I quite like my android, have had no real problems with Rogers and certainly would have to think seriously about spending a weeks take home pay to make a point of principle.

But I have to agree Rogers seems to have it’s head up it’s collective backside most of the time. They are still trying to get me to buy music/TV shows and such from them on my phone at insane prices… when I have wifi, 32GB micro sd and can get normal stuff of the web at normal prices. Maye the assume all their customers are 15 year olds on dad’s family plan?

The problem is all that these companies do is provide digital bandwidth and there isn’t a lot of difference in ones and zeros other than price. I do truly think Rogers coverage and reliability is better than what I’ve seen of the other providers, but it’s not an easy sell. So all the companies try to pretend that they provide the phones, and that the phones wouldn’t work on any network if unlocked. Most people buy the phone and take any provider that comes with it.

Now though, and most especially with the iphone, the exact phone is available on multiple networks… the argument for locked phones is clearly hollow.

Which brings us back to Rogers. They were first to get iPhone, had wider and faster coverage by far… had they dropped their rates and quit crippling their phones to try and make people buy from the company store I think they would have blown Bell and Telus out of the water.

Instead they sat with their thumb up their butts and ended up in a slugfest with the 2 other giant dinosaur companies… all of whom are pretending that short term pay as you go no contract data will never come to Canada and they will never have to deal with it. Personally, I wouldn’t be buying stock in any of the big 3 as a long term investment.