Apple dumps arrogant carrier in Canada

July 8, 2008 //

Picked this up on AppleInsider.

Concerned with its image, Apple watched nearly 50,000 of its loyal customers sign an anti-Rogers petition at ruinediphone.com, which has in turn sparked hundreds of potentially damaging reports on the matter by bloggers and members of the mainstream media.

Until now, Carriers have been permitted to do whatever they like when it comes to handset prices and tariffs. Those days are numbered, at last. I mean, how the hell did Rogers expect to get away with tying customers into 3 year contracts and requiring a minimum monthly payment of $60 for just 150 minutes, 75 text messages, and 400MB of data? That’s even more dumb than O2 Ireland’s tariffs for the iPhone. Note, I didn’t say O2 UK.

I’m an extremely happy iPhone customer on the O2 network and can’t help but feel we have it a lot easier than most people realise. I’m looking forward to my new (free) upgrade on Friday too :)


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