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Bell and Rogers are both offering unlimited internet as an add-on to any level of service for $10 if you have phone, cable, and internet bundled. $30 if you don't. The Rogers lady I talked to had no problem with me downgrading my internet package, then adding unlimited to it (she suggested it even, I was already going to do it however).

Supposedly no commitment or no impact on the terms of existing contracts. Am I missing something? I don't trust anything that looks like a good deal from either of them.
 
Perhaps a digression from where you'd want this topic to go, but I can't help not bringing up the point that this completely spits on all previous attempts made my Bell and Co. to push UBB.

Their claims that the existing infrastructure cannot handle the current usage of consumers, and that they needed a means of seeking adequate returns to enhance that infrastructure is completely stepped on. Their own "reports", their very arguments, dismissed. They're pretty much calling themselves a bunch of dirty liars. Clearly they have the resources to provide an unlimited service to customers! Where the hell did all the BS about their inability to manage the existing usage come from? Such a load of horse crap.

Whether this is too good a deal or not, I don't know yet, but I'm conditioned to believe it simply is. Bell has never been coy about gouging customers, and Rogers is only marginally better (and worse) at it.
 
TwistedKestrel said:
Bell and Rogers are both offering unlimited internet as an add-on to any level of service for $10 if you have phone, cable, and internet bundled. $30 if you don't. The Rogers lady I talked to had no problem with me downgrading my internet package, then adding unlimited to it (she suggested it even, I was already going to do it however).

Supposedly no commitment or no impact on the terms of existing contracts. Am I missing something? I don't trust anything that looks like a good deal from either of them.
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You're right, they're not just doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. The CRTC has recently regulated how much the companies can charge wholesale customers (i.e. resellers) for the bandwidth that it resold to them. The ruling generally means much lower prices for the resellers.

Bell and Rogers are basically trying to get ahead of the resellers that will now be able to sell similar service for cheaper
 
Bermuda said:
Perhaps a digression from where you'd want this topic to go, but I can't help not bringing up the point that this completely spits on all previous attempts made my Bell and Co. to push UBB.

Their claims that the existing infrastructure cannot handle the current usage of consumers, and that they needed a means of seeking adequate returns to enhance that infrastructure is completely stepped on. Their own "reports", their very arguments, dismissed. They're pretty much calling themselves a bunch of dirty liars. Clearly they have the resources to provide an unlimited service to customers! Where the hell did all the BS about their inability to manage the existing usage come from? Such a load of horse crap.

Whether this is too good a deal or not, I don't know yet, but I'm conditioned to believe it simply is. Bell has never been coy about gouging customers, and Rogers is only marginally better (and worse) at it.
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Historically, the CRTC has been in the pocket of Bell and Rogers. All it really did for the last ten years is act as an arbitrator for the two, when one did something the other didn't like.
 
This completely spits on the CRTC announcements this week that did lower some costs for Bell but NOT for legacy DSl, and certainly did not make unlimited services available/feasible for wholesale.

The ruling generally means much lower prices for the resellers.
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If by lower, you mean approximately 10 times more expensive than it was on Feb. 2012 versus 20 times more expensive as it's been up to now. I'm not exaggerating, either. You can buy fibre access *AND* Internet transit in Kingston for about $5,000 per gigabit but it costs more like $14,000 to get to wholesale DSL customers (versus the $27,000 it cost from Feb 1, 2012 to Feb 1, 2013).

Ridiculous. And the CRTC bought it. What's worse, Rogers and Cogeco TPIA went *up*.

Naturally, Bell's own media group immediately published that it was a windfall for independant ISPs...
 
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Only a matter of time when they will have to all offer unlimited ... for zero extra dollars. It's coming, the cash cow is drying up ....
 
mxs said:
Only a matter of time when they will have to all offer unlimited ... for zero extra dollars. It's coming, the cash cow is drying up ....
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I dunno what colour the sky is in your world...
 
They tried HARD to screw independent ISP's who offered unlimited or high bandwidth to their users. When that got squashed they tried other underhanded ways to shut them down. Nothing worked thanks to social media.

Their only solution now is to begrudgingly offer unlimited services....**** em! I've personally switched 10 people from Bell and Rogers to Teksavvy and every time they see me they thank me for the hundreds of dollars they saved. Whats worse is that they make it sound like they invented the unlimited bandwidth, when a year ago Bell's usage limit was redicilously small. Bell complains how the infrastructure cant handle the added burden then announces Bell TV. Those scumbags could tell me the sky was blue and i wouldnt believe them.

I couldnt care less if Bell or Rogers offered better prices than the Independed ISP's that fought for us to have that service in the first place. Those two companies will never see my money again.
 
I remember I used to get 50GB with my Pkg at Rogers. Now I only get 25GB.
F'ers
 
I switched to magic jack & haven't looked back. It's too good to be true.

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Given that Canadians pay more for internet services, I am surprised more people don't share and split the cost considering we have fast wifi devices.
 
BuckWild said:
Given that Canadians pay more for internet services, I am surprised more people don't share and split the cost considering we have fast wifi devices.
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With unlimited bandwidth that's actually a viable solution for neighbours. Personally, I left Rogers internet long ago because I had unlimited bandwidth which was taken away from me one day and replaced with an overuse fee. Also, I don't have cable currently so adding that to the mix only increases my expenses.
 
still a rip off lol... Unlimited Teksavvy + Netflix = $50/month and HD Antenna for news and hockey

What's your monthly bell bill now? are their noses getting a good whiff of your wallet?
 
Mr.Azim said:
still a rip off lol... Unlimited Teksavvy + Netflix = $50/month and HD Antenna for news and hockey

What's your monthly bell bill now? are their noses getting a good whiff of your wallet?
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Well ... when I say "my" internet, I mean my parents. They are in a contract for some time ... but they will never go without a hefty cable package anyway, so they don't seem to mind too much.
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