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CRTC reaches major milestone to make cellphone plans cheaper for Canadians (dailyhive.com)
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Cheaper phone plans for Canadians could be closer than we think.

On Monday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it’s reached a significant milestone in increasing phone services competition in Canada.

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[–] -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Is that a problem? I'm not saying that we all wouldn't like lower bills, but is comparing your internet bill to your insurance premium a pragmatic way to approach finance? Also, how much are you giving your ISP every month? You can get a gigabit fibre connection for $100 or less.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You're conditioned to think $100 is good.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think that depends on quality. A gigabit fibre connection is pretty damn good. Far faster than most households need by a good magnitude. And the fact that most places offer such a thing for under $100 is pretty decent.

    The real question is how much does it cost to get a 10mBit connection. It's been a while since I've checked, but I'm pretty sure that it's also pretty close to $100, which is definitely a problem.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm my area, cable internet goes for about 13$/Mbps.

    I don't know about fiber. The only provider is Bell and I hate them and will never give them my money again.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Bell is usually the only provider for fibre, as it usually replaces DSL and Rogers uses cable. Most of the time the starting price I've seen is about $100, but that's for a gigabit minimum.

    On the other hand, $13?! I've never seen any sort of internet connection going for so cheap in the entire country!

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