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CEO Mirko Bibic said the decision could lead Bell to slow down its expansion plans in 2024

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 60 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Keep repeating that Canada has one of the highest rates for communications for consumers in the world

Australia is comparable to us ... relatively small population with a large land mass ... and they have better and cheaper communications than us. If you want to argue that it's the landscape and environment ... the nordic countries are in the Arctic circle and they provide better and cheaper data services for their customers.

The biggest issue we have here is monopolies and when you give these companies full control ... they will never want to change the status quo and they will never do anything to help people or give better rates ... they will always balance how much to take from people by how much those people are willing to be fleeced ... so far we have been very compliant, which is why everything persists.

It's one thing to say you've been robbed ... it's another thing to just sit there and continue to be robbed.

[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago
[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

You could argue they're monopolies given there's only one cable provider and one phone provider to an area. Maybe you could argue that's a duopoly as both provide comparable services overall.

However, for many Canadian's it's actually a monopoly. Many areas do not have cable services at all. In a lot of areas, the companies have chosen not to compete so effectively residents only have one choice for high speed internet. Even in highly built up areas, like Toronto, many new high-rises are being built with only one connection, so again, residents don't have a choice.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

I have to choose between Bell and

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