Stories by Austin Blake

Some Telus internet customers are spotting special renewal offers inside the Telus app—and in some cases, they’re cheaper than what Telus loyalty staff are quoting over the phone. One Reddit user said they saw an in-app offer for $70/month on a two-year term for PureFibre Gigabit, with pre-authorized payments, unlimited data, and savings of $65/month....

Bell is teaming up with AI-powered search engine Perplexity to give certain customers a year of free access to the AI search tool’s premium version, Perplexity Pro—normally worth about $300. The deal makes Bell the exclusive telecom partner for Perplexity in Canada. Eligible Bell Mobility customers will start receiving redemption codes in the coming days, while...

Freedom Mobile recently launched a back to school deal that’s only available for students, which is a lower cost version of its 100GB back to school deal from late July. The company’s website is advertising a $44/100GB Canada-US-Mexico plan only for students (after autopay). You can use your talk, text, and data no matter where...

Nova Scotia-based Eastlink says it is “deeply disappointed” with the federal government’s move to let the biggest telecom companies use the networks of smaller, regional providers. In a statement Thursday, Lee Bragg, Executive Vice Chair of Eastlink, warned the decision will hurt long-term competition. “This will have negative and meaningful impacts on competition, counter to...

Netflix has locked down the exclusive streaming rights for the 2027 and 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup in both Canada and the United States, marking the first time the tournament will be broadcast on a streaming service in Canada. That's a big win for soccer fans, as Netflix just makes it easy to watch from...

It’s been nearly two months since a Telus cell tower was vandalized and toppled in Thorhild County, north of Edmonton—and residents say they’re still struggling without reliable service. About 150 people in the area have been left with little to no cell signal after the tower was knocked down and stripped for copper in mid-June....

A Sonos employee has admitted that a recent software update did, in fact, tweak the company’s speaker sound profile—despite initially saying otherwise. Posting under the username KeithFromSonos on Reddit, the employee walked back previous comments that there had been “no changes” to the sound following the latest firmware update. He explained that there were “a...

Roblox content on YouTube has reached a major milestone, surpassing 1 trillion total views. To celebrate, YouTube has launched a virtual museum inside Roblox, now open to all players as of August 7. Called “YouTube’s Roblox Museum,” the in-game exhibit features more than 120 digital artifacts that highlight key moments, creators, and community achievements. The...

We’ve already seen responses from Rogers, Telus, and Cogeco—and now Bell is weighing in, saying it’s disappointed by the federal government’s decision to uphold the CRTC’s wholesale internet policy, which requires large telecoms to provide competitors with access to their fibre networks. “I should say that obviously we're disappointed with the decision of the federal...

While Rogers and Cogeco have criticized the federal government for refusing to overturn the CRTC’s wholesale internet policy, Telus is backing Ottawa’s decision to maintain the current fibre framework, calling it a “landmark ruling” that promotes long-term infrastructure investment and consumer choice. “We commend the federal government's decision to uphold the CRTC's wholesale fibre framework,...

Cogeco says it’s “profoundly disappointed” with the federal government’s decision to uphold the CRTC’s wholesale internet policy, accusing Ottawa of favouring Canada’s largest telecom companies at the expense of smaller providers, competition, and consumers. In a statement released late Wednesday, the company called the current wholesale framework “broken” and “nonsensical,” arguing it lets major players...

The federal government says it will not overturn a recent decision by the country's telecom regulator that could boost competition and help bring down internet prices. In a statement released by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said on Wednesday evening the CRTC’s move to expand wholesale internet access is...