i-Gouged (Rogers iPhone Global BC News tv spot)

The iPhone is coming to Canada, all's not well in the Great White North. Some of the crew of http://iPhoneInCanada.ca get to express their views.

The petition they were talking about is at http://www.ruinediphone.com and there's another one at http://www.petitiononline.com/iPhone99/

For the record, yes, I'm the guy with the t-shirt and the "geek belt".

Some info we talked about in the interviews that didn't make the story:

Paying extra $15-20 for Call display and evenings that start before 9 PM

3 year contract is the longest in the world

There's *no* unlimited option at all, no matter how much you're willing to pay

The new iPhone uses an unknown (but apparently high) amount of data just for background stuff.

Those AT&T minutes are "nationwide" minutes.

Etc, etc, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

Still, I think they did a good job of warning people to do research.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• iPhone
• Canada
• Rogers
• Plan

[Jsadoway]

uhmm.... findo has an unlimited data plan.. and fido will have iphone.. (i know fido is rogers also)

i agree with rogers being greedy.... but uhm.. just use fido. :P

[umdesch4]

If Fido really has an unlimited data plan you can use with the iPhone, that info has somehow been missed by all the experts in all the forums I've been in lately. I'd love to know where you got that idea from!

[SecondLabel]

HAHAHA i love that's guys belt, what a fag.

[umdesch4]

my girlfriend would beg to differ... :P

[erichau728]

Lady goes to bell? LOL SHE WILL be more pissed

[Alexhutchinson83]

Don't forget that the U.S has FREE LONG DISTANCE. You travel 20mins down the road in Canada and you pay long distance.

[hd92122]

Google "stopthemeter" and sign the petition against rogers/bell/telus and the CRTC charging Canadians MORE for bandwidth usage !

[WillieMichelson]

You can't afford iphone? Check out giveaway at gifter7 . com Take your chance NOW

like it

[EASTENDGLEN]

AND WHY THE FUCK DIDN`T CRTC STOP THIS?

[themejames]

We CANADIANS need to start another petition for early upgrades this year to the iPhone 4

[dmncau]

stop whining man, you try to build a wireless network coast to coast, do you have almost $2 billion to do so??

[pixiewoo00t]

@Toniatoto10

Ya i think Apple shut down the phone so they were'nt able turn it on

The majority of ppl Reading this comment won't be able to buy the iPhone 4g, since it will be $489

Lucky for you I discovered on Apples twitter earlier they are giving away a ton of iphone 4gs. Also, heres the link to Apples iPhone 4g giveaway website ... just copy and paste

igxr｡com/iphone4gfree41

Oh yeah, the code they ask for at the end is FACEBOOK7280

[ai4281]

Seems like nothing's changed after this report aired.

Same plans these days, across the big 3 carriers on all smartphones. Same 3 year contracts.

FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[TheMorningg23]

Great vid :) I've got my iPhone too, for free:) From here: freebies(.)comoj(.)com/iphone So, good luck!!!