Rogers Actually Listens to Customers; Hell Freezes Over

In a way, I’m speechless. Maybe, just maybe those thousands of unhappy Canadian voices finally got through to the folks at Rogers. Or, I’m seriously hallucinating. I’ll take it as the former until someone pinches me.

According to a press release from Rogers, the company will offer a promotional deal that will include 6GB of data for $30 a month that can be tacked on to any voice plan. This promotion is only going to last until August 31, so this is definitely a bid to try to pursuade people already on the fence about buying an iPhone.

Granted, it isn’t the best deal around, but it’s way better than the company’s previous offering. 6GB of data should be enough for anyone, especially since there is no tethering option (unless you plan to watch tons of videos over the air on the device, but even that’s a stretch). Hopefully the demand will encourage Rogers to keep the deal around for the long haul, but time will tell.

Effective July 11, and as a limited time promotional offer for customers who activate by August 31 on a three year contract, a data-only offering of 6GB of data for $30 per month is being made available that can be added to any in-market voice plan. For example, with 6GB of data, iPhone 3G users can visit 35,952 web pages, or send and receive 157,286 emails, or watch 6,292 minutes of YouTube videos each and every month.