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I work in telecom and tell this to nearly everyone who asks me about Canada, and its ISP/telecom market and competition...

"Canada is an endangered species protection wildlife reserve park for dinosaur telecoms"

It's a travesty that the government is actually going to let Shaw and Rogers merge to even further concentrate power in the hands of a few families and reduce market competition.

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In the article, it mentions that the Canadian government blocked this merger. I believe it said that was in April though. Has that changed, or did I misread what the reporting said? Just want to clarify in case I missed something.

I would bet $100 they'll ultimately let it go through anyways due to the absurdly outsized political influence and lobbying of the equity shareholders of Shaw. One of the wealthiest families in the country.

The Canadian government have put up a mild roadblock that will be addressed with non-substantive changes to the structure of the merger, enforced by a little known, toothless regulatory agency who will be instructed to look the other way.

The regulatory environment Canadian telcos operate in is completely captured.

Ah okay, this helps a bit. Not in Canada so I wasn't aware. Thanks for clarifying.

Practical experience working with Telus has been astounding. I have never met a set of system admins so incredibly ignorant of and incapable of using any of the systems they ostensibly run.

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