I just returned from a week in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show, checked my data usage and compared it to what it would have cost with any Canadian company at a low (NOT!) $6/MB for data. Considering the fact that I had used 320MB of data, the price tag with my provider, Bell, would have been a whopping $1920 for that data alone. Talked into Roam Mobility for the week, unlimited US talk, unlimited international text, 2GB of high-speed data, tethering and voicemail cost me all of $27.95 CDN. Forgive my rant but we need to find a way to break free of a system where ‘the big three‘ can pay off governments to maintain sky-high prices and prevent fair competition. How is it that I could make countless calls from Las Vegas to Ontario for that $27.95, and without a single roaming fee?



Link: TechnologyX