http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/ Engadget Comments for Rogers' budget-friendly chatr brand launches in Canada http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/And I think Rogers needs to work on rolling out new Android Phones rather than new brands..Why couldn't they just make this a part of Fido? ]]>Jul 28th 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/They wont lower their prices because if they do Bell and Telus will do the same which means marginal income will go down for all]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
"robr"]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Normally, I don't like foreign companies taking over our industries, but for god's sakes somebody please kill Robbers and Bell! I am fed up not just at them, but at our incompetent government that cares nothing for it's citizens and continues to work for big business. I beg you Vodafone, Sprint, Verizon and even you AT&T, end our suffering and enter the Canadian Market!]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Exactly. I was going to say the same thing.]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Thats a terrible deal, Your paying $35 a month and you only get unlimited outgoing to "Anywhere in the province" and 50 texts. Here in the UK you can get a FREE decent feature phone with 600mins and unlimited texts for around £20. And fortunately carriers do not try to trick people by stating things as "Unlimited Incoming Texts and Calls" No body in there right mind would pay to receive a text message! That is unless you were in another country or whatnot.]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Sadly it IS a feature. . . We do actually have to pay for stuff like that]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Yeah we pay for stuff like that =/]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Because of population density. Unlike europe we have vast areas of empty land! Prices are higher because tele companies need more towers for less ppl than in Europe. Of course Here in canada we are just getting F*ed because Telus,Bell and Rogers are doing everything possible to block international companies from competing.]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Even then, it'd be better if Caller ID actually meant - you know, display the persons First, Last name along with the number (like landline, heck if they did this for cellphone #'s that'd be great but cells are disposable, and you don't "own" the number like on a landline).]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Rogers: "You think so, eh? Ha ha ha..."]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.thestar.com/article/841014--mobilicity-to-take-rogers-to-court-over-new-discount-service]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Are you kidding? Telus launched Koodo Mobile back in 2008. Get your facts straight.]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Yeah and Bell bought Virgin a while back too.

For the record, I hate Koodo's ad campaigns. . . ]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Bell is going to rebrand Solo Mobile.]]>Jul 28th 2010 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/I think every Canadian hates Koodo and no one takes the brand remotely seriously after that name and the annoying ad campaign associated with it.

To sum it up, Koodo, Virgin (owned by Bell, and has no connection to the actual Virgin company), and now Chatr are all attempts at the Big 3 to try and continue their tri-opoly.]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
this is a tier that slots in under fido/koodo/virgin]]>Jul 28th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
right now it goes:

bell-rogers-telus
fido-koodo-solo-virgin
wind-publicmobile-mobilicity-chatr.

in my expereince wind is still the best, rogers' main brand and fido sometimes give really good deals with their good phones if you call in customer support, but even then its nothing compared to what wind gives. also mobilicity's 65 dollar unlimited everything (including data) is pretty amazing.

the chatr plans seem really bad compared to wind and mobilicity, even their phones (although i understand you can bring your own GSM phones instead of just AWS for wind)

if it wasnt for the millions of marketing dollars they have, chatr would die before we know it.]]>Jul 28th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
All three big player will rape your wallet with data plans. I'm waiting to switch to Wind as soon as my contract expires !]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Wind has some extremely tempting plans right now, but they just don't have the phones. Toss some high-end Android handsets into Wind's mix and I'll be there no problem.]]>Jul 28th 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/What Canada desires is an option of getting Google Voice and SkypeIn number.

The Cell phone plans offered here are just too expensive compared to anywhere else.]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/They do this to try and force customers to get into a messaging plan. Pretty much every messaging plan "waives" this fee. The funny thing is, the U.S. has been doing this for a while, and Canada has just recently picked it up from the United States. Gotta love America!]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
You have to pay for voicemail.
You have to pay for caller id.
You have to pay for incoming texts.
You have to pay for incoming calls.]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
So I guess by being disappointed I am not because for a new company this is terrible, but for Rogers this is uhh! A little better. But I am happy with WIND :)]]>Jul 28th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aulGEpbvlroM

And in less than ONE year, his company creates another brand to compete DIRECTLY with Wind and Mobilicity. Make no mistake, Robbers isn't trying to take away marketshare from the new players, they're trying to bully their way to run them out of business before they can get big.

Chat-r's plans are almost identical to the Wind/Mobilicity. Chat-r just so happens to be available in the exact same handful of cities that Wind/Mobilicity currently offer despite using a Rogers network which blankets more than that. I'm disappointed that no Canadian governing body has stepped in and slapped them on the wrist.

PS: It costs 10 cents to send/receive texts in Canada unless your under some text plan. Yes it sucks, many things you take for granted are "Features" here...]]>Jul 28th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/ha! ATT is 20 cents per txt in or out w/o plan. just sayin]]>Jul 28th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/28/rogers-budget-friendly-chatr-brand-launches-in-canada/Jul 28th 2010 9:31PM