Chatr going live tomorrow?

By on Jul 27, 2010 at 10:15 PM
General July 27, 2010

Chatr Wireless, Rogers venture into pre-paid all you can eat cell and text service, is set to go live tomorrow — July 28th — according to a report filed by Android Headlines. The blog writes that a SIM card will set you back between $5 and $10 (that’s Canadian of course), and the two plans available will be unlimited talk for $35 and unlimited talk and text for $45. Keep your eye on http://www.chatrwireless.com, which should go live sometime tonight.

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  • Android

    Apple pulled iChatr from the App Store about a week in due to people exposing themselves. Hope they thought this through before going live!

    • Moe

      chat-r has nothing to do with iChatr, chat-r is a sub-brand that Rogers is launching to stop some customer bleeding to the new carriers like Wind and Mobilicity.

      • Android

        Wrong. Google the term iChatr. It was pulled after a week.

      • Weak Sauce

        Honestly, there’s no way Apple will let Roger let iChatr back in after all the complaints. The iPhone brand is way too precious for that. Verdict: Not going live tomorrow. Unless you already downloaded the app, then it’s live 24/7 for you.

      • Justin Credible

        What the heck are you talking about? This article has nothing to do with an iPhone app. Did you even read before commenting? Nope.

  • Jared D.

    i think everyones confused or just being difficult. this article is about chatr, not to be confused with ichatr the application that was pulled from the iphone. chatr is a wireless carrier in canada that is rolling out.

    see other articles on this topic.

    http://www.bgr.com/category/chatr-carriers-canadian/

    • Pantech Rules

      I don’t think it’s too confusing. iChatr was maliciously pulled by Apple for a stupid reason. Now that it’s being reinstated in another country, Apple can’t do anything about it. Go Canada! Go iChatr!

      • Justin Credible

        Clearly you didn’t read the article either. Wth. This is about a wireless carrier, not Apple anything.

      • mradd

        Moron.

  • Brian

    Comments have been extra lame today… Not just here, but on other blogs/message boards as well…

  • Mohammad

    what’s chatr?

  • Nico

    You are all stupid! Not everything on BGR had to do with Apple!

    This article is about Rogers Wireless and their new brand ‘CHAT-R WIRELESS’, that Rogers created to go against Canada’s new wireless carriers WIND, MOBILCITY and even PUBLIC MOBILE.

    The new carriers are non contract. No subsidized phones, you buy the phone full price. WIND and Mobilcity use the AWS band 1700 just like
    T-Mobile USA. CHAT-R will be 2G Talk and Text only. No data like the new guys…

    • Tdot34

      WIND has data… Very cheap too, $35 for unlimited.

  • APACHE

    As a former Wind Mobile customer, i will be among the first people to head to Scarborough Town Centre to get a Chatr Wireless sim card.

    Long story cut short, when i was with wind, my cell phone will show Wind away while i’m at my place in the middle of Toronto, add to that the fact that Wind lost my lovely 416 #, unable to port it for 1 month.

    GO CHATR GO !

    • Tdot34

      Shutup you are a Rogers troll, you people have scoured over the forums since WIND launched, Attempting to discredit WIND and other carriers.

      If you wanted your WIND phone to stay in your home zone only, just set the damn phone to “Home Only” and it will find another tower.

    • SVELTE

      What are you getting paid buddy? So pathetic… and like your employer you may have no soul.

  • Darth the Vader the Lord

    I thought iChatr was pulled for explicit content. It’s back?

  • joshua

    does anyone care??!! this is bgrs like 6th post on chatr, a Canadian prepaid service??!!

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: St Cloud Americas

    • Bugs Bunny

      Not everyone lives in the states and not everyone cares about the states either..

  • FC1

    Ah the Internet. The one place people will comment on just about anything without understanding what the hell they’re talking about: Read the article!

  • Justin Credible

    I swear some of these morons only read the headlines and then skip right down to leave their comments.

