Shaw vs Telus - July 2020

[killramos]

Telus fibre is great. And inexpensive.

[benyl]

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Had a surveyor running around the street today… asked him what’s up, finally getting fibre over here! Currently on shaw… is it worth switching for those on Telus? We gave Telus copper a try, it sucked

Haha, you are probably a year or so away from actually being able to get it.

They ran the fibre in my new neighborhood starting in June of 2021 and finished around October. There are guys just now lighting it up and TELUS finally said the new house can get service.

[ganesh]

Just renewed mine.
We were already switched to XGS PON last summer as part of Employee trial. However I removed the employee account because it is a better pricing when the account is not employee account.
Gigabit Internet + TV with 7 theme packs and Netflix + Home Phone (to have the 3P discount) $140.07 + Tax
They are also switching the Modem to the new Wifi-Hub

[ercchry]

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Haha, you are probably a year or so away from actually being able to get it.

They ran the fibre in my new neighborhood starting in June of 2021 and finished around October. There are guys just now lighting it up and TELUS finally said the new house can get service.

Apparently we have about 18 months left with shaw… so might just work out!

[eblend]

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Had a surveyor running around the street today… asked him what’s up, finally getting fibre over here! Currently on shaw… is it worth switching for those on Telus? We gave Telus copper a try, it sucked

FTTH for life! I have been on fiber for a LONG time now, I don't remember exactly, but I think about 7-8 years now, during this whole time I don't even recall a single outage. For me it's great for working from home as I deal with large files ect, having gigabit upload speed is pretty damn sweet. For most people it won't really matter, but I am fiber for life (until I move to middle of nowhere and go back to dialup or LTE haha)

[suntan]

Aspen’s had ftth since the 18th century.

[ExtraSlow]

Ftth is excellent. Plus, in areas where Telus provides Ftth, Shaw will provide excellent competitive discounts.
Both are very good. Make sure you are getting a good deal.

[Swank]

This might sway people away from Telus if (when) it goes through, or just look at is as another form of prices going up if you continue to pay with CC.

https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/08/09/t...rocessing-fee/

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah that's going to be interesting how much people care. We all love these high reward and cashback cards, and those rewards come from the retailers, so it makes sense that the retails charge the customer somehow.

I'd be in favour of each card having it's processing fee show up on the receipt right beside GST. If you have a high-feature card, you'll see how much that's costing you, and if you have a discount low-fee card, you'll see that it save you and the retailer money. That kind of transparency would be amazing.

[bjstare]

There is absolutely zero chance that $1-2 per month would sway me to/from a provider. That’s a laughably inconsequential amount.

[benyl]

As if all of the other providers won't follow suit if that goes through.

[ExtraSlow]

How long until someone asks the government to save us from this?

[rage2]

How do we pay cash to make a point?

I’ve been wasting gas buying my movie tickets at the theater since they implemented the fee haha.

[ExtraSlow]

Can I pay in nickels? Asking for a friend.

[killramos]

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As if all of the other providers won't follow suit if that goes through.

No kidding. Any company would jump at the opportunity to add $1-2 a month to people on contracts who can’t cancel.

It will all Come out in the wash.

[benyl]

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How do we pay cash to make a point?

I’ve been wasting gas buying my movie tickets at the theater since they implemented the fee haha.

It's so stupid that these companies don't realize that cash handling cost money too. And it is easy for it to disappear in the fingers of the people handling it.

[Tik-Tok]

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It's so stupid that these companies don't realize that cash handling cost money too. And it is easy for it to disappear in the fingers of the people handling it.

It's not like the vast majority of people will switch to cash, or debit. They're just increasing their profits without increasing their rates.

[heavyD]

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How long until someone asks the government to save us from this?

Millions of Canadians have been asking for years. The Liberal government likes to claim that prices have dropped since their 25% price drop commitment in 2020 but what they fail to highlight that it only applies to 2 to 6 GB plans that account for only 30% of plans purchased by Canadians. If I didn't know any better I would think the government met with the telecom cartels and asked what could they do to make Canadians think they are actually doing something about this without putting a big dent in the cartel's pockets.

[cycosis]

Went to go singup for telus internet. They want to do a credit check on me. Wtf?

[ExtraSlow]

Don't they all?