 bklassPremium
join:2012-02-06
Canada | Competition? Just another example of cable companies in Canada "competing" with each other.
Rogers and Shaw already stay out of each other's territory, splitting Canada East/West for wireline services. | |
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 | | | Re: Competition? so, how long till source is bought out by cogeco or robbers :P | |
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| |  andybPremium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
kudos:1 | Re: Competition? You mean "The Source" the old radio shack? Bell owns that | |
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| | | | | Re: Competition? said by andyb:You mean "The Source" the old radio shack? Bell owns that
Source Cable, think about it, this is about the shaw area in hamilton thats being talked about right :P | |
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| |  LazManPremium
join:2003-03-26
canada | You mean Rogers or Rogers... Don't forget Roger's owns about a 40% stake in Cogeco. | |
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Beans
join:2005-07-16
united state | Rogers Isn't Rogers AT&T, but in Canada? | |
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| yyzlhr
join:2012-09-03
Scarborough, ON
kudos:1 | Re: Rogers said by Beans:Isn't Rogers AT&T, but in Canada?
No, AT&T used to own a portion of wireless operations in Canada, but Rogers acquired whatever AT&T had up here. | |
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| |  GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | Re: Rogers From a historical standpoint, AT&T once held a minority stake in what is now Rogers Wireless, hence why it had been known at various points as "Cantel AT&T", "Rogers Cantel AT&T", and "Rogers AT&T Wireless". There is no longer any such connection.
From a functional (and also historical) standpoint, Bell Canada would be the closest equivalent to AT&T in Canada, especially since Bell Canada was once considered to be part of the Bell System as a Regional Operating Company. It was only a partial ownership (peaked at 49% in 1885), but both AT&T and Bell Canada spawned from Alexander Graham Bell's original telephone patents (the US and Canadian versions of the patents respectively).
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|  Simba7I Void Warranties
join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | said by Beans:Isn't Rogers AT&T, but in Canada? I always thought it was Bell. | |
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 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10
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| | Great news.... can now watch my internet bill increase in cost!  | |
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| | | Re: Great news.... said by GrandPaFD :can now watch my internet bill increase in cost!
Yes. But don't watch it too closely or you'll quickly go over your monthly 'cap'.  | |
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 RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY | Why are they being allowed to keep the licenses? "It should be noted that Rogers was barred from participating in the auction for that wireless band because Industry Canada felt they already had too much of an advantage in the market".
Given this ban, why are they not being required to divest themself of the Shaw licenses as part of the approval of the deal. It looks like Industry Canada is falling down on the job here or has been paid off to look the other way. | |
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| yyzlhr
join:2012-09-03
Scarborough, ON
kudos:1 | said by RARPSL:Given this ban, why are they not being required to divest themself of the Shaw licenses as part of the approval of the deal. It looks like Industry Canada is falling down on the job here or has been paid off to look the other way.
The deal hasn't gone through yet. It is still subject to approval from the competition bureau, crtc and industry canada which isn't likely to happen until next year. | |
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| | kevinds
join:2003-05-01
Calgary, AB
kudos:1 | Re: Why are they being allowed to keep the licenses? If customers are switching to a competing independent ISP, and they loose enough customers, they'll buy the indepenent...
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Yes, I am not employed and looking for IT work. Have passport, will travel. | |
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| | Deal not good for us This deal should not be allowed to happen. | |
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bisk
join:2002-06-15
Binbrook, ON | Please don't let this happen! Shaw has greatly improved the old Mountain Cable service. Their prices and available plans are light years better than anything that Rogers offers. | |
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| | Cogeco should have acquired Mountain Cablevision... Cogeco should have bought Mountain Cablevision - at the first place! That way, it'll keep Shaw out of the backyard! | |
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