12-20-2016
10:47 AM
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01-10-2017
12:01 PM
by
RogersPrasana
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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12-20-2016 11:43 AM
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
12-20-2016 11:53 AM - edited 12-20-2016 11:55 AM
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?
12-21-2016
10:25 AM
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12-21-2016
10:28 AM
by
RogersMoin
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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12-21-2016
10:52 AM
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12-21-2016
11:00 AM
by
RogersMoin
@barndoor wrote:
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.
12-21-2016 11:58 AM
@Short-Wave wrote:
@barndoor wrote:
SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then.
.I will switch to Speakout which is all I need for my purposes. I will use up my present Rogers Pay-Go balance.
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.
12-21-2016 12:57 PM
@Short-Wave wrote:
@barndoor wrote:SWITCH TO A CHEAPER COMPANY then.
.I will switch to Speakout which is all I need for my purposes. I will use up my present Rogers Pay-Go balance.
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 .
12-21-2016 02:27 PM
@OLDYELLR wrote: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.
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.
12-21-2016 07:26 PM
If I recall correctly, Petro Canada is Rogers too.
Bruce
12-21-2016 07:45 PM