All I have to say is Keep Pushing Rogers but it you can't wait Root... I was not going to Root till I heard the news that Rogers was not going to be sending us updates... So I rooted my phone and had a new Rom installed in 20min.. All I have to say its the best thing that has happen to my phone.... I'm now using Android 1.6 everything works on the phone.. and its faster then the Rogers Rom.. and you get all the 1.6 apps....
I Thought rooting would be a Pain but there are some really easy way to root now...
How To: Root the HTC Magic in One Click! | The Unlockr and
How To: Load a Custom ROM on Your HTC Magic | The Unlockr
Was very easy..
Also on a side note! Now you can get Google maps Navigation working on your rooted Phone Outside the USA.. Using the Hacked version of maps... I tryed it out yesterday and it works great.