Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'fees'
November 10, 2008
The bogus, made-up System Access Fee that Canada's mobile phone providers use to intentionally and despicably dupe their customers may soon be history. With our telcos basking in some of the highest rates anywhere on the planet, don't go thinking it's out of the goodness of their hearts, though. It's because of new competition entering the marketplace. And a pending lawsuit. For some indefensible reason, the telcos have been allowed to advertise a lower......
Continue Reading "Hanging Up on System Access Fees"July 10, 2008
Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice has demanded a meeting with the honchos from Bell and Telus so they can explain to him exactly why they decided to charge their pay-per-use users 15ยข per received text message, calling the decision "ill thought-out." Canadian technology users are consequently planning to demand a meeting with Minister Prentice to ask him to explain ACTA and Bill C-61, calling them "ill thought-out." Recently released documents have revealed that Canadian......
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