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less than three posted:Canadian Cellular: the market is already extremely competitive, prices are actually quite affordable contrary to popular belief Canadian Cellular: America Will Nationalize Telecoms Before Us
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I haven't updated my plan for about a decade and I'm realizing now that an $80 a month for a 1gb plan is a bad deal. gently caress.
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Feb 21, 2020 07:15
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Bi-la kaifa posted:I haven't updated my plan for about a decade and I'm realizing now that an $80 a month for a 1gb plan is a bad deal. gently caress. Lol goddamn dude.
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Feb 21, 2020 07:43
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Bi-la kaifa posted:I haven't updated my plan for about a decade and I'm realizing now that an $80 a month for a 1gb plan is a bad deal. gently caress. The gently caress? Take my Public Mobile referral, please.
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Feb 21, 2020 07:46
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less than three posted:Spend less on candles I guess “We’ve cut our lunch budget to only being able to go order in on fridays now. Sorry, blame the CRTC.”
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Feb 21, 2020 11:02
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I just got a job that pays my personal cell phone bill; I wonder if in the future Canadian telecom will be like American health care where we're afraid to change jobs lest we lose our plans
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Feb 21, 2020 11:27
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Nitr0 posted:Oh no, guess those billions would have to go to other companies and the 5000 people that get laid off can go to the new competitors. "We have these random, secret flash sales over long weekends, what more do you want from us?!"
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Feb 21, 2020 13:27
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I think you'll find that contrary to the phone plans in literally every other country in the world, you actually have it pretty good, you filthy loving peasants. You fill me with disdain.
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Feb 21, 2020 13:36
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...and the ads have started 
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Feb 21, 2020 13:58
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Highest prices for lowest service in the western world; what a deal, a great bargoon and visual voicemail is still 7 bucks
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Feb 21, 2020 14:00
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who the gently caress has an unlimited wireless plan in Canada who the hell is even selling that also Telus is trying to push promotions at me to get me to switch to Koodo from Public Mobile it's tempting but honestly 4GB of 3G data is perfect for me right now
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Feb 21, 2020 14:01
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Arivia posted:who the gently caress has an unlimited wireless plan in Canada All of the big 3 are selling unlimited data plans now? Well, unlimited in the sense that you won't get charged for going over X GB, you'll just get slowed down instead. Tempting but I'm currently on a 10GB/$65 loyalty plan that I'm not getting close to using up so why pay $10 more for no reason? Dallan Invictus fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Feb 21, 2020 |
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Feb 21, 2020 14:51
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Unlimited texting!* *after 100 texts there's a 90 minute delivery delay, doesn't include sms, 10 cents per emoji
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Feb 21, 2020 15:14
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Arivia posted:who the gently caress has an unlimited wireless plan in Canada All 3 have "unlimited" plans for a while now. It's x GB (I have 15) of full speed data then you're throttled to 512kbps. You definitely will pull your hair out trying to use Instagram at that speed but things like WhatsApp are perfectly usable.
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Feb 21, 2020 16:48
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"ACTUALLY, I think you'll find that Canadian cell phone plans are TOO good" - Someone at Telus, probably
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less than three posted:TELUS the first to point a gun and say opening up the market to competition will "have consequences" If it's already plenty competitive then there shouldn't be any problem allowing more competitors.
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Feb 21, 2020 18:53
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Chris Knight posted:...and the ads have started loving disgusting. This is exactly why I don’t spend a dime with telus. Despite them having fiber to my home and an obviously better product. Fight the power. Fight the borg.
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Feb 21, 2020 19:06
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Chris Knight posted:...and the ads have started Reminder that Price Waterhouse Coopers licenses their name out like a franchise. The Canada and the US branches don't necessarily even follow the same standards, they're under different ownership. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Feb 21, 2020 |
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Feb 21, 2020 19:11
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PwC is pond scum just like our telecoms.
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Yes actually unlimited data without throttling for half the price is worse than Canada for: <whatever Telus paid them to say>
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Reminder from the last time telecom was threatened. Every time they mention "US Company" replace that with "MVNO Sharing" and it's the same propaganda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQv6wwaNyM Nitr0 fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Feb 21, 2020 |
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Feb 21, 2020 20:09
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Feb 21, 2020 20:18
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:42 - 1:08 is spot on for what's happening now.
