Mikey B

Hang on I need to pick myself up off the floor again here, I actually AGREE with dbd here!! Everyone calm down Im sure its a once in a lifetime occasion but yes he is right!!!

Did I really say that??

bodgerx

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...one_rates.html

G77

Looks like Rogers have buckled - they're now going to offer a $30 tariff... Still a 3 year contract of course

rach_woz99

So a comedy moment occured when I went into a Rogers store in NS to ask for a SIM card for my English unlocked Iphone that I brought with me. He actually whispered, looking haunted, that he couldn't sell me one and he couldn't even talk about the Iphone.

Eh? says I - well he said I will lose my job if I am caught talking about putting a SIM in a non Canadian Iphone. So I said just tell me what I need to buy so it will work and I will buy it another time. Oh I can't he said, I'll get fired.\\

So I said Is there someone under your desk? to which he totally missed the humour and said no, but I can't talk about Iphone's.

Just want a bleeding SIM card so my phone will work, can anyone in BE enlighten me as to what I need to get the bugger working?!

Ta
Rachel

G77

Just order a sim off ebay?

Biiiiink

And don't use any data functions until you've set up a data plan, it will bankrupt you otherwise. Seriously

R I C H

It was reported on last nights news that Apple were unhappy with the airtime plans that Roger's wanted to sell with the iPhone, and have decided not to supply Roger's outlets with iPhones. That's maybe why you were unable to get a SIM card from them.

Here's the story:

Updated: Apple Will Not Sell iPhone 3G In Its Canadian Stores In Protest Of High Service Fees

By Tricia Duryee - Tue 08 Jul 2008 09:55 AM PST

This isn’t exactly the biggest protest that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could have waged against Rogers Wireless, but it’s getting a ton of attention. Reports today are claiming that the iPhone-maker will refuse to sell the new 3G version of the phone in Apple retail stores on Friday because it is protesting the higher-than-average service plans for the device that Rogers intends to charge. AppleInsider.com reports that “Apple, disgusted with Rogers Wireless for dumping egregious service plans on would-be iPhone 3G buyers, has decided that its Canadian retail stores will have no part in helping the carrier market the new handset to customers.” AppleInsider said it got this information during a late phone call with Apple last night; representatives from Rogers have not yet responded to emails seeking comment. As an example of the plans Rogers has set for the iPhone 3G, it will require customers of its Fido division to sign a 3-year contract, and require a minimum payment of $60 for only 150 minutes, 75 outgoing text-messages, and 400 megabytes of data. Initially, AppleInsider said as punishment Apple diverted a shipment of iPhones from Canada to Europe as retribution. This seems like a more solid approach, however, Apple is in this business to sell phones, and wants to do so in as many countries as possible. Although a full withdrawal may be more successful, it is unlikely.

UPDATE: So, it turns out that Apple may not be holding out on Rogers. CNet reports that the Apple isn’t selling the iPhone at many of its retail stores outside the U.S. So, it’s not just Canada, but also the U.K., Italy, Australia and Japan. In those countries, customers will have to rely on Apple’s carrier partners to purchase the iPhone 3G on Friday.

http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-ap...otest-of-high/