In truth, all of the Canadian telecoms are awful, awful, completely vertically integrated companies. They’re our ISPs, they’re our cable television and broadband internet providers, they’re our cellular phone networks, and they own our TV and radio stations. They have an obscene amount of influence over the media we’re soaking in, and control over our means of communicating.
And Bell’s probably the worst of them. But it’s not like it’s not a competitive field in that regard.
Yup, worth noting that the issue isn’t just poor (unreliable and slow) service, but also the integration of data caps. Something that is rare in the US (and I’m assuming in europe?). Basically, on many plans ISPs will limit the amount of data users are allowed to send or receive in a given time (usually it’s per billing cycle, so per month). TO be clear, this is for your home network, not just your cellular data.
I haven’t been living in Canada for a while so things must have changed a bit since then. The strat is to get an american plan with roaming at that point…
The only two I am aware of that are actually good are Teksavvy and SaskTel. But, Teksavvy is just a reseller, and SaskTel is a crown corporation only available in Sask. Not sure about the smaller mobile providers anymore - there have been too many buyouts for me to keep track of.
Well Bell Canada was a division of the huge American monopoly of Bell Telephone.
I don’t have first hand experience with Bell Canada, but with the American divisions of Bell becoming Verizon, AT&T, and CenturyLink, I don’t have high expectations.
I heard bell is bad, is that true? (I’m in the US)
Well, let’s talk about it.
In truth, all of the Canadian telecoms are awful, awful, completely vertically integrated companies. They’re our ISPs, they’re our cable television and broadband internet providers, they’re our cellular phone networks, and they own our TV and radio stations. They have an obscene amount of influence over the media we’re soaking in, and control over our means of communicating.
And Bell’s probably the worst of them. But it’s not like it’s not a competitive field in that regard.
Yup, worth noting that the issue isn’t just poor (unreliable and slow) service, but also the integration of data caps. Something that is rare in the US (and I’m assuming in europe?). Basically, on many plans ISPs will limit the amount of data users are allowed to send or receive in a given time (usually it’s per billing cycle, so per month). TO be clear, this is for your home network, not just your cellular data.
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I haven’t been living in Canada for a while so things must have changed a bit since then. The strat is to get an american plan with roaming at that point…
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The only two I am aware of that are actually good are Teksavvy and SaskTel. But, Teksavvy is just a reseller, and SaskTel is a crown corporation only available in Sask. Not sure about the smaller mobile providers anymore - there have been too many buyouts for me to keep track of.
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Well Bell Canada was a division of the huge American monopoly of Bell Telephone.
I don’t have first hand experience with Bell Canada, but with the American divisions of Bell becoming Verizon, AT&T, and CenturyLink, I don’t have high expectations.