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Re: How much more will Bell abuse their customers "How much more will Bell abuse their customers", you say?
heh.
There is lots of room for more abuse.
Competition bureau does nothing.
CRTC does nothing.
Funders, such as the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Quebec Chamber of Commerce are behind them trying to keep IP all locked to only Bell.
Bell's new filing that if you have line (phone and/or Inet) problems and a tech can't find and/or fix it within 2-weeks, you are on the hook for a bill or it's closed off (in other words you will pay to train their lousy tech's and lousy support).
If I had to guess, without going into a whole essay of who what and why, I'd say the answer to your question is lots, lots more.
Now all the suckers they reeled in with promo's of 9.99* land-line and whatever else will be kicking themselves. Contracts are a bitch, will cost lots to cancel if you don't agree to the increase.
Lock in as many as possible as fast as possible, then raise rates. Any promo you see that runs, rates increase about 6-8 months later. It's a recurring theme.
2$ increase in modem fee's. 2$ increase in land-line, 2$ here and there.
Whole lot more I'd say.
I predict that soon (within a year) anyone with a land-line will have to fund Bell with an additional "tax" (like the new UK broadband initiative).
Have you thought about complaining to anyone (for what it's worth)? There are a few consumer associations in Ontario to at least push for better consumer laws.
$9.99 (sucker promo rate) to $11.99 is a 120% increase.
Yup, makes me wonder how many suckers bit into their promo with recurring theme of over 100% increases.
HEH. Maybe we should look at it like a car lease, like Deadpool said the other day. 
You know how those car leases can go up 120% at any time and how if your engine leaks and stalls the first 3 months of your lease they will only give you 2 weeks for them to find and repair it or you're out of luck and stuck with it as is. |
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 sbrookPremium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
Ottawa
kudos:4 | Your math isn't too good.
9.99 to 11.99 is a 20% increase. Yes, it's 120% of what it was, but that's still a 20% increase.
it would have to go to 21.98 to be a 120% increase! |
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| said by sbrook:Your math isn't too good. You are correct.
I promise not to to 9.99 * X = 11.99 again after I had a beer  |
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