and what he said was that although it seems to be working as an unlimited package now… at any moment rogers could suddenly get wise to the fact i am using the iphone and start billing me immediatley

so i have disabled the plan so to as to avoid any surprises

it was nice to have unlimted for a month…i used almost a full Gig

one day maybe they will hear our prayers or perhaps maybe we will assert our rage

If anyone has any info they can share with me so that I can get this promotion and maybe screw them over, please let me know.

quick update with the rogers situation and the “unlimited” mobile browsing:

I had to call them back again today because every indication from everything i have read is that i should be geting billed for using the Data on my iPhone… and 20mb later and there are still no charges on my account… the customer service rep was even blown away by the fact that i have not incurred any charges using Safari on the iphone… he said it may come up later on the billing date but gave me TRUE unlimited until march 11 when my next bill is due… and he offered to call me back if there have been any changes… he was even telling a coworker of his that has the iphone too and were both shocked that i hadn’t been billed.

He also told me that because the iPhone is not a Rogers phone that he could not make a note on my account that i was using it on their network… so as far as i can tell Ted Rogers has no clue what phone I am using and what i am using it for

for my next trick…. i will see how many MB or even GB of data i can run up before they get wise!… but somehow Rogers and “wise” are two words that just don’t go together

If what you say is true it’s great new – maybe the plan is what we hoped for after all. Since you have not been billed, does that mean any phone is open to visiting any website and viewing any content without being billed (at least, according to Kaitlynn)?

Of course, there’s always the possibility that they have the ability to distinguish how much data is used by application, but just haven’t started using it. Would be really uncouth of them to only start checking after people are all confident they’re really got an unrestrictive unlimited data plan.

until then i am disabling edge

i’ll keep everyone posted

“3rd party applications are applications like Yahoo! Go or Google Maps. These are non-Rogers applications which can be downloaded to the device and incur data charges at a rate of 5¢/KB.”

That sounds pretty cut and dry. Pretty clear they don’t intend for iPhone users to use that for full Safari web browsing, Google Maps, YouTube, Weather, Stocks, etc. I’m still not sure why they are being so damn selective, but their wording tells me to exercise caution.

What’s completely idiotic, is how do they expect their customers to be able to tell which uses will be charged extra for? If they want to encourage people to sign up for a data plan, they’re doing a horrible job of making us feel comfortable and no doubt many customers will be fooled into racking up expensive data bills out of a lack of understanding.

I still see the $20 value pack on the website and now i also see a $7 unlimited browsing pack with out the 2500 texts and all the other junk.

http://www.rogers.com/web/content/wireless-plans/essentials?content10=20_comm#start

I am still holding onto hope but after reading this thread doubt has entered my mind… and will have it out with rogers tomorrow if this turns out to be somekind of SCAM… i used 8mb worth of data today alone!

i am pretty good at getting what i want with rogers though so we’ll see how it goes

I have them saying that on wav from my corporate system. Also, I have them saying they added it themself.

http://your.rogers.com/business/wireless/plans_services/essentials/compare-value-packs.asp

http://your.rogers.com/business/wireless/plans_services/essentials/20-essential-value-pack.asp

It’s a dead issue now, inaccurate information was posted on Rogers.com to start the ball rolling, AppleInsider then reported on it, raising hopes and bringing attention to it. As of now (unfortunately) the stars are back in alignment and Rogers remains a horrendous option for data plans.

The rep here told me, and I asked him if he’s 110% sure about it to which he said yes… that the unlimited browsing is ONLY within the rogers network. That means you DO NOT get unlimited general web browsing — you ONLY get unlimited within the Rogers network.

Hopefully I made that clear, as I said the rep said he was certain this is how it worked. Moral of the story, it’s hardly worth a damn… Rogers is still offering the same old same old, charging an arm and leg for data plans.

I hope for every Canadian iPhone owner’s sake that you’re right and that they aren’t limiting the unlimited on-device browsing to WAP and Rogers approved browsers as is hinted in the fine print (see the update I posted at the end of the article). I’m not entirely convinced Rogers can even really tell the difference between which phone you’re using, or even what apps for billing purposes. They just don’t seem to have their act that much together, but at the same time, I’d caution due diligence to avoid a potentially costly mistake.

It’s still on the site and people are adding it to their phones.

I was told I could add it to my iPhone so I did, we’ll see what happens…

So then as I’m doing my daily browse through Appleinsider, I see this headline about Roger’s. I was so excited, I would finally be able to get a phone, THAT WOULD WORK WITH MY MAC. I really was exited just for the fact that Rogers was actually progressing. However this turns out to be untrue, and a huge pool of speculation went into talking about the damn iPhone in Canada.

Anyway, long story short, it’s either one hell of a PR stunt to get people into this communicate pack, or some poor web designer is going to get the boot tomorrow.