Meh, CRTC has a lot more good to do before we can forgive them for enabling the telecoms to keep robing Canadians, with most expensive prices per gigabyte in the whole world.
Most expensive prices per gigabyte in the developed world. Small caveat, the situation is still terrible, but being correct is important.
If paying high cellular, internet & home prices is a sign of “developed” world. Yes
We pay less than Uganda, more than all of Europe. That's what's important here. Complaining correctly.
I wonder if geography or population density matters in these conversations. It costs 6.5x more to bring a cell tower to your neighborhood than it does in the US - but you will continue to compare Uganda or other countries that are postage stamps in terms of size compared to Canada - and act as if that’s logical.
In front of the scenes: Canadians pay the highest cellular bills & internet bills.
Also in front of the scenes: the largest country with the smallest population. In the world. Giving a Canadian cell access costs 6.5x more than it does to provide ab American the same service. Why would the prices be even close?
CRTC has done a lot to protect telcos interests, Canadian people pays the big price.
What are some examples that don't favour entrenched interests (Rogers / Bell / Telus ) looking to legislate away competition, or subsidise politically approved "artists" while making it harder for us to access content we actually want to see?
They've enabled third party internet access's for wired internet [0]. Teksavvy wouldn't exist without the CTRC.