| Bell to Teksavvy Home Phone... Hi there,
Yeah, Bell is being another douche and raise another 2$ on home phone again on my parents. Time for the switch... However, when punching in their number, I get this...
"Due to certain limitations associated with the Bell service platform, TekSavvy has had to impose stop sells in certain situations. Should you be affected by these limitations we encourage you to consider our digital phone product TekTalk."
What does it mean? Does Bell being more a douche losing customers that they are limiting switching? They are raising the bill, yet we can't escape, even that is legal or whatnot?
Also, my parents still have pulse-tone (yes, OLD fashion), switching will turn into "touch-tone"? 
Ju Leon...
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| said by inferno_gn:What does it mean? Does Bell being more a douche losing customers that they are limiting switching? They are raising the bill, yet we can't escape, even that is legal or whatnot?
Yes that's exactly what's happening, Bell is limiting the number of phone numbers that TekSavvy is allowed to port per month.
If you don't already have DSL or don't mind paying a dry-loop fee you could switch to VoIP or if you want to keep a POTS line you could look into other Bell resellers or even going to Videotron home phone, I'm not sure of the pricing as I'm in Ontario. |
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decxPremium
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Vancouver, BC | said by JCohen:Yes that's exactly what's happening, Bell is limiting the number of phone numbers that TekSavvy is allowed to port per month.
I'm not sure that's even the case. The stop sell has been in place for about 2 months now. |
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| said by decx:said by JCohen:Yes that's exactly what's happening, Bell is limiting the number of phone numbers that TekSavvy is allowed to port per month.
I'm not sure that's even the case. The stop sell has been in place for about 2 months now. That what I remember reading from what a TSI rep posted on here a while back. |
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decxPremium
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Vancouver, BC | True, but that was two months ago and Bell have yet to start doing transfers again. |
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1 edit | That's blatantly anti-competitive behavior from Bell so why doesn't TSI file a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau? Any time I tried to file a complaint with them about Bell I was told it had to be the service provider filing the complaint.
I too was considering switching my Bell phone service to TSI when my bill went up last month. I believe this Bell limitation is directly related to Bell increasing the rates and it's their attempt prevent a mass exit of customers who want to keep their phone number. |
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| reply to inferno_gn
Hi there,
Is there anything that I can be done?
Ju Leon...
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| Don't quote me on this, but I *think* that if your parents don't mind changing phone number, they could cancel with Bell and sign up as a new customer with Teksavvy. |
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 mlernerPremium
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Nepean, ON
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said by eots:That's blatantly anti-competitive behavior from Bell so why doesn't TSI file a formal complaint with the Competition Bureau? Any time I tried to file a complaint with them about Bell I was told it had to be the service provider filing the complaint.
I too was considering switching my Bell phone service to TSI when my bill went up last month. I believe this Bell limitation is directly related to Bell increasing the rates and it's their attempt prevent a mass exit of customers who want to keep their phone number.
TekSavvy's landline service is simply a resale service Bell offers, there's no tariff or regulation and therefore Bell can do whatever they want with it. |
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I don't think so. NO ONE from Teksavvy has actually confirmed this. Martin gave a "something like that" quote but he and the rest seem to flatly REFUSE to tell what is going on. When a company starts acting like the incumbents you know it is time to move on. |
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said by JCohen:Yes that's exactly what's happening, Bell is limiting the number of phone numbers that TekSavvy is allowed to port per month. They're only limiting the number of phone ports done cheaply. TSI isn't willing to take a risk with higher installation costs so clients just have to wait until their cheap quota renews. |
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 fahim
join:2011-02-08
canada | reply to inferno_gn
I presume the same quotas exist going from TekTalk to a Tek-landline... |
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 TSI MartinPremium
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Chatham, ON
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TekSavvy's wireline home phone service is provided via an unregulated service platform provided to TekSavvy by Bell Canada on a purely voluntary basis. Due to certain limitations associated with the Bell service platform, TekSavvy has had to impose stop sells in certain situations.
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| reply to inferno_gn
Hi there,
So, if I do request the phone service, there is a strong posibility I won't be able to do the switch? 
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| reply to TSI Martin
Another non-answer Martin. What situations? Where is the stop sell imposed? Honestly this is like getting info from Bell. . . |
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said by TSI Martin: TekSavvy has had to impose stop sells in certain situations.
"has had to" is probably stretching things a bit. Bell will be happy to take your order - the terms just might not palatable.
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| reply to TSI Martin
Would teksavvy consider creating a wait list or are things just going suddenly open up for all? I have Teksavvy DSL so tektalk / voip wipes out the advantages of as I'd have to go dry loop. |
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| said by graniterock:Would teksavvy consider creating a wait list or are things just going suddenly open up for all? I have Teksavvy DSL so tektalk / voip wipes out the advantages of as I'd have to go dry loop.
Not nescacarily, their is still an advantage to TekTalk as the plans are better than with POTS. It's also dependent on what your band rate is, if you're in A-D than TekTalk is still viable alternative. |
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MZB
join:2010-11-25
Dunrobin, ON | reply to inferno_gn
Note that it's also worth trying to negotiate a better deal with Bell. I persuaded a couple of friends who weren't quite ready to make the Bell -> TekSavvy jump to negotiate ~$50/month reductions in combined Phone/Internet from Bell - simply by pointing out that a friend down the road was paying substantially less for the same service.
For myself I'm very happy having switched to TekSavvy - but for less sophisticated users renegotiating with Bell might actually be a better approach. |
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| Does bell still charge cancellation fees for switching if on month to month? I found some threads here but not sure if they are still update as some time has passed. |
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