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Canada has a serious anti-competition problem. It doesn't allow foreign telecommunication providers in, the government allowed the formation of a monopoly book
by electromagnetic 17y ago
Canada has a serious anti-competition problem. It doesn't allow foreign telecommunication providers in, the government allowed the formation of a monopoly book seller (Indigo/Chapters/Coles) and Indigo attempted to prevent Amazon from selling within Canada. The government is pathetic, they claim it helps Canadian industry when really it just gives the companies carte blanche for abuse.
Bell was once government owned and still acts like it, and the government still acts like it. It's pathetic and is hurting consumers, but higher prices means more taxes so of course the government doesn't care.
- igrekel 17y agoActually, if I remember correctly Bell was not own by the government, Telus was. Over time Bell as sold and bought different telephone services from or to the provincial governments. It was however granted a monopoly by the government on long distance, and by some provinces on local service. The monopoly was granted to allow them to create the infrastructure, even to places where it would probably not pay off. They still are a terrible company to deal with and the internet service offering is really not that good in Canada.