Since writing my previous post (just published a few minutes ago) Rogers have somewhat bowed to demands and released new lower rates - valid only until August 31st this year. We can now get an awesome six-gigabyte data plan for $30. What happens to those people that buy after August 31st? Will we have to pay $70 a month - the second highest data plan rate in the world?

It appears that they have slashed the cost of using an iPhone in Canada and the phone will be launched at six stores across the country tomorrow.

Rogers representatives say six gigabytes will allow users to visit 36,000 Web pages, send or receive more than 157,000 emails or watch almost 6,300 minutes of YouTube videos each month. That should be quite enough for the average user.

The rate covers only Web browsing, emails and video, so phone service costs will be tacked on top of the $30. Always a catch, eh?