Ask HN: Addressing Canadian Telco Abuse of Power
I've been living in Canada for a few years now, after having lived in several other countries. When I first arrived, I was shocked by how expensive phone/internet providers are, and as time went on, things only appeared to get worse.
Every now and then, I check "competing" offers only to find out that they essentially cost the same, sometimes in roundabout ways (confusing consumers with a myriad of options and such). To make matters worse, costs are actually going up. One such example was Shaw downgrading all of their offers (bandwidth, usage, etc.), while effectively hiking up their prices. Likewise, they'll increase the price of your existing package every so often, with absolutely no justification.
I've tried to get clarifications from various telcos, which went about as well as one might imagine. As many other people are, I'm convinced there is corporate collusion at play here, which is reinforced by the few oligopolies running the business. Despite repeated outrage over the years (a quick Google search for Canadian telco oligopolies/collusion will bring up tons of results), nothing has happened and things keep getting worse.
What resources are available to the general public to push this trend back? How would the kind people of HN address this situation in a constructive, realistic and effective manner?
Thank you!