T&T: Mobile Internet finally affordable in Canada

[Bruce Gelhorn]

For the past couple of months, I've been trying to find a reasonable 
deal on mobile internet in British Columbia.  The three main cellular 
phone providers (BCE, Telus and Rogers) all offer 3G USB sticks, but 
data plans are not cheap ($25/0.5 GB, $30/1.0 GB and $60/3.0 GB) and 
added to those rates are the @#*%@** system access fees.

Then came the possibility of tethering with the new iPhones (and also 
with the older iPhones after installing a free software upgrade). Rogers 
currently have a promotion that expires July 31 which gives both iPhone 
and Blackberry users a 6 GB tethering-enabled data plan for $30 per 
month (on a 3 year contract), and unlike the 3G USB sticks, they don't 
charge a second system access fee for the data plan.  The promotion is 
not on Rogers' website at the time of writing, but information is 
available from Rogers' call centres.

I am now the happy owner of a new iPhone.

At the time I made my deal with Rogers, Telus and BCE were not matching 
the data rates and features for their Blackberry customers.  It would be 
great if they change their minds as they both provide decent coverage in 
Johnstone Strait and Bella Bella.   Roger's has very little coverage in 
Johnstone Strait and none in Bella Bella.

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Bruce Gelhorn
M/V Single Malt
Mainship 34-I
Vancouver, BC