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If you’re an existing Rogers customer and are planning to buy the Apple iPhone 4S, you can check if you’re contract is eligible for early hardware upgrade online.

Rogers, like they’ve done in past years has released the “Check My Eligibility for iPhone Upgrade” tool.

You can access it here.

Rogers announced today it will be the first wireless carrier in Canada to perform technical trials on the LTE (4G) network.

The trials will commence in the very near future in the Ottawa area.

LTE (4G) technology allows speeds of upto 150Mbps over wireless signals and is the next step for all wireless providers worldwide.

Source: Rogers Redboard

If you have Rogers internet or Rogers home phone service and are looking to add Rogers Basic Cable, here’s a deal for you!

Basic Cable is available for only $15.99/month (Regularly $29.99).

Conditions

• Only for GTA residents
• Must sign a 2 year contract.
• Only for new CABLE customers.
• Must be an existing Rogers Internet or Rogers Home Customer.

How to get deal or other deals listed below:

• Contact “Steve” at the following #: 1-800-605-6678

Other Deals

• #1 VIP OFFER
• 3 months free Digital VIP cable
• -12mo verbal commitment
• At request:
• 3 months free Extreme internet
• 3 months free Home phone with 2 features
• Works out to 25% savings overall

• #2 BASIC OFFER
• $15 Basic cable for 6 months
• -12mo verbal commitment
• Works out to 25% savings overall

Some clients are reporting delays of upto 12 hours, while others are reporting messages not being delivered at all.

This issue has be going on and off, for about 4 weeks.

Rogers does not have an ETA as to when the issue will be resolved.

If you are a Rogers Wireless customer and drink Coke products, here’s a promotion that can save you upto $30/month off your Rogers bill.

Everytime you text a iCoke PIN to 42653 from your Rogers cellphone, you will receive a $0.75 credit on your Rogers bill (maximum 10 per week).

The iCoke PINs can be found under the bottle caps of many Coke products and inside Nestea Iced Tea boxes. More details on where to find these PINs.

If you drink Coke products, instead of just recycling the bottle and cap, you can get the iCoke PIN and earn yourself upto $7.50/week.

More details on Rogers / iCoke Promotion.

Apple announced the iPad will be available in Canada on May 28th. Rogers, Bell and Telus have all made official announcements they will be carrying the device.

Today, we’ve found out from the Apple Store details of Rogers’s data plan offering.

Obviously $35 a month for a 5 GB data plan is no where close to what ATT is offering in the United States ($30 for Unlimited iPad Data).

It appears as if Apple’s store website may have released details prematurely. The $20 add-on option is no longer available at Rogers. Only the $15 for 250MB and $35 for 5GB data options will be available upon launch. Rogers Redboard (Their Blog)

Currently, there aren’t any details of Bell and Telus’s iPad specific data plans. The wireless industry is a copy-cat industry, so don’t be surprised if Bell and Telus offer the identical data plan when they release details of their Apple iPad data plan.

As an incentive to signing up for their Rewards program, Rogers is giving away $5 in the form of a credit into your Pay & Talk account.

All you have to go is submit your details, and the $5 credit will be applied to your account. Go here to get your $5 credit.

This is ONLY for Rogers Pay & Talk clients.

More details on their Rewards Program.

In response to Telus’s promotion from a few days ago, the other Big 2 carriers have decided to match the promotion.

Telus offered new clients 6 months of unlimited local calling, free calling on early nights and weekends starting at 6pm (regularly $7/month) and free activation ($35 fee).

That offer is now available at Bell, Fido and Rogers for new clients signing new 3 year contracts.

Officially, this offer is not available for existing clients looking to renew their contracts.