Rogers Mobile Internet Stick working under Linux

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:08:44AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I just looked this up.  What gets me is:
> 
>   Monthly System Access Fee (non-government fee) $6.95
> 
> They cannot quite bring themselves to say "a fee we charge because we
> can".  Calling it a "non-government fee" just doubles the weasliness.

Oh that is the 'make our advertised price look better' fee.

> Of course there is an even funnier one:
> 	Monthly 911 Emergency Access Fee (non-government fee) 50cents
> Can you even use 911 with this?  Isn't it data-only?

Hmm, they should not charge that if the account has no phone
capabilities (so no phone number = no 911 fee I believe).

> And then there is:
> 	(If usage is greater than 5 GB, 3cents per additional MB will be
> 	charged)
> Is that for 911?  I cannot tell.  If so, how do megabytes relate to
> 911?  If not, why is it broken out from their already specified prices?

No that's the data plan part.  If you use more than your quota, you get
a nasty surprise.

> Rogers marketing really puts me off.  Funny thing: their phone support
> for cable is now really quite good; this is a change.

Hmm, I haven't had to call them for a long time.

Other than their stupid DNS changes, both cable modem and cable tv seems
to be working just fine lately.

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Len Sorensen
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