The data plans that have been in the cooker since January are finally seeing the light of day for BlackBerry. $30 for 300 MB and $50 for 500 MB are the main flavours, but differ a little bit. The $50 plan is Flex, meaning if you go over your allotment, Rogers will bump you up to the next tier. Not bad, but still not unlimited. We got a look at some of the internal marketing docs, and they had some pretty interesting demographical info, claiming less than 1% of users go over 100 MB monthly, meaning their $30 plan is more than enough for regular users. To be fair, that’s because it’s been stupidly expensive to get a 100 MB plan – now that you’re offering it for way cheaper, data services are much more accessible, so capping 300 MB is entirely possible. Oh, another lil caveat – these plans aren’t available for BES users, BIS only. How do you guys do on your monthly data usage?
It’s about freakin’ time!
I am at the 185 meg/month so their data seems correct.
I love how they say that 99% of Smartphone users use less than 33mb, and that 99% of Laptop card users use less than 1 Gb. That’s because data was so damn expensive!!! Let’s see the new stats after a year with the new plans…I think that the average usage will go up, now that it is a little more affordable…
Bog deal. Bell has a 30 dollar unlimited plan now. And evdo rev A nationwide coverage. Rogers can’t compete with that network coverage or data plan.
Bell’s 30 dollar plan is only web browsing, isn’t it?
Roger’s HSPA network is also canada wide, with the new BOLD launching pretty soon with HSPA (7.2 mb/s potential download speeds, aka faster than Bell’s DSL Highspeed Internet) you’ll be able to start complaining about the 300 mb data plan soon enough!
Seriously with iphone coming out, 300MB will not fit the everyday lifestyle of its users. $100 for 6 Gigs is still expensive for something that isn’t unlimited. I’m sure we’ll be hearing some nightmare data overage stories hitting the news in the upcoming months.