Rogers to offer one week of roaming data with new Samsung subscriptions

Starting today and until July 31st, customers purchasing and activating a Samsung smartphone on any 2- or 3-yr Talk, Text & Internet plan with Rogers will get 350MB of U.S. roaming internet to use in a week.

With a week of roaming on for free  50MB of data per day,  customers should be able to do the following while in the US?

·         Browse 50 maps or

·         Browse 200 web pages or

·         Send 1,000 emails or

·         Send 5,000 Tweets or

·         Send 128 photos

Sweet deal if you're Samsung inclined. 

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SamKnows says Rogers customers are getting the download speeds they're paying for

John Boynton, (left) EVP and chief marketing officer of Rogers and Alex Salter CEO of SamKnows at the media briefingIt is downright tricky to track broadband speed performance and even trickier to make pronouncements that one's service is better, faster or more consistent thant the competition's. Rogers hired third party broadband performance testing expert SamKnows to track their speeds. As per SamKnows' findings, Rogers delivered on avarage 100 per cent or more of advertised download speeds on the most popular subscription packages.

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