Edgar_man_boy
@rogers.com
| Look Communications Sells to Inukshuk
Looks like anyone who has internet or TV with Look Communications will have to find a new provider!
»www.look.ca/en/files/Look_transa···2009.pdf |
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infamouskid
join:2007-01-24
North York, ON | look buys idirect...look goes into receivership.. looks comes out of receivership...look sells. adios look.
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"carpe diem" |
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Omr
join:2004-01-10
M1S-1B3 | reply to Edgar_man_boy
Well the stranglehold of Bell and Rogers for all things Wired/ Wireless just got firmer ... let the monopolies keep growing. |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11
 ·Velcom
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Radioactif
 ·Videotron
| reply to Edgar_man_boy
A sad day indeed. I can't believe they trusted Bell way back in 2000... in my eyes, the writing was on the wall a loooong time ago. Too bad the CRTC/government closed their eyes and let Robbers/Hell almost 100Mhz of AMAZING spectrum.
*sigh*
Adi |
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davidl
join:2008-07-11
Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC | reply to Edgar_man_boy
More new customers for Teksavvy!!  |
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IIgs
Premium
join:2002-10-05
Montreal, QC
| reply to Edgar_man_boy
Does this mean LOOK will permanently shutdown its TV/Internet operation, or continue under new ownership?
Back when I subscribed to cable TV, I remember considering LOOK. Guess it's now just Bell or Videotron (and VDN in some areas) in Montreal then. |
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kingb71
join:2000-10-09
Mississauga, ON
1 edit | My Dad still has Look TV, will he have to switch? |
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topic dupe
@videotron.ca
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said by IIgs  :Does this mean LOOK will permanently shutdown its TV/Internet operation, or continue under new ownership? Back when I subscribed to cable TV, I remember considering LOOK. Guess it's now just Bell or Videotron (and VDN in some areas) in Montreal then. VDN fiber was owned by Gaz Met (Gas metropolitan), Bell bought them.
so VDN = Bell now
Look = new ownership, seems like parts are being cut up for Cell and other stuff. So there will be lost services.
Refer to:
»Look communication buyout with bell & rogers
This topic is a due. |
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typo dupe
@videotron.ca | said by topic dupe :
This topic is a due.
due = dupe |
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Quake110
join:2003-12-20
Ottawa, ON | reply to Edgar_man_boy
Vive le Canada!, pays des compagnies monopole de communication, qui offrent des prix exorbitant et un support merdique! |
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Fergless
join:2008-04-19
Toronto, ON | reply to Edgar_man_boy
Just got a letter from our building Management.
@Bloor & Dundas West.
As of June 27th, Saturday, Rogers will be offering an interim Cable TV services to the residents. ..... 3 months free Rogers TV. |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| said by Fergless :Just got a letter from our building Management. @Bloor & Dundas West. As of June 27th, Saturday, Rogers will be offering an interim Cable TV services to the residents. ..... 3 months free Rogers TV. I was expecting that. I'm almost certain the equipment will be dismantled and Rogers will use the spectrum for their current wireless businesses. Everyone who was hoping to avoid Bell/Rogers/Starchoice etc. will no longer have an alternative. |
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IIgs
Premium
join:2002-10-05
Montreal, QC
| reply to Edgar_man_boy
For the fun of it, I called Look this afternoon to ask if I could order their TV and/or Internet in Montreal. They told me they're no longer signing up new customers--none at all, period. They also wouldn't even tell me if someone will be taking over their wireless network for existing customers, just that they're in a transition period.
I take it they'll just cease their services in the near future and you'll have to order Bell or Videotron. |
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jfmezei
Premium
join:2007-01-03
Beaconsfield, QC
·ELECTRONICBOX
| The announcement was quite clear. The Look technology will NOT be reused.
Some articles also question whether that spectrum will actually go to Inukshuk. Rogers is rumoured to want some of it for its LTE deployment.
(Bell and Rogers are co-owners of the former Microcell/Fido venture).
Note that Inukshuk is NOT WiMax. It is a pre-Wimax technolgy dating from well befrore Intel starts to work on the real WiMax.
CLEAR.COM is the usa is deploying real WiMax.
If Bell and Rogers intend to develop LTA or WiMax for their mobile networks, it does not show much of a lopng term future for Inukshuk's older techology.
But in terms of Look, it is the end of the line for that technology, except probably for some isolated cases where communities have only this tech available due to their remote location. |
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Fergless
join:2008-04-19
Toronto, ON
·Acanac
1 edit | reply to Fergless
Still no sign of Rogers free TV yet, lots of Rogers people in the Lobby though.
Edit:
Spoke too soon, Rogers cable was hooked up on Saturday.
Much better than Look TV. + Free is Good.  |
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