Apparently, “Canadians pay lowest wireless prices in North America”
This might actually be funny if we wasn't so likely to succeed.
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (i.e. Rogers, Telus, Bell and friends) has launched a lobby site for the 2008 wireless spectrum auction headlined "Real competition benefits all of us."
Their lead story is a July 2007 report from the OECD that says, "...mobile phone customers in Canada enjoy some of the most competitive wireless prices among the 30 countries that comprise the organization's membership."
I think I could find a few people willing to argue with that ;).
After all that has been written about the farcical wireless pricing in Canada, it's hard to believe the CWTA would come out with such a brazen communication plan. But they have. And I'm sure they don't see the funny side.
Particularly paranoid about wireless rates are all of us Canadians hoping to buy an iPhone before the end of the year. We're deathly scared it will be priced out of our hands by Rogers. More on that soon...
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September 25th, 2007 - 08:44
What a joke! I was talking to a friend of mine that works at O2 in London, and based on what the predicted costs are going to be, it would end up being cheaper for me to get an O2 data contract from the UK and use it here in Canada (roaming charges and all) than get a Rogers data contract. Ridiculous.
September 25th, 2007 - 09:17
That’s insane Sameer!
I heard a similar story about AT&T (about calling plans though, not data). Apparently there is a North American contract that gives people roaming in Canada cheaper per minute calling than most heavy calling plans sold by Rogers, Bell and Telus.
But you’re right, it’s the data prices that kill me. Each month I check a few emails and look up a couple of addresses on Google Maps and my 10MB data contract is all gone. At $30 per additional MB of data I’m hardly keen to go over my limit.