Here’s some good news for those currently enjoying Rogers and Fido iPhone tethering. Rogers has just announced that they’re extending their iPhone tethering promo for both carriers up until next year. It was originally expected to end by the end of this month.
The announcement isn’t posted yet on their website, but they’ve sent this email to Mobilesyrup to spread the good news already to affected subscribers:
The current promotion, originally set to expire December 31, provides tethering at no extra charge to those with a data plan/add-on of 1 GB or more with a compatible device. Data charges for tethering are deducted from the customer’s current data plan bucket. This promotion has been extended for all existing customers until May 3, 2010. Customers who are currently eligible to use tethering can continue to do so at no extra charge until the promotion’s end date.
We can’t help but wonder though, if they can extend it by another whole three months, why not just make it a permanent service for their iPhone subscribers? Could it be that they’re still in a wait-and-see stage or are they just trying to lure in more subscribers with the iPhone 3G S before Apple finally announces the 4G iPhone? We’ll probably never know for sure the reason behind the extension, but what’s certain is Rogers and Fido iPhone user will get to enjoy tethering at no extra cost up until May 3rd of 2010.
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Sorry, I know I’m late to comment on this, but isn’t it a bit ridiculous that Rogers and Fido are going to make us pay an additional fee to tether? This is a fairly new technology that, since its existence, has made peoples’ lives easier and increased productivity. Is the fact that it will increase competition amoung internet and cell phone companies such a terrible thing? There’s really only one possible reason for them to charge a premium for something that doesn’t cost them anything extra to offer — greed. And it’s not like the $30 6GB plan is such a great deal that would have people using ridiculous amounts of data while tethering without paying a penalty; I can understand this logic in the US, where the data plan is for unlimited data, but not in Canada where there are usage restrictions.
Petition anyone?
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