koreyb
join:2005-01-08
Etobicoke, ON
 ·Primus Talkbroadband
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
| no Globalive/Wind Mobile in Canada
Apparently the CRTC is refusing Globalive to Operate in Canada.
Hope you didn't have your hopes for lower cell rates:
»www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009···one.html
I've had it with the CRTC.. |
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Arbalister
join:2007-11-24
St Catharines, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| You don't seriously think that a company that's been building stores and callcenters, and hiring staff, and equipping towers is *really* going to back out now just because of this?
Don't hold your breath. |
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AkFubar
Resistance is Futile
join:2005-02-28
Toronto Can. | reply to koreyb
If it doesn't say Bell, Rogers or Telus on the box, it doesn't get approved. 
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bryanviper
join:2002-10-12
Toronto, CAN |  reply to koreyb
This is just stupid.... CRTC needs to get REMOVED!
what the hell happened to open competition... to help people in this country?
I really hope Wind opens a Can of Ass Kicking on the CRTC/Bell/Rogers |
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BryceS
join:2007-09-17
Waterloo, ON | reply to koreyb
Spectrum shouldn't be given to foreigners. |
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nigrunze
join:2009-02-14
Cote Saint-Luc, QC
| said by BryceS  :Spectrum shouldn't be given to foreigners. I say it's the complete opposite. Spectrum shouldn't be given to Bell, Rogers, Telus, Videotron, Cogeco, and Shaw. (Did I miss any?) |
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koreyb
join:2005-01-08
Etobicoke, ON
·Primus Talkbroadband
·TekSavvy Solutions..
3 edits | reply to koreyb
Who cares WHO owns the business..
Have rules about CANADIAN OPERATIONS... but it shouldn't matter who owns the mother company... It's like saying WAL-MART... YOU CAN'T COME INTO OUR STAND BOX! YOUR NOT ONE OF US! Give me a break.
The spectrum as long as it's used to SERVE Canadians from a CANADIAN operation.. who cares..
Globalive will likely pull something out of their ass, but I have a feeling it may take them a while to work out how... especially when the debit holder is the issue.
At the end of the day it's not OWNED by them.. it's give to them to use.. it can be taken away too. It has been in the past. |
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foreigner
@teksavvy.com
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said by BryceS :Spectrum shouldn't be given to foreigners. And why not?
A rather racy comment I would say.. |
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GNca George
GorillaNET
Premium
join:2008-07-12
Minden, ON | Particularly amusing to hear "given" considering the cost of wireless spectrum and how few groups can afford to buy a license to it.
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koreyb
join:2005-01-08
Etobicoke, ON | reply to koreyb
It's just flag waving... |
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nigrunze
join:2009-02-14
Cote Saint-Luc, QC
| reply to foreigner
said by foreigner :said by BryceS :Spectrum shouldn't be given to foreigners. And why not? A rather racy comment I would say.. Now we're arguing with each other about who should be able to run a business. Look at what the CRTC is doing to us. |
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koreyb
join:2005-01-08
Etobicoke, ON | reply to koreyb
I think the message is the system is broke.. right down to the rules.
It needs to start with the CRTC being Dissolved.. Then the rules need to be changed to better serve CANADIAN's.. and not just big business. |
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Spike
join:2008-05-16
Toronto, ON | reply to koreyb
The system is broke alright.
The foreign ownership rules are horrible. Wind is bringing jobs to Canada.
But hey, foreign is perfectly fine though when Rogers and Bell want to outsource jobs. |
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CoverIt
join:2009-08-07
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I'm quite happy about this. Now all those people who kept saying wait for wind wait for wind will just STFU.
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khatchika
join:2006-02-15
canada | reply to koreyb
There is always publicmobile.ca |
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syntaxerr0r
join:2008-05-27
East York, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
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Industry Canada said Globalive was Canadian enough when they paid half a billion dollars for that part of the spectrum but now the CRTC, a nest of Bhell/Robbers former execs, will not let them operate in Canada.
Something's not right here.
I smell a lawsuit! |
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El Quintron
Could you spare a consulting gig?
join:2008-04-28
Etobicoke, ON | Just saw the news... what a crock of shit. |
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El Quintron
Could you spare a consulting gig?
join:2008-04-28
Etobicoke, ON | reply to koreyb
Globalive response
»www.windmobile.ca/WIND-news/deta···-canada/ |
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ymboc
join:2003-02-22
Ottawa, ON | reply to koreyb
Re: no Globalive/Wind Mobile in Canada
You gotta admit Bell et al are getting exceptional value for the money they spent lobbying the CRTC. |
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wait4wind
@teksavvy.com
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said by syntaxerr0r :Industry Canada said Globalive was Canadian enough when they paid half a billion dollars for that part of the spectrum but now the CRTC, a nest of Bhell/Robbers former execs, will not let them operate in Canada. Something's not right here. I smell a lawsuit! That's exactly it.. The left hand says good enough and the right says well my left had on beer goggles..
Maybe this, since wireless is or seems to be a much bigger deal for Canadians, will spur a much needed and bigger boost for the restructuring of the CRTC and the laws in place that are obviously out of touch with reality..
I suspect we haven't heard the last of this... Something tells me this is just the beginning for lots of things to come..
Wind has TONS of cash to fight this.. They can make the country aware of the situation through big bold tv ads. They have the money to pay the best lawyers going... I see this as an ass whipping in the making... |
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