just get along? They both have their place and their price point. WiMax is a technology which aims to deliver ‘real’ high speed data delivery via a portable modem which beams data from the sky. Contrast this with WiFi, which is dependent [...]
