Thank you Jason for giving some publicity to this outrageous situation.
The fact that our telcos appear to be so well protected from foreign competitors and the lack of domestic competition leave the canadian consumers in the dark ages of mobile telephony/computing. If the obvious collusion in the canadian wireless industry is not worthy of an intervention from the government, then I don't what else may be. I was hopeful at some point that Maxime Bernier (former Minister of Industry) would do something about it. At least he appeared to be sympathetic to the cause. Now that he is appointed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs we no longer hear about it. Did he flee the mess? Was he given other duties on purpose? I have no idea but this annoys me to no end. Someone has to do something. Now.
Antoine
P.S.: I recently found the following Fido brochure with my girlfriend's old cellphone. The brochure dates from when fido was still an independent company. The rate for unlimited GPRS was only $50. It really was unlimited, no strings attached. Granted, it was only GPRS, but still I would prefer this authentic "2003-style data plan pricing" to what is offered today. See for yourself, I've scanned the relevant pages:
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