Carriers
Telus Copper Lines Targeted Relentlessly by Thieves in Rural Community
Residents of the Steelhead neighbourhood north of Mission, B.C., are facing repeated disruptions to their internet, phone, and cable services due to persistent copper thefts. Despite Telus switching most of the area to fibre-optic cable in 2021, the theft issue continues to jeopardize public safety. On Tuesday morning, the latest incident left many without service...
Latest Rogers Ad Features John Krasinski Dancing to Taylor Swift [VIDEO]
Rogers has shared a new TV ad coming your way, featuring American actor John Krasinski (known from The Office) lip syncing and dancing to “Shake It Off (Taylor’s Version)” from Taylor Swift, while he’s on a boat on Lake Simcoe in Ontario. The cringey ad shows Krasinski showing off his dance moves on a boat, thinking...
Telus to Ontario Call Centre Workers: Relocate or Accept Layoffs
Telus has told roughly 150 call centre employees in Ontario that they need to relocate by October, find another role, or accept layoffs. According to United Steelworkers Local 1944 representing the Telus employees, it said employees have the option to work in Montreal. But this move is being called “backdoor termination” aimed at reducing the...
Fizz Launches Beta TV Service from $2/month
Videotron’s Fizz has launched the beta of its new TV service, offering customizable plans for as low as $2 per month. Back in May, iPhone in Canada first told you the Fizz TV app was coming for iOS and Android users. The service is exclusively available to Fizz Internet members, providing them with access to...
Here are Rogers, Telus, Bell Cellphone Plan Changes from July 10
Here are the latest Canadian cellphone plan and device deals, plus other promos from wireless carriers such as Rogers, Telus and Bell, from our partner PlanHub. As always, the promos and plans may change at the last minute, but here they are as of Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Bell Noticeable price changes: Sale on: TCL...
Koodo Increases Prices, Offers New 5G Plans to Some Existing Customers
Following in the footsteps of Virgin Plus and Fido, Telus-owned Koodo has similarly increased its wireless prices. Koodo’s 4G plan offerings are as follows as of today: $39/20GB (was $34; $5 increase) $44/40GB (was $39; $5 increase) $49/60GB (new) Gone is the $44/50GB plan; in other words, the latter lost 10GB of data down to...
Bell Must Pay Man $1,000 for Poor Customer Service, Rules Court
Bell has been ordered by a Quebec Court judge to pay a Montreal customer $1,000 after determining the he experienced a “Kafkaesque” ordeal when trying to cancel his satellite TV plan. Judge Luc Huppé criticized Bell’s customer service process that was endured by Gilles Tessier in spring 2019, calling it unnecessarily burdensome. “Requiring a customer...
Koodo Paints Montreal Heritage House Neon, City Blasts Stunt
Image via Reddit How far will companies go to create a publicity stunt? The latest from Telus-owned Koodo in Montreal saw city officials blasting the stunt, which saw a heritage house painted in neon colours. Montreal city officials said the owner of a century-old house violated city regulations by painting it in bright neon colors...
Koodo Offers $35/65GB, $40/70GB Plans to Some Existing Customers
Telus-owned Koodo looks to have recently offered some special promo plans to existing customers, in what looks like a move to keep customers ahead of any fall promos that might be coming our way, especially around Black Friday. According to text messages sent out in mid-June seen by iPhone in Canada, Koodo offered the following...
Bell Acquires Stratejm, CloudKettle for Enterprise Cloud Solutions
Bell announced today the acquisition of technical services firms Stratejm and CloudKettle Inc., enhancing its professional and managed services in cybersecurity and Salesforce. With these additions, Bell aims to offer enterprises a better AI-powered end-to-end customer experience, leveraging its pure fibre and 5G networks, to help medium and large companies transition to digital and automation...
Fido Increases Wireless Prices, Following Virgin Plus and Koodo
Last week, Public Mobile and Fido noted July 8th as an end date for select promo plans, hinting new plans were coming. We just saw Telus-owned Public Mobile reduce the data for its $29/month 4G plan, while introducing some other options with smaller data buckets. Now, as expected, Fido has switched up its plans as...
Public Mobile Launches New Plans Including $29/30GB and More
Telus-owned Public Mobile recently put an end date of July 8 for its $29/40GB 4G plan, and as of today it has debuted some new plans as expected. $15 talk and text $20/2GB 4G (new activations only; $19/month on 90-day subscription) $23/6GB 4G (new activations only; $22/month on 90-day subscription) $29/30GB 4G (new activations only)...