Comments on: Rogers on Demand online launches next week

By: iH8Rogers

iH8Rogers — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:31:51 +0000

it is stupid that you have to already be a rogers subscriber.
This is in no way similar to Hulu which is entirely free and does not require you to have a monthly bill setup with some other company.

I dont use Rogers for anything. I get my cable internet, and sat tv from 3rd parties who have competitive pricing, I would recommmend others do the same, since Robbers is an old uncopetitive, monopoly based company, which is never going to change unless people stop using their services.

By: Freezerlunik

Freezerlunik — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:15:04 +0000

I wish the telecommunications providers would focus more on the commodity they are in – namely providing reliable, fast means for customers to transfer data. In my eyes as a consumer, this is another way to waste money on redundant services that I have little interest in, instead of upgrading or improving the actual network. This is made worse by the fact that mobile telecom in Canada is an olygopoly with little to no competition. Sigh…

By: asdf Mc'asdf

asdf Mc'asdf — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:24:59 +0000

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By: Shabaaz

Shabaaz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:14:28 +0000

Just go to HULU.Com and save yourself the headache. (remember to use a good proxy server)

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:56:00 +0000

Just dl using torrents, commercial free and better quality

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:05:06 +0000

Now I know why Rogers throttles the internet, to make way for their own content.

Free eh? They are really sneaky. They will get people to rely on their programming again, then turn on the meter just when you get hooked! …. oh and guess what, Hulu is now starting to charge for it’s content.

Don’t say you weren’t warned.

By: WS

WS — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:24:07 +0000

Not really considering that content rights are limited to regions, not users.

By: Jt

Jt — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:38:34 +0000

I only have rogers cable i have bell as my isp.Will i be able to access tthe ondmeand service with sympatico.

By: snowy2004

snowy2004 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:44:17 +0000

Seems silly to block non-Canadian IPs if you need to log into your Rogers account to watch. If you have an account, wouldn’t it be clear enough that you’re Canadian?

That said, I am happy that they aren’t doing modem authentication. Yet, since I only have basic cable and CityTV already shows their shows online, I have to wonder what use this might have for me.

By: deucalion

deucalion — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:02:16 +0000

great more to against the bandwidth cap. if you want media to flow freely online you must remove this cap. if i am already paying for the tv program why must i pay for it again online. give me one data source that covers itnernet and cable all at one, digitally. There is no need for two services, it is esentially one service packaged nicely to rip you off.

By: Jay-TO

Jay-TO — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:24:25 +0000

Horrible concept rogers. Just even more gouging. Besides having to subscribe to their cable packages consisting of mostly cbc and ctv in different time zones (which rogers itself doesn’t pay for but charges you anyways) you have to use your monthly allotment of data to view it. Thats double dipping. Its like subscribing to cable and then having to pay extra to see it. Only an idiot would see this as something good. You can get it for free without subscribing to cable by going to ctv or cbc directly on the web and watch what shows you want without all the commercials.

By: thomas

thomas — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:21:52 +0000

Speculation originally was that authentication would be through the cable box (very secure) but its actually just a username and password (not secure at all)

This means you can watch it anywhere inside Canada. IP addresses outside Canada will be blocked.

By: snowy2004

snowy2004 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:33:01 +0000

I was looking forward to this but some if the things here make it seem less appealing: Ads (We’re paying for this, for crap’s sake!), lack of HD, this going towards the bandwith cap (granted, I might be more pissed if it didn’t and Rogers went against net neutrality). I just want to confirm: do we need to be at home with a Rogers web modem to use it, as I have heard before? Or can we use it anywhere?