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Feb 21, 2020 20:21
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I have a friend of the family who is involved in some sort of marital split and its become pretty bitter. They shared a Rogers family account but everything is in one persons name and they have the PIN/etc for the account. The friend wants to split off and just have their own Rogers account and keep their ancient phone #. Will Rogers accommodate this or are they going to insist that the account holder approve it? I'm with Koodo and have no idea about Rogers policies. I assume they would allow it as long as she pays her device balance. Normally I would just tell her to go ahead and call Rogers but I know in the past when I've ported #s before they wanted some weird PIN and other info.
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The Gunslinger posted:I have a friend of the family who is involved in some sort of marital split and its become pretty bitter. They shared a Rogers family account but everything is in one persons name and they have the PIN/etc for the account. The friend wants to split off and just have their own Rogers account and keep their ancient phone #. Will Rogers accommodate this or are they going to insist that the account holder approve it Is their name on the account as an authorised user? Then probably. If not it's probably easier to just port the number out to another carrier using the account number and a minwage kiosk employee who doesn't care.
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less than three posted:Is their name on the account as an authorised user? Then probably. I have no idea but I doubt it. It's one of those situations where one person was handling all of the finances. There's also a device balance on her phone which complicates things. Ugh.
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The Gunslinger posted:I have no idea but I doubt it. It's one of those situations where one person was handling all of the finances. There's also a device balance on her phone which complicates things. Ugh. Yeah, I worked as a Bell call centre drone and if your name isn't on the account or in the authorised names field I'd just nope you off the call.
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Feb 21, 2020 22:44
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Not that I'd ever suggest doing this but if you have a person of the correct gender call in with all the correct identifying information, then what would stop them from porting out the number, security questions?
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Dillbag posted:Unless you're porting to Public Mobile and have plug in the account info into PM's site yourself, but even then it's really hard to gently caress up. Yeah I phrased it badly, I meant you don't have to go to your old carrier to do anything, you give the IMEI and account # to the new one and they do a pull.
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Feb 21, 2020 23:58
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mewse posted:Not that I'd ever suggest doing this but if you have a person of the correct gender call in with all the correct identifying information, then what would stop them from porting out the number, security questions? Porting is all done by the receiving carrier. If they wanted to say with Rogers that would work.
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Feb 22, 2020 02:57
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Way back when (10+ years) you had to have both parties show up in person with ID to split an existing line off onto a new account. Maybe not any more? But you'd still be getting stuck with some standard retail plan instead of something good. Porting just seems easier - the device balance can be settled come final asset split.
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If they're on that bad of terms now is a device tab balance that big of an issue? :justport:
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https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bell-telus-threatening-crtc-on-investment-cuts-is-part-of-the-playbook-experts-say-200603490.html “Geist explained a similar scenario was played out when U.S.-based telecom carrier Verizon tried to enter the Canadian market in 2013. He said the major incumbent carriers went on an “immediate war footing” to put out op-eds, lobby the government and “engage in widespread attempts to convince the public that [Verizon] was a threat to investment and to the economic well-being of Canadian companies.” Mmmmhm
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Feb 22, 2020 08:58
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 it worked then and it's going to work again now
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Nitr0 posted:https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bell-telus-threatening-crtc-on-investment-cuts-is-part-of-the-playbook-experts-say-200603490.html In fairness, this is Verizon here. A company caught lying and misleading customers multiple times by Android Police alone, never mind other publications. ... On second thought, they'll fit right in.
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Nitr0 posted:https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bell-telus-threatening-crtc-on-investment-cuts-is-part-of-the-playbook-experts-say-200603490.html quote:The company’s executive also said that it would reduce philanthropic spending. what assholes. maintain the status quo or the charities get it!!!
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less than three posted:It's dangerously easy, just provide your account number. Chris Knight posted:It's all automated and taken care of on the new carrier's end. Does mean that as soon as I start a new account with, say, Telus, there is some notification sent to Rogers to close my account and that my number is now a number with Telus' system?
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VERTiG0 posted:Does mean that as soon as I start a new account with, say, Telus, there is some notification sent to Rogers to close my account and that my number is now a number with Telus' system? Yes, which is why you always want to make sure doing it won't get you hit with some kind of unexpected fees, like if you owe a tab, if you have a contract (which is still possible, if non-standard), etc. You do have to explicitly make the request to Telus to port you over, though.
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Right. I have not been on a normal contract with Rogers for over a year now, so there's nothing owing and nothing keeping me with them. This sounds too good to be true and too easy to be a thing in this market.
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VERTiG0 posted:Does mean that as soon as I start a new account with, say, Telus, there is some notification sent to Rogers to close my account and that my number is now a number with Telus' system? Bingo
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