  • SVELTE

    BOYCOT ROGERS: Canadian consumers have been violated too long by this dirty monopoly… Roger and his cronies can go fu@k themselves because that’s the only action they will get from me (and every Canadian I hope).

    • Baester

      nice work, ya tart.

      • SVELTE

        ?

    • cyclon79

      I agree… Do not buy any Rogers product even if they are cheaper and better. Rogers has a long histroy of sucking canadians….
      By launching Chatr, Rogers is trying to throw WInd and Mobilicity out of the market. Once they are out, the price will be up again. This is what exactly they did with Fido. They bought FIDO and then took out City Fido unlimited plan.
      Dont trust this b*****eds (Rogers). Thank god we have a choices after long time. Do not help rogers remove those choices.

      Visit http://www.ihaterogers.ca

  • Rowan Moore

    Wow i just died of laughing, read the article first before you post.

    Chatr is illegal as far as i can see, somehting about brands spliting is ilegal in Canada, but what do i know.

    i wish there were some american and european carries in canada.

    Vodafone (Verizon), T-Mob, Orange, 02, THEN we would have fun.

    Then Canadians would have a choice.

    7.50 pounds, unlimited internet (kinda) on Vodafone on Pay as you go…

  • Rowan Moore

    on side note, there are 16 carriers in The Netherlands. All rivals.

  • APACHE

    By the way, i don’t work for Rogers ………….. But i use my phone a lot and need a reliable network, which wasn’t the case for the month long that i was with Wind Moblie, i liked the fact i was able to make unlimited calls, but half of the time the service was not working ! ………..I agree we gotta give start ups a chance, but they better get theit act toghether before rushing to launch their services ! …..

    @TDOT34 …….. I bought a BB BOLD 9700 and tried all that, lock your phone on manual mode, i will pick up the signal, and 30 Minutes later the phone goes on WIND AWAY ………SO U SHUT UP !

    • Rowan Moore

      Well wind isnt a startup its BLOODY massive

    • ACD

      Step 1:

      Head to the nearest bridge.

      Step 2:

      Throw your BB off the bridge. You’re clearly incapable of using it.

      Step 3:

      Head to 7/11 for a dumb phone on prepaid. Stick to it.

  • APACHE

    Wind is a start up here in Canada and is backep up by Telecommunication giant ORASCOM…. so get your facts right !

    • Rowan Moore

      Globalive* you mean ,)

      • Baester

        Orascom provides most of their startup and operating funding plus holds more voting power. I’d say they they’re backed up by Orascom over Globalive

  • Rowan Moore

    Actually its a franchise of WIND hellena, they have a network in Italy, Spain and Greece.

    They are official sponsors of FC Roma :D

  • baba

    Senior vice-president of Chatr said:”It offers more choice for Canadians”. OK, where was Rogers until now ? Systematically along with Bell and Telus they keep the priced high. And some of you out here are a bunch of stupid idiots. It’s because of you that the rest of us have to pay these high prices. Doesn’t it bother you how ho much you’re ripped off or you are just plain brainwashed ? Also, you think Rogers is a saint ? Don’t you remember what scandal involved Ted Rogers or you have forgotten ? You make me sick. Yes, Europe, that’s where true business, competition an honest business is. Take a trip to see how far advanced they are. Low population od Canada vs US, is no excuse. Most countries in Europe have just around double+ the population of Canada and it works. They pay $30 a month for TV, internet and telephone. What do we pay here, over a hundred ? Get real and get lost, if you site with Rogers you are as bad as they are. I hope chatr goes out of business soon due to unfair practices, doesn’t deserve a penny.

    • cyclon79

      I agree….

  • iWTF

    whats an iphone? Blackberry is going to blow the shizzle fizzle out that crizzle pop. Chatr, F*** chatr or ichatr, bullshite with that phone thing. Blackberry and Bell is where its at. Or Telus Koodo, you know hizzy busy.

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