Comments on: Review: The Rocket Stick Rocks

By: odie

odie — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:46:04 +0000

Hey guys, I have recently purchased the Rogers Rocket Stick. I also have a mobile with Rogers. I too neededd mobile internet for school and convenience when I al away from home. So in combo with my cell phone and rocket stick I pay 94 dollars a month (with taxes). Rogers charges you a one time 35.00 activation fee, I got the 3 year term , which works fine for me as I have 2more years of school left anyways and travel a tad bit. If u do choose to cancel you have to pay a maximum of 100.00 cancellation fee..reason for this is its not a data package , its only gb’s. So with the 94 dollars , I get 6 gb’s for my phone and laptop. 200 daytime mins on phone, my top 10 contacts, free after 6 evenings and weekends, with my voice mail, caller I’d, all that jazz. It took 2 days to have my rocket stick delivered. 10 mins to set up… Connection right away…only issue I have is it going in and out of connection…I’ve had it for a week..and sometimes it disconnects , and I have to pull it out of usb port and put it back in. You also have 15 day trial..if its not for u , u can send it pack…hope this helps

By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:04:09 +0000

I’m sure Rogers will sell you additional data as long as you’re willing to pay.

Mark

By: Sujata

Sujata — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:31:21 +0000

Hello Mark,

I am based in Ontario and am looking for a mobile internet data plan 3G or
4G that will give me access to about 2 Gb of data per month combined in
Canada as well as the US.

I think one of the Rogers Rocket Mobile Internet Plans or BELL’s US & Canada Mobile Internet Plans might be the one for me. But I’ve heard that with Rogers one can use only upto 75MB in these packages. Is it true? And does BELL have similar restrictions as well?

Thanks.

By: James Hunt

James Hunt — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:10:38 +0000

DONT EVER DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE FOR THE ROCKET STICK> IT MAKES IT DOWNLOAD WAY SLOWER> THE ROCKET STICK WORKS GREAT WITHOUT THE UPDATE!!!!!!!!

By: markevans

markevans — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:39:06 +0000

I agree that having to enter into a long-termcontractis not idealwhenyoureallywanttousesomethingforjustafewmonths.IdidsomediggingaroundonhowtheservicewouldworkifyouboughttheRocketStickfor$199,butcouldn'tfindanyinformationontheWebsiteotherthantwoorthree-yearcontracts.From what I can tell, Rogers is selling the Rocket Stick as another wireless service as opposed to Internet access. That said, they are trying to attract more users so maybe limited use packages would be a good niche as long as customers are willing to pay for the hardware.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:08 +0000

Hey Mark – quick question for you – I would only need this for the cottage season – May to mid-October. The 3 yr contract is therefore not terribly cool to me. If I buy the stick, and then only need 4 months of service, it's unlikely to work out as well. It strikes me that there's a decently large population of people in the same boat – you can get suspended satellite TV service without a charge, so why wouldn't Rogers/Bell/Telus come up with an offering for that crowd? And then advertise it to the slow moving crowds on the 401, 35, 400, etc…

By: TJ Nash

TJ Nash — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:59:46 +0000

Hey Mark can you give me feedback on a company…broadburst.com I'd like to know exactly what they do and is their business old, current or future abled. I've had a few of my investment clients invest in the company through a "brother" of a friend and want to make sure they are not getting hosed. Your guidance is most appreciated.

Cheers,

TJ Nash

By: Pedro Cardoso

Pedro Cardoso — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:33:20 +0000

Conrad, I respectively disagree with your assessment of Mark's writing. I can point to many recent instances of where writing on this blog has been that which you claim to crave.

"Can Apple Save Newspapers?" as an example I thought was very insightful and got me to thinking about "Apple" and the much discussed future "iPad" in a much different light. It has inspired me to table this topic in a future blog post on my own.

I consume "Scoble-numbers" of blogs per month – and I can say that I have learned as much (if not more) from Mark's approach and style of blogging than any other single source. The articles are consistently clear and articulate, and while Mark may not have the most "magnetic or edgy" blog titles out there, I have never been "fooled or misled" when I've read through an article, compared to what my expectations were.

It might be more useful, both to Mark and others here, if you could point us to an example post or blog that is meeting your expectations. I'm always interested in finding other quality blogs out there. Wondering if you have your own blog? – Pedro (MakingItWork)

By: Jeff Wiener

Jeff Wiener — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:01:22 +0000

I've been tethering my iPhone to my MAC for a few weeks and it works great. I had to upgrade my iPhone to release 3; the set-up took about 15 minutes, enabled Internet Tethering on the iPhone, and I'm now able to surf on my MAC at 3G speeds. I wrote a blog post on this very subject, and you can check out: http://www.thetelecomblog.com/2009/08/07/internet...

By: markevans

markevans — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:07:06 +0000

Conrad,

Thanks for feedback. I try to provide valuable perspective and insight so I'll keep on an eye on the \"corporate shill\" in the future. cheers, Mark