I feel like I’m in backwards land… Are the big carriers actually competing!? What? 

Sure, Rogers might be pulling out the $15/month plan, but apparently Telus is stepping up with nearly the same deal. Just like the new Rogers plan, you get unlimited BIS e-mail and BB Messenger usage on their Pearl for $15/month. Telus one-ups Big Red, however, with unlimited web browsing too, so not only does Telus have a better plan than Rogers, but they also have the shiny new BlackBerry 8130 to waggle in front of customers.

Of course this is only available on the Pearl so they can try and make sure that businesses continue to get the shaft and why not just say unlimited data in general? I mean e-mail+browser covers most of it… the only thing really missing are other messaging clients (e.g. google talk) and things like news readers (RSS). Hopefully these moves spark some more competition and get them to actually give us a catch all unlimited data plan/net neutrality on handhelds and bring Canada out of the wireless stone age.