Rogers announces iPhone 3G plans, unlimited data dreams crushed

Rogers has announced its price plans for the iPhone 3G

http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-products/iphone_voice_data_packages

Snapshot as of 2008-06-27

The "all the data you'll need" part is particularly amusing.

Assuming that, per Rogers usual policy, this doesn't cover roaming (outside of Canada / outside of Rogers network) data, you can expect two stories within a month of launch:
* The "my Rogers iPhone bill is $x thousands of dollars, and all I did was visit my regular websites" story and
* The "I went to the States/Europe and my Rogers iPhone bill is $x thousands of dollars"

via Digg

Now, Rogers did introduce an SMS data alerts service ("your web surfing is about to cost you a kajillion dollars") but it's not clear if they will apply to the iPhone

these notifications are free of charge and automatically provided to customers with an Unlimited On-Device Mobile Browsing Plan. You may receive multiple notifications as you incur data charges throughout your bill cycle at pre-defined data usage rates.

Rogers has also made their pay-per-use data plans into some incredibly complicated world of tiers that I don't think I can even manage to describe.

Comments

[Ramu]

What most people always forget is the "monthly" price list there, is incorrect. Your actual monthly fee is whatever is listed there PLUS 6.95. So, for the 60 dollars a month play you pay 66.95 per month. Of course, taxes and surcharges are additional. So, there you have it. With 14% minimum tax in ontario, your monthly rate becomes at least 76.32 CAD (meaning you definitely cannot pay less than this per month without getting some other discounts). CAD is just about on par with USD right now.