A simple explanation is needed.

[Short-Wave]

Rogers, comparing apples to apples and by that I mean Pay As You Go type plans, how is it a company like Telstra in Australia can offer me a plan where calls are 15 cents a minute to anywhere in Australia, and even overseas to Canada and the US. Plus that plan has free incoming calls and texts. WOW!

Yet it costs 45 cents a minute for the same type of service here.

How is that? Please get back to me with a logical explanation!!!!!!!!!!

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[RogersPrasana]

Hi @Short-Wave

Thank you for posting on the Community Forums!

Unfortunately we cannot comment on another carrier's pricing, especially in another country.

We appreciate your feedback.

RogersPrasana

[Short-Wave]

I am not asking you to comment on another carrier's pricing.

I am asking you to justify Roger's pricing.

Now if another carrier can afford to provide far lower pricing in a country that is far more vast than ours and with a lower population base (an argument Canadian providers use for higher rates), why can't we?

Or is it plain old GREED?

Rogers already lost my cable TV business (what a rip off that was). What next?

[barndoor]

Do they really need to explain anything ?  SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then .  If you can't find one in the same country ... maybe there are regulations and taxes , etc that are different than our neighbors across the pond and it is the gov't you should be pointing the finger at  not the companies themselves . 

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[Short-Wave]

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SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then.

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I will switch to Speakout which is all I need for my purposes. I will use up my present Rogers Pay-Go balance.

[OLDYELLR]

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SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then.

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I will switch to Speakout which is all I need for my purposes. I will use up my present Rogers Pay-Go balance.

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Speakout certainly has cheaper rates as well as all their plans are good for a year.  It seems that Rogers does not care to compete in the prepaid market because it's just a small part of their wireless business.

I have Rogers PayGo because years ago I received a Rogers cell phone as a gift and the amount I use it would not pay to unlock it and switch or buy a new phone. It's a free market, do what suits you best.

[barndoor]

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SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then.

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I will switch to Speakout which is all I need for my purposes. I will use up my present Rogers Pay-Go balance.

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And I switched  to Petro Canada  because they had a plan to suit my needs at a better pricepoint  than Rogers  would  match .    Absolutely no regrets so far.

@Short-Wave ...maybe you should switch to the Aussie company .... may be a long distance add on to their plan would make that cheaper  to use here  than any of the Canadian choices .  

[Short-Wave]

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Speakout certainly has cheaper rates as well as all their plans are good for a year.  It seems that Rogers does not care to compete in the prepaid market because it's just a small part of their wireless business.

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The funny thing is, Speakout gets their service from Rogers.

Just as my ISP gets their from Bell. I get better faster service for less money from my ISP.  Go figure.

[BS]

If I recall correctly, Petro Canada is Rogers too.  

Bruce

[Meowmix]

Hello @BS

You are correct!. They operate on the Rogers networks.


"Petro-Canada Mobility is a Canadian mobile virtual network operator created in late 2006 by gasoline firm Petro-Canada as a competitor to other store based MVNOs like PC Mobile. Petro-Canada Mobility operates on the GSM network of Rogers Wireless."