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If there’s one thing that bugs me about going to so many trade shows, it’s dealing with the roaming rates, or worse still, trying to somehow get a SIM card with prepaid BlackBerry data on it. Rogers has presented a new solution for those in a similar situation, and are calling it One Rate.
Basically, for $10 more than what you’d normally pay, your data plan can be used either in the U.S. or Canada without incurring any additional roaming charges. Here’s what One Rate will have available:
- $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
Not too shabby at all, though I’d like to see one-time data travel packs for occasional travellers that keep up with this standard. Currently, you can shell out a $60 one-time fee for a measly 75 MB, and another $0.80/per MB after (charges for the lower-tier U.S. data travel packs are even worse).
Regardless, One Rate is a step in the right direction, and will have a lot of appeal to Canadians who frequently go south of the border. Find more info on Rogers’ roaming plans over here. For those coming up to our barren, frigid wasteland, you should check out the Visitor Pack.
[via Rogers]
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
