We know the boo birds are going to have a lot of fun with this, but today Rogers officially introduced North American One Rate data roaming plans. In exchange for an extra $10 per month, Rogers subs will be able to get their data freak on south of the 49th without having to pay a penny for per Kb data roaming. Instead, the used data deducted directly from their normal monthly data bucket. Here are the plans:
- $20 Personal Email on BB CDN/US
- $35 Consumer/Small business BB (BIS) 500MB CDN/US Plan
- $35 Consumer/Small business 500MB CDN & US Data Plan
- $40 Consumer/Small business BB (BIS) 1GB CDN & US Plan
- $40 Consumer/Small business 1GB CDN & US Data Plan
- $45 500MB CDN & US Mobile Internet Flex Rate Plan
- $50 DAP (for MSD customers) 1.5GB CDN & US Data Plan
- $55 Corporate BB (BES) 1GB CDN & US Plan
- $55 Corporate BB (BES) 500 MB CDN & US Flex Rate Plan
We don’t think the One Rate roaming plans will “shatter people’s perception of wireless data roaming when visiting the United States” as Rogers has stated, but we also think it’s hard to argue against the transparency of the new plans. Now to do something about voice and SMS…
Fun fact: There’s nothing that says you can’t switch to this plan as you’re boarding your flight to NYC and then removing it as soon as you’re back on Canadian soil.
