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KC_
join:2013-06-10
Mississauga, ON

KC_

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Prices going up?

Just heads-up,, from Robert Bruce, President of the Communications Division at Rogers:

"...the reason that we think over time there is more pricing upside in Internet are all the things that we're doing to build the superiority of the Internet. And you will have seen many of these things. Virtually, all our customers in the past 6 months, we've up-speeded them significantly. We've invested in verifying speed consistency with the first Canadian ISP to use SamKnows, which is an internationally recognized methodology, to ensure that we're actually delivering the speed that we commit to deliver at peak times and at all hours throughout the day. And we believe that customers are looking for this kind of transparency. We've launched things like TechXpert so that we can give premium technical support to our customers. We've removed all our traffic management processes. We have significantly enhanced the value of this product, and overtime, it is our plan to monetize it accordingly and the price increase that you would receive in the mail would've just been 1 step in that monetization that we think will continue as Internet becomes the backbone product in the home.

Whole article here:

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AppleGuy
Premium Member
join:2013-09-08
Kitchener, ON

AppleGuy

Premium Member

They just raised prices August 24.

Perhaps Rogers sees the writing on the wall that their flagship service, cable, will eventually disappear like the dinosaurs. With so many choices out there, cable is becoming a moot point for some people. I think in 10 years, cable will be gone, and we will have to rely on the Internet for programming. This is a good thing, only pay for what you want to watch. On the other hand, many stations that are now subsidized by cable users will disappear. Survival of the fittest at its finest.

elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON

elitefx

Member

said by AppleGuy:

I think in 10 years, cable will be gone, and we will have to rely on the Internet for programming.

Yes and we'll be paying $250/month for an 80GB cap tier when that happens. It is ROGERS after all...............

sbrook
Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa

sbrook

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and expect a lot of "under the line fees", like "Explanation of the latest fee hike fee"

And a price protection fee ... "If you pay us $3 per month, we guarantee that your rate will not increase for 6 months (excludes changes and new additional fees)."

BACONATOR26
Premium Member
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON

BACONATOR26

Premium Member

said by sbrook:

and expect a lot of "under the line fees", like "Explanation of the latest fee hike fee"

And a price protection fee ... "If you pay us $3 per month, we guarantee that your rate will not increase for 6 months (excludes changes and new additional fees)."

Then of course they'll bring back the usage assurance plans.