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Telus, Bell and Rogers are ingrained in the minds of Canadians as the only options. Almost all attempts to change that over the years have failed or have not b
by simfree 2y ago
Telus, Bell and Rogers are ingrained in the minds of Canadians as the only options.
Almost all attempts to change that over the years have failed or have not been able to get sufficent market penetration to become self funding for rapid growth.
Canadian investment funds would rather go and buy U.S. ISPs from failing ventures like Frontier (creating Ziply Fiber) than investing in Canada because they know how bad the situation is. Getting sub-30% market penetration when offering, better, less expensive fiber internet makes the Canadian market uneconomical for deeper investment by insurgent ISPs.
The Canadian consumer is easily swayed by Bell/Telus/Rogers propoganda like https://web.archive.org/web/20140402040045/http://fairforcanada.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140402040045/http://fairforcan...