[RndTbl] I...am not feeling too well...

Scott Toderash scott at 100percenthelpdesk.com
Mon Mar 15 16:43:22 CDT 2021


I'm not saying it would be a good thing, but it could happen. It might 
be an entertaining thing to watch from a distance.



On 2021-03-15 3:50 p.m., Adam Thompson wrote:
> You don't want Xplornet to get any bigger - they are a rolling dumpster 
> fire in many different ways.
> I think more competition is a good thing, yet I'd prefer Xplornet went 
> out of business altogether. Or at least nowhere near here. Thankfully, 
> Starlink will probably accomplish this.
> -Adam
> 
> On March 15, 2021 3:01:38 p.m. CDT, Scott Toderash 
> <scott at 100percenthelpdesk.com> wrote:
> 
>     To whom? Xplornet. They picked up a piece of the MTS customer base when
>     Bell bought them. They haven't done a lot with that yet but there are a
>     couple of stores in Manitoba, and Xplornet is a national company.
> 
>     They would have to make a bid to pick up any divested customers if/when
>     that time comes but they were successful last time.
> 
> 
> 
>     On 2021-03-15 2:39 p.m., Glen Ditchfield wrote:
> 
>         On Monday, March 15, 2021 1:55:42 P.M. CDT Chris Audet wrote:
> 
>             I'm not a telecom guy, but is this really a concern?
> 
> 
>         Some time ago, the federal government believed that Canadian
>         cell phone rates
>         were too high because of lack of competition, and worked to get
>         new outfits
>         like WIND Mobile into the market. None survive. WIND died down
>         and is now
>         Shaw's Freedom Mobile, which could get folded into
>         Rogers/Fido/Chatr.
> 
>         Maybe the CRTC will decide that the big 3 shouldn't own all the
>         spectrum, and
>         force Rogers to divest Freedom/Shaw Mobile. But to who? SaskTel?
>         Richard
>         Branson?
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