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Cogeco Raising Prices Starting in July
TV, Internet and Voice Services All Seeing Hikes
by Karl Bode Monday 21-May-2012 tags: prices · competition · business · bandwidth · cable · trouble · consumers · caps
Canadian cable operator Cogeco has been on an anti-competitive tear the last few years, foisting metered billing on the back of their customers, and applying caps as low as 10GB per month with overages as high as $2.50 a gigabyte. Users in our Cogeco forum say they're being e-mailed by the carrier to note that the price of most Cogeco services will be going up again in July. A Cogeco website details most of the changes, which illustrate hikes to nearly every TV, broadband and VoIP package available. Cogeco CEO Louis Audet recently proclaimed that customers looking for value and better deals were "undesireable; fortunately for him it looks like he'll soon have fewer of those types of users to worry about.

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FamilyTies

@sheridanc.on.ca

Why kids should not take over their parents empire

Louis Audet is the perfect example of why kids of the owners of a company should not always take over once their parents die.

They have no idea what it is like to "make" a company and can't appreciate customers. They just know how to make money and in doing so screw over the customers under the guise of "just doing business".

When you take over a business that already has a monopoly you take for granted MANY things. Believe it or not Cogeco was once a friendly local cable provider that everyone loved. Soon as Louis Audet took over his daddy's business everything went to shit.
elefante72

join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY
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Its only fair :)

They use a number of different "valves" to discourage streaming--pricing aside. In the lower tiers there is a $50 max but higher per GIG charge ($1-$1.50) on a $2c item--quite a handy profit. In the lower tiers if you don't stream the pricing is quite reasonable to the larger ones in the US. If you want speed, no problem -- just don't use it. The toll booth is unlimited no caps on upcharge.

If you look carefully though, by maxing out the price, that mysteriously prices you to what it would cost if you added the TV packages (phone is a total rip)-- so why stream when the cable package + net would cost the same.

So as one can see why bundling is illegal in many cases from a single source -- and it causes prices to rise. Cable bundled -- and channels, phone sky high, internet capped to discourage streaming.

Sounds like a monopoly in action.

You guys just need redbox and you can bypass the foolishness (a la movie magic, etc). I know it is old skool but my redbox is only a mile away (or 2km for you guys).
brad

join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON

Re: Its only fair :)

said by elefante72:

You guys just need redbox and you can bypass the foolishness (a la movie magic, etc). I know it is old skool but my redbox is only a mile away (or 2km for you guys).

Redbox provides streaming?

nonamesleft

join:2011-11-07
Manitowoc, WI

No business ethics..

up there in canada. Who running cable companies run amuck up there? Billy madison clip »youtu.be/buU6apqGxK4

TA63
ST215W
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
kudos:2

Me not

Me not happy.

Chuckcar OTT

@teksavvy.com

A great way to lose whatever subscribers are left

A great way to lose whatever subscribers are left. They must be getting these "brilliant" ideas from Bell Canada. There seems to be a real disconnect from the real world in this part of the country.
Sukunai
Premium
join:2008-05-07
kudos:1

Soooo glad I cut the cord earlier

Just another re affirmation of my decision to dump their over priced under performing 20th century dinosaur service.
biochemistry

join:2003-05-09
92361

Wha?

10 GB/month? Is this a satellite service?

JigglyWiggly

join:2009-07-12
Pleasanton, CA

Re: Wha?

u canadians should start a riot
10 gb caps?
the hell?

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