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Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | It's fun to be a Duopoly.... ... Because you can stick it to the customers and they can't do much about it.
Especially if they can't get Cable... | |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
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November 25th, @06:24PM
| Re: It's fun to be a Duopoly.... The Canadian market is especially interesting in that respect. Bell has tried to undercut other competitors and when that backfires they align their prices with competitors yet again. Unfortunately this is what happens when the Government has little regulation and at the same time not allowing foreign ownership. | |
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Guspaz
Guspaz
Premium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC | Duopoly? There's StarChoice, Videotron, and Look. That's four choices in Montreal (Bell's second biggest market). There isn't a lack of competition in television services. | |
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Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON
 ·mybrighthouse
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Re: It's fun to be a Duopoly.... Wait what? Videotron is cable, and Look isn't available everywhere. That leaves Starchoice and Bell, so yes it is a duopoly in the satellite market, and unlike us 'city folk' who can turn around and get cable or satellite(and maybe look), you're screwed. | |
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travisc
join:2001-11-09
Port Perry, ON
| Re: It's fun to be a Duopoly.... How many satellite companies do you need to have before there's enough competition? Bell TV and Star Choice could barely make money when their rates were reasonable, it's only after jacking them up steadily that they've become profitable. You think more competition in this sector is sustainable? | |
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Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON
·mybrighthouse
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| Re: It's fun to be a Duopoly.... It doesn't matter how many, it matters the choice in a free market. In the end, when you have a monopoly or duopoly, then you get one thing. Occasional fighting when one decides to lower their prices to match, then once they have enough customers; a price hike. | |
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Every One
OMG
Premium
join:2001-12-05
Vancouver | Thank God for FTA  | |
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| donaldk
Premium
join:2000-10-19
Thunder Bay, ON | Re: Thank God for FTA Hoist the main sheet and off into the berin sea! Yar matie! | |
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BellBay
@optonline.net
| Re: Thank God for FTA said by donaldk  :Hoist the main sheet and off into the berin sea! Yar matie! Sure, once Bell's nagra 3 update is compromised... with increased rates, theres increased incentive | |
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FtaNewbiee111
@synergy.gs
| yes FTA but didnt Bev just switch all over to N3. I guess now they think its not hackable so raise. Or they are working with d!$h to get a release for N3 so they can counter it.
I know D!$h isnt converted over. I think they are letting Bev work out the kinks | |
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Motofreak
@rogers.com | Corporate greed I canceled my account with Bell TV,Bell cell phone back October. I'm sick of the people running this company.
Corporate greed is working well at Bell. (c) | |
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join:2008-06-01
Laval, QC | Re: Corporate greed Starchoise isnt bad.
It have a great package for me (French) and add some us network is pretty cheap also. Having up to 5 reciever at 3 different location for 4.99 | |
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Sempronius
join:2008-09-18
Toronto, ON
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November 25th, @07:15PM
| Corporate greed said by Motofreak :
I canceled my account with Bell TV,Bell cell phone back October. I'm sick of the people running this company.
Corporate greed is working well at Bell. (c)
The CBC actually profiled an article last January when Rogers raised the SAF on their Home Phone to $5.95 from $4.95; the SAF is nothing more that a trick to make consumers believe they are paying less than they actually are...
»www.cbc.ca/technology/technology···one.html
As such, there is a massive on-going cellular class action lawsuit against cell phone companies in Canada for charging illegal SAF. Telephone and Cable companies should be added to this lawsuit. It's a complete rip-off. The only service I have with Bell is just the basic phone line, nothing more.
»www.merchantlaw.com/cellular.html | |
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Joe12345678
join:2003-07-22
Des Plaines, IL | A digital service fee on a 100% digital service WTF? A digital service fee on a 100% digital service WTF? | |
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| mr weather
Premium
join:2002-02-27
Mississauga, ON | Re: A digital service fee on a 100% digital service WTF? Yep. Robbers Rogers does it to with their digital cable tv as well.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| Re: A digital service fee on a 100% digital service WTF? said by mr weather :Yep. Robbers Rogers does it to with their digital cable tv as well. everyone does it. cox calls it digital gateway fee aka cableco slush fund.
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NeonFire
Premium
join:2007-10-20
St John'S, NL |  Typical of Bell
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Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON | Re: Typical of Bell File a petition with the CRTC to allow US satellite service here then. | |
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melak
Premium
join:2006-06-17
Fergus, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: Typical of Bell said by Mashiki :File a petition with the CRTC to allow US satellite service here then. That would never fly because the CRTC couldn't regulate it and make sure there was enough Canadian Content. I'm not saying I completely support it but if we didn't have that, I'm pretty sure we would have half of the stations or shows we have right now. | |
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Mashiki
Balking The Enemy's Plans
join:2002-02-04
Woodstock, ON | Re: Typical of Bell Canadian Content is half the problem as it is, a government should not dictate what it's population should or shouldn't watch. And people wonder why more people are simply abandoning the old media. | |
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join:2004-11-15
Gatineau, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| Re: Typical of Bell said by Mashiki :Canadian Content is half the problem as it is, a government should not dictate what it's population should or shouldn't watch. And people wonder why more people are simply abandoning the old media. Canadian content is getting better and better. I bet you're not giving it a chance.
Personally, I shudder at the thought of watching TV and constantly seeing yellow/orange/red security FUD statuses on TV... | |
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join:2005-09-01
Winnebago, IL | Re: Typical of Bell The Red Green show still around?? Been wanting to find a channel broadcasting that again. | |
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joako
Premium
join:2000-09-07
Gainesville, FL
| said by Mashiki :File a petition with the CRTC to allow US satellite service here then. I don't think the CRTC would matter. The issue is the licensing agreements Charlie and Dave have with the media conglomerates.
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KC
join:2006-11-08
Ottawa, ON
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November 26th, @10:00AM
| Do What I do In Canada, there are alternatives:
1 Get you HD-TV form over the air (if you are in Toronto, you have no excuse!) Get your TV straight from the network with no compression!
2 What you can't get over the air, Pull it down from the Net by YouTube, Usenet (not Thorttled) or BitTorrents.
3 Get your Land Line form someone other than Bell and Rogers
4 Get your mobile form someone that don't charge system access fee or 911 fee
5 Buy your connection from Indies ISP, They might be piggy back on Bell's Network, but they have you in mind.
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Guy Incognito
@teksavvy.com | Pirate Satillite There has to come a point when people will realize the signal is broadcast to your house even if you don't pay for it, and decryption cards will take off once again. | |
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join:2002-08-01 | Re: Pirate Satillite currently... bell's sat service is secured... so yes the signal can be picked up... but currently you can't do anything with it. | |
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pissed
@mycingular.net
| bell are idiots oh and after last month actually doing a smart thing and droping in to pick up my two receivers that were 550 of my bill they come again and claim not to have them
/me waves lil yellow slip nice one you NOOBS and yup dump satellite dump bell all togterh its the only way
proof they are idiots
call them up and when they ask for your telephone number just say this
"DONT YOU KNOW STUPID YOUR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY" | |
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wilburyan
join:2002-08-01 | What about contracts Does anyone know if I am able to get out of my existing bell TV contract because of the rate increase? | |
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Bell Canada Raising Satellite TV Rates (Again)