 ohmer
join:2003-08-06 Quebec, QC
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| reply to tor Re: Bell Landline to go up by $2, will this apply to TSI as well
No they now own 100%. They already owned 51%. |
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  sbrook Premium,Mod join:2001-12-14 H0H 0H0 | reply to tor Bell just completed ALL of the purchase of Virgin. |
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 bjlockie
join:2007-12-16 Ottawa | reply to emoci Will this apply to dry loop rates? |
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  noyb
join:2004-04-20 canada
| reply to emoci and any applicable administrative charges ????
well if any company chargers you this fee you can sue them it is illegal to check with revenue canada it is illegal to charge an Adminstrative charge for making out a bill you dont have to pay it |
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  Jaser
@teksavvy.com
| reply to emoci My guess is that TSI would not be affected under this as they're using the regulated/tariffed rates, so Bell would have to argue to the CRTC for any increase, and that's not what happened here.
Obviously, Bell wants to get as many people off of these regulated/tariffed rates and onto their unregulated ToS so they can do whatever they want in an organized manner against millions of relatively unorganized people.
This type of action on their part is basically a creative way to get all those grandmas and grandpas that just faithfully pay their Bell bill every month onto these higher-price line cards for the same services. Actually, it's less service, since you won't be able to complain to the CRTC if you're not getting the service you received before.
I'll bet that this type of creativity will _not_ be well liked by the CRTC and Bell will get its wrist slapped, but the minions in the creative department will get an A+ from upper management for effort. At least that's what happened when Telus implemented its bunk network charge.
Telecom is supposed to be boring, like banking. If things get exciting, there's a problem. |
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 Goggles9
join:2003-01-26 North York, ON | reply to emoci I will most likley go TSI with my home phone, I just wish TSI were in the wireless business. |
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  Terri Belle
@bell.ca
| reply to An_Onymous FTW???
said by An_Onymous :
Bell thinks their services are not regulated as soon as customers subscribe to their expensive add-on services such as caller ID, call waiting call answer etc. I left my lawyer in my other pants, but I read this the same way.
Someone help me out here: is bell really saying "if you do more business with us, then we promise to f*** you" or is there ma nuance that I missed?
What am I missing? I know bell is brain-damaged, but are they suicidal, too? |
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  Terri Bell
@bell.ca
| reply to emoci Hit back immdiately - boycott bell long-distance
Over the last 2-3 years, I have gone from a decades-long satisfied customer of multiple bell services who thought highly of them to one that hopes for its earliest possible demise. My attitude changed for usual reasons: numerous instances where this once venerable telecom outfit has demonstrated newly found arrogance, ineptness, and incompetence to me, my family and friends.
On top of that, my bills have steadily risen while service and performance has declined. I have watched charges for line items like "last call return" go from just merely outrageous to extortionate. And I have watched bell adopt the process of price-obfuscation at every twist and turn (buck your fundles, bell!). And I have been outright lied to by bell reps about certain charges.
I am in the process of re-assessing all services and will be cutting bell out of the picture in every way possible (I have been watching this forum for some time and Teksavvy is at the top of my list for some services).
But I felt the need to deprive bell sooner of any revenue that I could.
One simple solution that took 0 time and no effort to implement was boycott. I stopped using bell long-distance and use a 1010 voip service instead. The call quality is just as good as bell and bell now collects only a tiny, tiny fraction of what they would have form me before in charges
If every person using bell long-distance were to do this immediately, I'm sure bell would experience a sufficient drop in revenue to tell them that the customer is still in charge, no matter what bell's delusions of grandeur. |
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  An_Onymous
@teksavvy.com
| reply to Terri Belle Re: FTW???
Seems like Bell is dying to switch everyone and every of their "services" to long term lock in contracts and string all kinds of fees and penalty clauses.
They must be using Monty Python's Argument script as their operating procedure and scripts for their customer service. »www.davidpbrown.co.uk/jokes/mont···ent.html |
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 nigrunze
join:2009-02-14 Cote Saint-Luc, QC
| reply to Terri Bell Re: Hit back immdiately - boycott bell long-distance
said by Terri Bell :
One simple solution that took 0 time and no effort to implement was boycott. I stopped using bell long-distance and use a 1010 voip service instead. The call quality is just as good as bell and bell now collects only a tiny, tiny fraction of what they would have form me before in charges Maybe TSI can send out a mass email to their internet subscribers suggesting that Bell Home Phone users switch to TekSavvy's long distance services or switch completely to their home phone services. |
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  SuperCM
join:2005-03-08 | reply to emoci Re: Bell Landline to go up by $2, will this apply to TSI as well
Raising it again? Didn't they already raise it this time last year? That's what prompted me to switch my Home Phone service to TekSavvy. Guess this means my savings over Bell Canada just increased by $2. |
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  mazhurg Premium join:2004-05-02 Portage La Prairie, MB
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| reply to emoci Thanks Bell!
You are saving me, starting in Aug a good 7.00 a month (Cost of call display - 2.00 increase) once call display is disabled.
CD is overrated anyway!
 -- "Vision without funds.... is a hallucination" |
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  good one
@videotron.ca
| reply to SuperCM said by SuperCM :Guess this means my savings over Bell Canada just increased by $2. +1 |
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