Common sense Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I will talk to you off my HOMEPHONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancaster Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Good thing I'm with Wind now. Once Verizon takes over.... signal will be crystal. I just hope I can "grandfather" in my plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Bell, Rogers and Telus gang up against Verizon entry into Canada By Kenneth Chan | 17 hours ago | Speak Up Canadian Telecom giants want you to keep paying them some of the highest rates in the world for your wireless telecom needs. Bell, Rogers and Telus have set aside their differences and are campaigning together to restrict American telecom giant from entering the Canadian marketplace. Together, the Bell, Rogers and Telus oligopoly control 94 per cent of Canada’s wireless market. This has stifled competition and innovation in the marketplace at great cost to the everyday Canadian consumers. In mid-May, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) confirmed that Canadians pay some of the highest prices for some of the worst telecom services in the industrialized world. The OECD’s 2013 Communications Outlook findings are rather depressing with the Canadian marketplace landing high in the top ten most expensive countries categories with only the U.S. being nearly as worst. Canadian telecom revenue is also the third highest in the G8 and the fourth highest among all of the OECD member countries. This is compounded by the findings of another recent report by J.D. Power & Associates: Canadians paid 13 per cent more for their wireless telecom services, although Canada’s inflation rate has been holding steady at just one per cent annually. The same survey also found that customer satisfaction was the highest with standalone brands Koodo Mobile and Virgin Mobile even though they are owned by telecom giants Telus and Bell. It is no secret that better service and fairer prices for the Canadian consumer lies largely with allowing and stimulating competition in the telecom market. However, the “big 3″ telecom companies are campaigning to the federal government and the general public to restrict Verizon from becoming the fourth major player in the marketplace. Their ‘Fair For Canada’ campaign oddly claims that more competition will lead to more expensive prices and, as a fear tactic, massive job layoffs in their companies. In reality as seen in other industries, more competition is much more likely to increase innovation, which will increase sales and the need for the company to increase its employment over the long-term. The campaign also states that “sweetheart deals for U.S. giants are a bad call for you.” Sweetheart deals for a telecom company – as if there’s nothing hypocritical about that when the federal government has for far too long gone with the oligopoly’s preference of restricting the competition and maintaining the status quo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Saw this fun little tidbit in Telus's 2012 annual report to investors: "We generated industry-leading lifetime revenue per customer of more than $4,100". Thats right. Telus is leading the industry in how much money they take from each customer. Remember that this is their final goal when it comes to every customer. How much they can get out of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouria Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 SHAW is better then TELUS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Walmart is better than SHAW. They sell cheaper phones. This thread is talking about WIRELESS plans for CELL PHONES while you are trying to compare a cable company that doesn't have wireless plans with a telecom that has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllEyezOnMe Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 OK, but how useful is that when you're 20m away from your wireless landline receiver? Also, if you really want to compare rates, here they are: Shaw home phone - $29.95/mo (http://www.shaw.ca/home-phone/voice-plans/) Rogers Talk and Text 1000 minutes + unlimited after 6pm - $35.00/mo (http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=WLRS_Plans) Bell's and Telus' plans for similar features are up at $50. Here's the point - landlines are great and reliable, but how likely are you going to be using it if you're at work/school? For the same amount of money, one can get a cheaper phone, sign onto a $35/mo rate with Rogers without a fixed contract, and be able to move about with their cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverpig Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Nobody forced you to sign those 3 year contracts. You can go with pay as you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 “Canada really SHOULD be the most expensive country for wireless service in the OECD, but we’re not. That’s a great success story we should be celebrating,” Woodhead wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsedin33 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Hmm, Telus raised my prices without telling me, I wonder where they got that extra profit from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Not really. I tried that with Bell a few years ago. I said I wanted an iPhone 4 (when it first came out) and the guy on the phone told me all about the 3 year plans etc. I asked what he could do for me if I bought my own iPhone 4 from them or the Apple store outright and he said that the plans are more expensive that way. I told him that didn't make sense because the cost of the phone is built into the monthly rate, so if I buy the phone I should get a discount. He said I didn't understand how it worked and that it would be more expensive. I asked how much more, and he obviously made up a number - something like $20 more, plus some fee, plus some other fee etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 “Canada really SHOULD be the most expensive country for wireless service in the OECD, but we’re not. That’s a great success story we should be celebrating,” Woodhead wrote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Common sense Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 CHILLLLLLL I knew nothing when I came on to this thread and randomely made a comment, I honestly do not know nothing about phones and really don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 For some phones on Telus, your choices were: 3-year contract3-year contract3-year contract3-year contract My GF gets a corporate rate with Telus on voice and data through her employer and she wanted the iPhone 5. I told her to get it on a 1-year contract. Every Telus retailer we went to, including Telus themselves, would only offer a 3-year contract on it. You couldn't even buy the phone outright and go month-to-month. So, yes, in some cases, those 3-year contracts were FORCED if you wanted a specific phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 Got another 3rd party call today courtesy of Telus. From the US again. Did not take time to listen. Maybe they want to tell me personally how great this spinned news is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 How do I hate Telus ? Let me count the ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleMrHan Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 The arrogance and ignorance are astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam13371337 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 only a total fool wouldn't see the benefits to the consumer (us) of having another major player upset the monopoly they have... The big 3 have over 85% of Canada's spectrum... Extremely valuable spectrums that were pretty much given away to them for FREE by the government... now they are all pissed and playing the nationalist card when the government wants to introduce more competition..... people really need to support this.. only ignorant fools or the big 3 shareholders should be mad about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyBoy44 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 The minute Verizon offers plans in Canada I will be in line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 So why "should" Canada have the highest cell phone rates?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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