Ted Rogers - President & CEO of Rogers has passed away
December 2, 2008
Edward Samuel “Ted” Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communications Inc., a visionary communications industry pioneer and an icon in Canadian business has died. He was 75.
Mr. Rogers, who suffered from congestive heart failure, saw his health weaken over the past few years. He was surrounded by loved ones when he died at his home in Toronto.
Wikipedia - Edward Samuel Rogers
Edward Samuel “Ted” Rogers, Jr., OC, BA, LL.B, D.Sc (born May 27, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario) is the President and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., and the richest person in Canada in terms of net worth. His father Edward S. Rogers, Sr. is regarded as the founder of the company, although the radio station that he founded is now owned by another Canadian company competitor Astral Media.
Educated at Upper Canada College, where he was a member of Seaton’s House, Rogers graduated from Trinity College, at the University of Toronto, in 1956 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While an undergrad, Rogers joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. In 1979 he was named a Significant Sig - the 21st Canadian to be inducted. In 1960, while still a student at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, he bought all the shares in local radio station (CHFI) that pioneered the use of FM (frequency modulation) at a time when only 5% of the Toronto households had FM receivers. By 1965, he was in the cable TV business; Rogers Communications was established in 1967 and has grown into one of Canada’s largest media conglomerates.
Rogers has been the owner of the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball team since September 1, 2000, when Rogers Communications Inc. purchased 80% of the baseball club with the Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. maintaining 20% interest and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce relinquishing its 10% share. Since the 2003 season, he now owns 100% of the team. Moreover, the Blue Jays’ home ballpark, SkyDome, was renamed Rogers Centre after Rogers’ firm purchased the stadium (including naming rights).
Rogers picks up iPhone - Canadian’s hide their wallets
October 28, 2007
Say hello to iPhone.
A Boy Genius report states (now this doesn’t mean it’s true) that Rogers and the iPhone are teaming up for a December 7th 2007 release date. So, what will Canadians be paying for their new toy? $499 on a three-year contract….If I’m not mistaken our golden dollar is (at the time of 11:52am Oct. 27) worth 1.037883 U.S. dollars.
Most likely this rumour is not true, and Canadians will have to continue to sneak across the border in order to get their iPhone. To be honest, I would rather cross the border and pick up an iPhone for the bargain basement price of $399 USD or $383 CND than be extorted by Rogers. Crap, I’ll even sign-up with AT&T and pay long distance charges.
Rogers Extreme Plus - Test
October 2, 2007
This article is from Doug Archell & Michelle van de Geyn
Rogers Extreme Plus Testing Results - Ajax, Ontario …
Greetings gang! Per our chats, since a bunch of us were talking about upgrading to the new Rogers Extreme Plus service, I decided to take the plunge and test the waters. I’m documenting the results from the initial testing here instead of firing this all out via email, and to ensure that the results formatting comes across OK. So far it doesn’t look too pretty, but as the Rogers setup is based on shared bandwidth and resources for a particular area, it’s very possible that the problems I’m having are limited to my street, the immediate area, or all of Ajax for that matter.
For those of us in the east end of Toronto, if anyone else decides to try things out, drop me a line here or to my personal email address and I’ll send you a copy of the Excel spreadsheet I used to log the results. Fire it back to me when you’ve completed it and I’ll post the results for your area.
Background / Overview
The Rogers Extreme PLUS service is rated for download speeds of 18Mbps, unfortunately, I’m not getting anywhere near that on a consistent basis - upload speeds are fine.
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