Rogers, Canada’s only major service provider that could offer the GSM service (the iPhone, so far, works only on the GSM network), is faced with a decision: Lower its data rates to make the iPhone attractive or keep the data rates and watch iPhone customers stay away in droves.
... AT&T, the sole company offering the iPhone in the United States, allows a plan for $100 that includes 1,350 minutes of voice calls, unlimited data, video voice mail, 200 text messages and unlimited use nights and weekends.
The iPhone would be too expensive for Canadians to buy even if they had a data plan that charged them $100 a month.
So far, Rogers has been sitting on its hands, unwilling to cut its rates because it is still unsure whether there would be enough of a market for the iPhone to offset such a major cut.
Globe and Mail - Jack Kapica's blog - How to get an iPhone - October 10, 2007
UPDATE 2007-11-18:
Under new pricing structures, SeaBoard estimates that Telus Corp. and Bell Canada subscribers pay $100 for one gigabyte of wireless data each month. While Rogers has also dropped prices, it charges $1,580 for one gigabyte of data.
As recently as June, Telus and Bell charged $2,350 and Rogers $2,600 for the same amount of data, SeaBoard said.
Globe and Mail - Canadians [still] pay more for wireless data - November 17, 2007
Whether it's $2600 a gig or $1600, it's still obscene.
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