exbelltech
@cgocable.net
| reply to ho ho ho
Re: Bell Layoffs: Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto and Montreal
240 assignment clerks- "Business restructuring in Customer Provisioning & Design (CP & D) organization,CP&D organization will consolidate its Hamilton office to 100 Borough Dr in Toronto, return the teleworking employees to Bell offices and offer Voluntary Separation Packages ", as if hold time was bad enough when I was a tech, glad I left Bell to start an inside wire company, this should send even more clients my way as the techs get frustrated or heaven forbid layed off. |
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kevmetric
Competition, Open And Free Markets
join:2002-01-15
| reply to ho ho ho
If Bell didn't have so much pressure to generate profits
and cash to pay out to investors, banks, mutual fund Mom
and Pop investors, and submit to regulations that require
a high level of service in rural communities (unprofitable)
perhaps Ottawa could impose labor laws and tarrifs
allowing jobs to stay in Canada.
Fat chance. |
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Savillian
join:2003-11-22
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said by shrug :
No offence to the Bell employee's... but the writing is on the wall and has been for a year.
If no one is making alternate plans now or seeking alternate employment now and you bitch when the hits come, its your own fault.
What exactly do you mean by "the writing is on the wall"? Are you saying Bell is about to go bankrupt? |
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shrug
@videotron.ca
| said by Savillian  :What exactly do you mean by "the writing is on the wall"? Are you saying Bell is about to go bankrupt? Whats this topic about again? |
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travisc
join:2001-11-09
Port Perry, ON
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kev, traditionally public companies are supposed to generate profits and cash to pay out to investors, banks, mutual fund and Mom & Pop investors.
You want to tell me that rural communities are unprofitable now that the wires are in the ground and they're milking em for Smart Touch services? Don't think so. |
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eye roller
@videotron.ca | Kev, Lets NOT forget the MILLIONS of dollars the gov gives to put up structure for the rural communities, like they have JUST done in PEI for Aliant.
yer fulla fud. The structure is already paid for by the gov before its even put in place. |
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Kardinal
Canadair CT-114 Tutor
Premium
join:2001-02-04
N of 49th
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said by travisc :You want to tell me that rural communities are unprofitable now that the wires are in the ground and they're milking em for Smart Touch services? Don't think so. I'm sure fair-to-medium-sized communities pay for themselves, but do you think that the ones that run 10km down a rural concession road, serving a perhaps 15 families in that distance, really generate a profit? Besides, if rural communities generate good revenue, why don't CLECs want to move into those markets rather than staying with the easy money of large centres? They can just use Bell facilities to provide their own services, or even resell Bell service with their own brand on it.
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fud master
@videotron.ca
1 edit | said by Kardinal :I'm sure fair-to-medium-sized communities pay for themselves, but do you think that the ones that run 10km down a rural concession road, serving a perhaps 15 families in that distance, really generate a profit? Besides, if rural communities generate good revenue, why don't CLECs want to move into those markets rather than staying with the easy money of large centres? They can just use Bell facilities to provide their own services, or even resell Bell service with their own brand on it. Look at PEI who will give Bell 8.3-MILLION dollars to serve 5% of PEI's population.
Bell didn't say no. |
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exbelltech
@cgocable.net
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Look at the example of Nexicom based out of Millbrook Ontario. A virtual rural telephone company that is extremely well run and now expanding into Bell territory as a reseller with a multitude of products. I would speculate that if Bell Canada was managed as well this forum would be as sparse with postings as the Cogeco forum. |
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