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sm5w2
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St Thomas, ON

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Re: Bell 12% POTS Line Increase June 1st

Where / when did Bell announce this increase? I get a paper bill for one of my phone lines, and there is nothing printed on the bill (bill for mid-april to mid-may) that indicates a price increase.

I have two pots lines. One line has call-answer on it. Monthly charges are:

Residence line $26.22
911 emergency service access $0.16
Touch-Tone service $2.80
Call Answer service $10.95

The other line:

Residence line $24.28
911 emergency service access $0.16
Touch-Tone service $2.80

No other services listed for either line, and I've never had / ordered any other services for either line in the past.

Judging by those costs, are those lines still covered by tarrif as far as costs go? I note that I'm paying $2 more for "Residential line" for the first line vs the second - is this because it is not a tarrif'd product?

Is *anyone* in Ontario paying less than $27 from Bell for a basic POTS line at this point (including touch-tone and 911) ?

JC_
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join:2010-10-19
Nepean, ON

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said by sm5w2:

Is *anyone* in Ontario paying less than $27 from Bell for a basic POTS line at this point (including touch-tone and 911) ?

It's possible that people are but they likely have a contract.
yyzlhr
join:2012-09-03
Scarborough, ON

yyzlhr

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said by JC_:

said by sm5w2:

Is *anyone* in Ontario paying less than $27 from Bell for a basic POTS line at this point (including touch-tone and 911) ?

It's possible that people are but they likely have a contract.

I'm paying about $13 for a basic line with no features. Pricing is good for a year without contract.

zong
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join:2005-07-21
Scarborough, ON

zong

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How many other services do you have with them? TV / Internet?
yyzlhr
join:2012-09-03
Scarborough, ON

yyzlhr

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said by zong:

How many other services do you have with them? TV / Internet?

Nothing, just POTS.

zong
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join:2005-07-21
Scarborough, ON

zong

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Can you post a screen cap of your bill like we did? You're in the scarbz and as am I, yet mine is double.
yyzlhr
join:2012-09-03
Scarborough, ON

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said by zong:

Can you post a screen cap of your bill like we did? You're in the scarbz and as am I, yet mine is double.

Here is the order summary I received. Don't have access to the online billing portal as I'm not the account holder.

Obviously, what I'm paying is not the regular price. I received an offer from Rogers for a basic landline for $10 a month price locked for 2 years. I called Bell asking what their 30 day notice policy was in regards to porting and they asked me why and I told them about the Rogers offer and this is what they offered me. Even though it was slightly more expensive than Rogers, this gave me the flexibility of not having a contract, but allowed me to buy some time while I evaluate different VoIP options.

elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON

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said by sm5w2:

Where / when did Bell announce this increase? I get a paper bill for one of my phone lines, and there is nothing printed on the bill (bill for mid-april to mid-may) that indicates a price increase......Is *anyone* in Ontario paying less than $27 from Bell for a basic POTS line at this point (including touch-tone and 911) ?

Just posted price increase link in first post......Apparently Bell is picking and choosing which POTS customers get a $3.05 increase and who gets less of an increase and who gets a zero increase.

sm5w2
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St Thomas, ON

sm5w2

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> Just posted price increase link in first post......Apparently Bell
> is picking and choosing which POTS customers get a $3.05
> increase and who gets less of an increase and who gets a zero increase.

Can someone explain these increases?

»www.bell.ca/Residential_ ··· _updates

Who is paying these $18.xx, $19.xx, $20.xx, $22.xx prices? Are those Promo/contracts prices?

Why am I paying $27.28 and not $27.07? Looks like I'm going to be hit with the $3.05 increase (which pizzes me off).

Who would I have to be, or where would I have to be living, to be paying $27.07?

What is "rate band D2B" ???

What is so special about $27.33 ? Why are so many different rates being increased to that specific new rate?