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Yes, in Canada our government doesn't believe in open access or competition, not unless it benefits the incumbent carriers. Innovation in Canada is a bad word

by lowkey 18y ago

Yes, in Canada our government doesn't believe in open access or competition, not unless it benefits the incumbent carriers. Innovation in Canada is a bad word as we believe that the big carriers (Rogers, Bell, Telus, etc.) must be protected at all costs. The carriers win and innovation loses. Don't even get me started on how startups are treated outside of the small but passionate startup communities.

electromagnetic 18y ago
It doesn't help that Bell has sent us 3 disconnection notices, stating that if the bill for (IIRC one said) August 23rd (which has to be paid at the latest by September 23rd or they'll send out a disconnection notice) isn't paid by August 18th we'll be disconnected. Bell is run by inbred morons. They don't even know how to bill someone, they sent out disconnection notices to everyone we know who is with them. We're currently waiting to be switched over to Cogeco Cable, because we might actually get decent phone and internet service. For a month we had crappy internet and Bell wouldn't send out a technician. I'm from the UK and when we've had problems, there's a guy out before anyone calls because they're afraid of OfCom punishing them. Here they fucking run themselves, we were told by Bell that the problem was in our house and that we'd have to pay $70 fee to fix it (this is before they even came out), this is even though we pay $10 a month so that we don't need to pay $70 when there's a problem in the house yet Mr Speaks No English can't read that on his computer screen. Here's the punch line, when the Technician came out he said it wasn't a problem in our house. He walked to the connection box and came back, "I think I found your problem, there's a cooked rat in there. I'll switch you over to a different line." I asked about the connection speed, because it outright sucks and he said "Well I'm not supposed to do this, but I'll put your download speed as high as I can and I'll max out the upload." It's still only 1.5 meg down (we're paying for 3) and it's god damn 1 meg upload. I love Canada, but I have to say I've moved to a fucking third world country in terms of technology. Bell is advertising it's NEW DVR service for like $200, I had a DVR like 6 years ago provided for free by Sky when we resubscribed.

by lowkey 18y ago

electromagnetic 18y ago

It doesn't help that Bell has sent us 3 disconnection notices, stating that if the bill for (IIRC one said) August 23rd (which has to be paid at the latest by September 23rd or they'll send out a disconnection notice) isn't paid by August 18th we'll be disconnected. Bell is run by inbred morons. They don't even know how to bill someone, they sent out disconnection notices to everyone we know who is with them. We're currently waiting to be switched over to Cogeco Cable, because we might actually get decent phone and internet service. For a month we had crappy internet and Bell wouldn't send out a technician. I'm from the UK and when we've had problems, there's a guy out before anyone calls because they're afraid of OfCom punishing them. Here they fucking run themselves, we were told by Bell that the problem was in our house and that we'd have to pay $70 fee to fix it (this is before they even came out), this is even though we pay $10 a month so that we don't need to pay $70 when there's a problem in the house yet Mr Speaks No English can't read that on his computer screen. Here's the punch line, when the Technician came out he said it wasn't a problem in our house. He walked to the connection box and came back, "I think I found your problem, there's a cooked rat in there. I'll switch you over to a different line." I asked about the connection speed, because it outright sucks and he said "Well I'm not supposed to do this, but I'll put your download speed as high as I can and I'll max out the upload." It's still only 1.5 meg down (we're paying for 3) and it's god damn 1 meg upload. I love Canada, but I have to say I've moved to a fucking third world country in terms of technology. Bell is advertising it's NEW DVR service for like $200, I had a DVR like 6 years ago provided for free by Sky when we resubscribed.