Over the summer Rogers kicked off LTE in Canada with their Ottawa network, and Bell answered with an launch in Toronto and the surrounding area. Rogers is now expanding their reach to all of the major Canadian cities: Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto can now get in on the fun. To promote the launch, Rogers is offering a limited-time 10 GB data bucket for $52.93/month on a three-year plan. Makes sense given you’ll be chewing through data a lot faster than before.
Rogers has already announced that they’ll have an LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy S II and the HTC Jetstream tablet on October 18th. As is, the only Rogers device that takes advantage of LTE is an internet stick. Typical speeds range between 12 and 25 Mbps, with a max of 75 Mbps on current devices, 100 Mbps on devices launching this year, and 150 Mbps for devices launched down the line. Telus has been peculiarly quiet on their LTE plans, though we should be seeing something from them at least by early next year, and no doubt the smaller carriers will follow suit shortly thereafter.
Right now, I’m on the promotional $30/6 GB plan from Rogers, but unless an LTE BlackBerry comes out soon, I may just switch over to the little guys. $35 for unlimited HSPA+ data with throttling at 6 GB is good enough for me (especially since that includes unlimited local calling and texting), but what about you? Any Canadians really dying for LTE? The devices sure are attractive, but without competitive rates, I’m not particularly interested. To keep up-to-date on Rogers’ network progress, they’ve got an LTE mini-site over here.
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