 dillyhammerA. Good. Start.Premium,MVM
join:2010-01-09
Hamilton, ON
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| Rogers not to blame Rogers is just doing what any greedy government-protected corporate monopoly would do, make as much money as possible doing as little as possible.
The problem here is the government capitulates and otherwise aids and abets Rogers.
Don't get mad at Rogers.
Get mad at the CRTC. Get mad at Industry Canada. Get mad at Weights & Measures. Those are the organizations that deserve the anger of taxpayers.
Then, switch to an indy ISP, switch to voip.ms, switch to Netflix and OTA, and save your money.
Mike
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 J E F FWhatta Ya Think About Dat?Premium
join:2004-04-01
Kitchener, ON
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| Hamilton is a great place for OTA, especially on the mountain, but for a lot of people, these digital signals are either all or nothing. In days of old, one could spend $200 for a mast and antenna and get all the Canadian and US networks for free, now for a lot you'll get nothing. Rogers, they know people don't have that OTA option. Digital TV is great, but the technology at broadcasting channels that go beyond 30 miles is way behind analog.
Rogers is giving me a good discount, but once it's up I'm gone.
I really don't understand their 3rd price increase in 11 months, that's insane and greedy. (Other increase was in October when they took 3% off the top tier bundled discount, reducing it from 15% to 12%, and the March 1st increase)
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"Get mad at the CRTC. Get mad at Industry Canada. Get mad at Weights & Measures"
100% agree!! the thing this time though, is that we finally have a guy at the CRTC who isn't afraid of stepping up. He just needs a little nudge to feel the mood of the people. |
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| The issue is going to be for the CRTC though, what power do they have to stop Rogers (or Bell or Shw or Telus) from raising their prices?
Absolutely none, and if they tried Rogers would be in court so fast you'd hear the sonic boom in their wake.
I agreed to sign up for one more year but I'm carefully monitoring just what I'm watching and whether legal digital alternatives exist. If as I suspect, there are the proper, cheaper alternatives out there, then its a matter of telling Rogers to go away come next December.
NefCanuck |
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 rosenquiPremium
join:2004-05-28
Kanata, ON | said by NefCanuck:The issue is going to be for the CRTC though, what power do they have to stop Rogers (or Bell or Shw or Telus) from raising their prices? The best thing they could do would be to split off the portion of Rogers/Bell/Telus/etc. that controls the "last mile" into a separate company with its own set of books and transparent costs. Give that infrastructure company a regulated rate of return like they did in the monopoly telephone days for Bell, and force them to sell access to the last mile to anyone with published rates that are the same for all players.
We're partway there with the 3rd party Internet access regulations in place now, but there's not enough transparency in the numbers supplied by the incumbents. Since those numbers affect the wholesale rates approved by the CRTC, the incumbents can get creative in order to stop the 3rd parties from undercutting them too significantly in retail price. |
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to dillyhammer
why not get mad at the people paying for it? Rogers will ask for as much as someone is willing to pay. let people call in and say I want my cable bill lowered then if they don't get that they drop rogers you'll see prices come down.
It's kind of like the whole people saying damn it all the jobs are going overseas well stop buying the shit made overseas. |
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Don't lump Telus in with the rest of them.. I'm pretty happy with my Telus rates (as long as they don't start enforcing their cap). I'm paying about $110 a month for 50/10 Internet with no cap and their second highest TV tier. |
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