Here is my rant.
I would like to see the government step in and get Telus, Shaw and Rogers off of the monopolized system they now have. Telecoms have systematically ripped everyone off, manipulating services based on buying hardware from them. Real tech retailers, such as Future Shop, need a fighting chance. Obviously the hot tech items these days are mobile devices. Whether or not you need one you pay as if you're buying one, just to get a mobile phone service. And there is nothing you can do about it. There is no other competition. Obviously telecom service is jacked up in price to account for the issuance of mobile phones (which should be sold elsewhere or at least be separated from the cost of having a mobile phone account). Telecoms shouldn't be allowed to hijack the entire industry and force people to pay enormous wads of cash at the expense of everyone else.
It kind of seems silly that people will complain that the banks charge too much if they charge 5 or 10 dollars a month (as if they don't spend an enormous amount of capital on technology to make a banking network safe) yet we just keep on keeping on paying hundreds of dollars a month to telecoms. And this is just one example of the cost we pay. Jobs lost at the expense of Mr Rogers sports toys.
I would like to see the government step in and get Telus, Shaw and Rogers off of the monopolized system they now have. Telecoms have systematically ripped everyone off, manipulating services based on buying hardware from them. Real tech retailers, such as Future Shop, need a fighting chance. Obviously the hot tech items these days are mobile devices. Whether or not you need one you pay as if you're buying one, just to get a mobile phone service. And there is nothing you can do about it. There is no other competition. Obviously telecom service is jacked up in price to account for the issuance of mobile phones (which should be sold elsewhere or at least be separated from the cost of having a mobile phone account). Telecoms shouldn't be allowed to hijack the entire industry and force people to pay enormous wads of cash at the expense of everyone else.
It kind of seems silly that people will complain that the banks charge too much if they charge 5 or 10 dollars a month (as if they don't spend an enormous amount of capital on technology to make a banking network safe) yet we just keep on keeping on paying hundreds of dollars a month to telecoms. And this is just one example of the cost we pay. Jobs lost at the expense of Mr Rogers sports toys.
