> "The Ghost of Government Future" <c...@eats.beef> wrote in message
> news:%l7Xj.2408$Yp.2308@edtnps92...
>> "judgejudy" <judgej...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:3m6p241k1irrr2lv6lci9o788sbtv4r7qb@4ax.com...
>>> Telus is without a  doubt the sleaziest and most dishonest company I
>>> have ever dealt  with. They change the rates, services service charges
>>> and reduce their quality of service rules to suit their shareholders
>>> and CEO's shares.

>>> Telus applied to the CRTC to increase its phone rates to its
>>> customers.  The CRTC determined that what Telus was doing was
>>> increasing it's profits to its shareholders.  The creative thinkers at
>>> Telus decided to get what it wanted through service charges, which the
>>> CRTC does not regulate.   For some services the price tripled. Telus
>>> also created additional service charges.

>>> With regards to Internet services (which the CRTC does not regulate),
>>> Telus changed their ADSL signal at their switching center, which
>>> rendered the modem I bought useless.  I had to pay for a new ADSL
>>> modem.  The Telus usenet news group service, does not carry as many
>>> newsgroups as you would get from Bell. In particular, it does not
>>> carry many of the newsgroups from Eastern Canada.  It's feed is down
>>> fifty percent of the time.  As of mid April 2008, Telus no longer is
>>> carrying the binaries feed in it's news group service.  Instead they
>>> refer you to a newsgroup service, which they own to get the service
>>> that you used to get.  In any contract, a company would be expected to
>>> live up to those obligations.  Not so with Telus.

>>> If you are thinking of getting Digital TV with Telus, I strongly
>>> suggest that you think again.  Telus is a dishonest company to deal
>>> with.  You can expect service charges on top of what you pay and
>>> changes in pricing whenever Telus feels like stuffing the pockets of
>>> it's CEO and board of directors.

>> Oh quit your whining.  I recall before derugulation (back in the bad old
>> BC Tel days) paying up to .75 a minute just to call the next town.  Now I
>> can yap with my relatives in ma Russia for 8 cents a minute (and nothing
>> over VOIP).  Back then just a plain old telephone line cost $23/month,
>> now it like $27 and change.  Doesn't even reflect inflation.  Twenty
>> years ago my avergae LD bill with BC Tel was like $200/month, now it's
>> never more than about $20.  If I wanted to connect to Compuserve it was
>> LD at .42 a minute to the dial-up service and one month I ran up a $700
>> bill.  People who complain about the service and the cost seem to have
>> forgotten about the bad old days when consumers were REALLY getting
>> hosed.

> They should open it up for real and quite the farce.

> Americans get much better plans.  Many pay less for cell than we do for
> land line.  Because we have "franchises" which is a fancy term for
> monopoly. Monopoly is bad for consumer.

> It aught to be the law you get 6 competitive choices for service and not 1
> or 2 in collusion.

> Thank the CRTC.  Your government at work making sure you are screwed.