The Cell Phone Squeeze | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca: January 11, 2012

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• openmedia.ca
• open media
• Internet openness
• canadian
• canada
• digital divide
• broadband access
• broadband penetration
• stop the squeeze
• mobile
• spectrum auction
• digital economy strategy
• 700 MHz
• Big 3
• Rogers
• Bell
• Telus
• cell phone
• provider

[mi16t]

I love how people mention videotron or shaw, or cogico, NONE of which reach the coverage of the big three. Wind covers more. Also, who do you think videotron shaw and cogico are... cough rogers cough

[steveandersonmedia]

LIndsey is the best.

[dexterworks]

@TsumiNya

They also provide broadband, home phone, and TV.

OpenMedia keeps talking about low "caps", and since most internet usage is still wireline, Shaw, Rogers, EastLink, Cogeco, Videotron are the real culprits. THEY are the major competitors, in Ontario and Quebec, Rogers and Videotron have the most broadband market share (significantly more than Bell).

[erocicTheGreat]

Power to the People!

[TsumiNya]

@dexterworks But man, out of all the companies you mentioned, only Videotron actually provides cellular service, the others offer home phone? And only in a very limited area of Quebec and Ontario if you look at their coverage map. They can't really be considered one of the largest competitors. This is a campaign regarding cellular phone service, so those companies aren't really relevant to this argument either.

[dexterworks]

Wow. You guys are dumb and really lack credibility. You forgot to mention Shaw, Cogeco, EastLink, and Videotron. Include those and the market is extremely competitive.

[bodryn]

Thank you for this report and best of luck in all this!

[usergently]

Thanks!.

[TheSilverWatch]

Good Luck and much success to you in this effort :)