Carleton has contracted with Rogers to provide mobile phone services for faculty and staff FOR BUSINESS USE! This plan only applies to devices that are paid for by University funds.
What do I have to do?
Anyone under the Carleton corporate plan already will be automatically transferred to the new plan on May 1, 2019.
Benefits
Benefits of this new VOR (Vendor of Record) include:
discount pricing through standardized plans, and
enhanced service support.
Ultimately, this will result in substantial savings.
NEW PRICING
With the new plan most users average monthly bill will now be $19.05 per month.
Most Users: $19.05 per month
$4.75 – Unlimited local voice minutes and MMS messaging
$14.30 – up to 6 Gigabyte
Data-heavy Users: $49.75 per month
$4.75 – Unlimited local voice minutes and MMS messaging
$45.00 – 6 Gigabyte to Unlimited
Tiered Data Flex Plans: Each month the user will start on the lowest data tier ($14.30 for up to 6 GB) and may progress to the unlimited tier (never pay more than $45.00 a month for data) depending on usage
Calls within Canada
$0.01 per minute
Canadian long distance packages:
Unlimited minutes for $3.15 / month
This may be purchased as a separate add-on
Some of the Features of the new VOR
Unlimited local calling
Unlimited text messages & MMS
Call display
Call forwarding
Call waiting
Conference calling
Hardware Discount off MSRP
65% discount (smart phones) for voice and data
50% discount (cell phones) for voice only or data only
61% discount for accessories
Historical Note
Under the former pricing on average most users were paying $53 monthly.
Data Flex Plan
Charges were based on how much data you use each month.
$15.25 – up to 300 Megabytes
$30.00 – Up to 1 Gigabyte
$45.00 – Up to 6 Gigabyte
$50.00 – Unlimited
With the Pay Per Use Flex Data option, your monthly fee automatically adjusted according to your monthly data usage, so your monthly fee can change each billing month depending on how much data was used that month. The average user was paying at the 6GB level above.
Unlimited local voice minutes – $5.00
MMS messaging – $3.00
Calls within Canada
$0.02 per minute
Canadian long distance packages
Unlimited minutes for $6.25 / month
This may be purchased as a separate add-on