Independent internet service provider TekSavvy recently started a Facebook ad campaign showcasing “big telecoms web of brands” in Canada, showing how Rogers, Telus, Bell and Videotron own numerous smaller companies.
“Who REALLY owns your provider? It might surprise you,” says TekSavvy, noting it is “one of the last independent ISPs.”
“We fight to keep Canada’s internet open and affordable. More competition is a good thing for everyone but the big guys,” explains the post.
According to TekSavvy, “competition is dying fast. This past year alone—five ISPs sold out to Big Telecom, while Rogers and Shaw seek federal approval for their $26 billion merger.”
The graphic shows the following brands owned by Rogers, Telus, Bell and Videotron…
Rogers
Telus
Update: RhiCom President Kayle Tjomsaas told iPhone in Canada in an email, only a “select group of customers who were served by fixed wireless technologies were acquired by TELUS” and that “outside of the acquired customers, RhiCom has no legal partnership or affiliation with TELUS.”
Bell
Videotron (Subsidiary of Quebecor)
Nothing to see here folks. If the Rogers-Shaw merger is approved, prices are supposed to go down as competition will increase, we’re all told by these companies.
The post concludes by saying, “Minister Champagne and the CRTC must act now. End Big Telecom’s fibre monopoly. Stop anticompetitive rate-fixing. Or we’ll all soon be trapped in Big Telecom’s web.”
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That is CRTC ( Crooked Radio Television in Canada)
They take ” Tea”* money from The Telecoms!
* In Africa that is what they call Bribs.
Bribe?
Bell only operates PC Mobile for prepaid; Koodo is the operator of PC Mobile postpaid.
You mean Telus.
No as Koodo is specifically listed as the support for the postpaid customers:
https://www.pcmobile.ca/en/help/postpaid-service/questions-about-pc-mobile-monthly-services/Then you’re blind and foolish. Koodo is owned by Telus as demonstrated by this very article.
You can’t read.
Didn’t type owned once; purposely stated operates.
Learn to read. Koodo is owned and therefor operates under Telus.
Another one for the growing Bell list that isn’t there is also: Maskatel
When did Telus buy start.ca?
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/telus/telus-quietly-acquires-altima-and-start-ca-independent-isps/
I did not know that Telus owns start.ca.
https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/carriers/telus/telus-quietly-acquires-altima-and-start-ca-independent-isps/
TekSavvy, perhaps you could invest and build your own network rather whine about your wholesale rates paid to ride on someone else’s facilities.
You first.
They tried to do this. Then they had to cancel their plans as they were forced to spend the money they had earmarked on expansion to pay higher fees to the Big 3. Canada has a regulated rate smaller telcoms pay the Big 3. This rate was jacked up a couple of years ago. Just after TekSavvy announced expansion plans.
There was / are many small Cable operators ( sort of like last mile operators ) , Still are who are essentially subcontractors for Rogers or Shaw. TekSavvy could have started doing that long ago, but they dont Because they dont want top be in that business. If a new neighborhood develops, or in some area where there is no Cable, they could go in and provide service for 100 or 200 or 500 residents, but they dont.
I can’t find a single one of these last mile providers in Canada from a quick search. Can you give an example? Are you talking about how Roger’s and Shaw subcontract their installers? The installers don’t own the last mile. They are employees of Roger’s or Shaw getting screwed out of their benefits and being paid less because they are contractors.
You are correct!
Well my neighbor worked for Telus as basically a non union installer they as well are increasing the use of two tier installers not to mention provisioning of services and support from overseas non union, non pensioned contacted employees. …
Gee why didn’t they think of that
I see we got a shill. No one would pout about more competition unless they were part of the incompetent competition..incompetent companies require monopolies to survive.
Cogeco?
They have yet to deploy a publicly accessible tower of the residual spectrum & 3500 MHz of which they acquired the licences.
It is pure deception to say mergers will lower prices. If prices lower, it will only be to draw a down a small amount of the hugely excessive profits. The Merger with Shaw auditor be blocked. Even the competition bureau, which is sadly missing an action on a lot of mergers that should be blocked, agrees this one should be blocked.
One way to unshackled this stronghold of these robbers is to allow US telecom operators to enter and see how competition to open up .In 2014or so the very sight of Verizon’s entry made these robbers to shed crocodile tears and chant be Canadian and buy Canadian movement.we all need to force Trudue and his cabinet to allow US telecoms to enter competition in the interest of Canadians and see how drastically market changes.As a citizen Have raised my voice and hope you too will agree and raise this issue.This will be our only option to fight it out.
Better words have not been spoken