I've been looking forward to opening day of the NFL season all summer, and when that day finally arrived, the afternoon was bittered by the Rogers Cable monopoly. I was most looking forward to the Patriots vs. Jets game as they've supplemented their receiving core with Dante Stallworth and Randy Moss - two new huge targets for Brady. Unfortunately, that game isn't on any of the channels we get, we get the Buffalo Bills game on EVERY freakin' channel. The channel information might say that the game is on, but nope, ALL BILLS ALL THE TIME. Considering the proximity to New York and New England, you'd think Rogers might consider giving some coverage to that game but I guess they're just huge Bills fans. I guess it's Global TV's fault too, but I still hate Rogers.
Complaint #2. As my housemate Ryan and I were whining to each other about how we want to see the Patriots game, we got to talking about how much Rogers sucks at other things too. Wireless data plans. As smartphones become more popular, more people are subscribing to wireless data plans on top of their voice plans. Apparently, it's a lot more expensive in Canada, strangely more expensive than Rwanda.
Also, Rogers offers great deals such as 0.5 MB per month for $12. And if you use more somehow, it will only cost you $22/MB over. They say this will easily be enough for 10-15 emails per day. Hmmm. 15 emails per day, at 1 kb per email (essentially empty), will run you 450 kb after 30 days.
Apparently they used to offer "unlimited" data plans as well, but the fine print had the catch that anything over 25 MB is abusive. T-Mobile has a real unlimited data plan with 1000 anytime minutes for $59.99. Rogers offers 150 minutes and 25 MB for only $95 per month. Apparently Canada just doesn't have the technological infrastructure to offer a cheaper alternative.
