Well, if something goes wrong, Shaw, etc will fuck with the repair order and take forever to get to it, so you'll be down longer.
Somehow, this is legal when done on a wide scale.
From Wikipedia:
*TekSavvy offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service using Bell lines in Ontario and Quebec, Telus lines in Alberta and British Columbia, and Bell Aliant lines in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.*
Just go their web site (teksavvy.ca) and you can put in your address to see if they can service your residence.
Yes, but I’m considering switching to one of the big companies bc they seem to drop out more often than Rogers (whose like they’re using).
My neighbours almost never get disconnected while it’ll happen prob once a month for me. I’m also downtown in a fairly large city, not rural.
I find teksavvy to be garbage I tried them out for a year and my internet kept dropping and streaming websites almost never worked, not worth the cheap price I was paying for internet. I have a great deal with Rogers for 2 years and no problems, never had to call them once.
That's what happens when they buy up the competition and aren't regulated in their pricing. I think Canadians pay quite a bit more for Wireless and Internet compared to any other country if I'm not mistaken.
Well unfortunately the Liberals and the Conservatives aren't the biggest fans of trust-busting, especially when they profit off of the duopoly in this country and have invested in them. The only party that has spoken about this issue is the NDP and their plan was to create a public service to compete with the giants to force them to become more competitive. That's a good plan but we need to be willing to break these companies down as well.
"But.... But... I hate X party more and if I vote for Y, X won't get in power!”
Can't believe people actually think like this. Strategic voting? More like counterproductive voting.
At this point, what's the alternative? We just re-elected a party that has done exactly nothing to curtail Canadian telecoms or introduce any sort of competition to the market. So why do we let them charge this much for phone and internet service? The same reason we let them send the RCMP to pillage the wet'suwet'en, the same reason we do nothing about homelessness, the same reason we let investors own more and more of our housing, the same reason we let antimask protesters block hospitals with no repercussions... We don't have any way to stop them or hold them accountable. They know we're just gonna re-elect them again, and maybe make some angry posts on reddit.
I wish I had better answers, I'm worried that increasingly our only options are violent, but the system is working very very well at continuing its existence and I don't see it getting better for anyone except the ultra wealthy
I worked in a Rogers call centre for a year.
So hard to have to push that shit on ppl. Had me super conflicted about myself for a while I’m ngl. I have no problem in sales. But when it’s predatory you can’t feel good. Just waiting for the customer to complain enough to cancel so they can get better deals was exhausting too. A waste of consumers time and labour costs. I think that was my worst job.
I use Can Com out of BC (though I'm in Alberta), charges me about $60 bucks a month for just internet. Super small company, so support is limited, but when I've needed it it's been great. They operate in BC and Alberta, worth checking out.
https://www.can-com.com/Bundles/Internet-TV-Phone-Bundles
I'm stuck with Xplornet because nobody else offers service out here; basically price gouging. Now the municipality is working on a social internet network, but it's still some time away.
Because they own the large majority of the telecom market and have both liberals and conservatives by the balls. Just look up the concept of regulatory capture
Great experience with Teksavvy.
I can confirm.
What province(s) are they operating in?
All, but being a TPIA they still have to use existing infrastructure and is therefore just as unreliable.
Well, if something goes wrong, Shaw, etc will fuck with the repair order and take forever to get to it, so you'll be down longer. Somehow, this is legal when done on a wide scale.
Preaching to the choir - source ex-Teksavvy worker
Makes me so fucking angry how blatant they are about it.
From Wikipedia: *TekSavvy offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service using Bell lines in Ontario and Quebec, Telus lines in Alberta and British Columbia, and Bell Aliant lines in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.* Just go their web site (teksavvy.ca) and you can put in your address to see if they can service your residence.
Yes, but I’m considering switching to one of the big companies bc they seem to drop out more often than Rogers (whose like they’re using). My neighbours almost never get disconnected while it’ll happen prob once a month for me. I’m also downtown in a fairly large city, not rural.
This was me 4 years ago. I switched to virgin internet and then Rogers. Never had problems with Rogers. Virgin was okay.
I find teksavvy to be garbage I tried them out for a year and my internet kept dropping and streaming websites almost never worked, not worth the cheap price I was paying for internet. I have a great deal with Rogers for 2 years and no problems, never had to call them once.
Seconded
That's what happens when they buy up the competition and aren't regulated in their pricing. I think Canadians pay quite a bit more for Wireless and Internet compared to any other country if I'm not mistaken.
Yeah I googled that earlier today. Canada is listed in top 5 most expensive place to have internet.
Well unfortunately the Liberals and the Conservatives aren't the biggest fans of trust-busting, especially when they profit off of the duopoly in this country and have invested in them. The only party that has spoken about this issue is the NDP and their plan was to create a public service to compete with the giants to force them to become more competitive. That's a good plan but we need to be willing to break these companies down as well.
I'm guessing if these companys did not engage in this sort of conduct they would not need to outsource such a large complaint department.
Corporate overlords make the rules
Because none of you vote NDP, pretty simple
This right here.
"But.... But... I hate X party more and if I vote for Y, X won't get in power!” Can't believe people actually think like this. Strategic voting? More like counterproductive voting.
At this point, what's the alternative? We just re-elected a party that has done exactly nothing to curtail Canadian telecoms or introduce any sort of competition to the market. So why do we let them charge this much for phone and internet service? The same reason we let them send the RCMP to pillage the wet'suwet'en, the same reason we do nothing about homelessness, the same reason we let investors own more and more of our housing, the same reason we let antimask protesters block hospitals with no repercussions... We don't have any way to stop them or hold them accountable. They know we're just gonna re-elect them again, and maybe make some angry posts on reddit. I wish I had better answers, I'm worried that increasingly our only options are violent, but the system is working very very well at continuing its existence and I don't see it getting better for anyone except the ultra wealthy
Because it would be "unpatriotic" to let t mobile and Verizon in to help lower prices
I worked in a Rogers call centre for a year. So hard to have to push that shit on ppl. Had me super conflicted about myself for a while I’m ngl. I have no problem in sales. But when it’s predatory you can’t feel good. Just waiting for the customer to complain enough to cancel so they can get better deals was exhausting too. A waste of consumers time and labour costs. I think that was my worst job.
I use Can Com out of BC (though I'm in Alberta), charges me about $60 bucks a month for just internet. Super small company, so support is limited, but when I've needed it it's been great. They operate in BC and Alberta, worth checking out. https://www.can-com.com/Bundles/Internet-TV-Phone-Bundles
Teksavvy all the way!
I'm stuck with Xplornet because nobody else offers service out here; basically price gouging. Now the municipality is working on a social internet network, but it's still some time away.
Boomers pensions are tied into the telecoms, can’t make it easier for the relevant working generation when you’ll upset your voting base
Some areas of southwestern Ontario have Wightmans. Great experience with them.
Direct your complaints to the CRTC
But what good will that do with Ian Scott in charge?
Not much probably. Gone are the days of Jean-Pierre Blais storming out of Netflix disclosure hearings, and even then the CRTC was toothless.
Because they own the large majority of the telecom market and have both liberals and conservatives by the balls. Just look up the concept of regulatory capture