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To WIND or not to WIND… that is the question of the day!
We wish Globalive all the best today as they find out from the CRTC if they have go-ahead to launch their much anticipated WIND Mobile brand.
We’ve been following the story ever since the AWS Spectrum auction started and believe Canadians want more choice when it comes to wireless. Remember what Jim Prentice said about the governments intentions of the Wireless Spectrum auction “Our government’s intentions are clear: to achieve lower prices, better service and more choice for consumers and business . We believe in relying on market forces to the maximum extent feasible because competition benefits consumers, and consumers benefit most when markets are as competitive as they can be.”
We’ll keep you updated on the decision as we believe it’ll be a green light… then it’ll be a matter of when they launch their new network.
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We all wish Globalive the best? No we don’t! They’re bunch of sleazy opportunists who are trying to avoid Canadian law for their own benefit. Don’t be blinded by their promises of competition and lower prices because while you’re busy dreaming about that they are going to come in and steal our national assets and then most likely not deliver on any of their promises.
Globalive needs to obey Canadian law just like any other company!
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A Nonymouse Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am
Oh please, those laws are completely antiquated or do we need a reminder about the cost of long distance and local phone service prior to deregulation? Canadian ownership doesn’t mean anything for Canadian consumers.
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TNSF Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:04 am
So because you don’t believe in a law you should be able to ignore it? No. You comply with the law and try to change the law. You don’t ignore it and expect us all to look the other way as well.
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AngryChineseDriver Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 11:51 am
So it’s perfectly fine for CRTC to usurp their superior (Industry Canada)’s decision by stalling Globalive, all while under major influence (most definitely financial) from the Big Three?
If anything, Globalive has changed their gameplan to reflect the appropriate changes. They wouldn’t continue hiring and building stores if they didn’t think they’d make it.
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JD Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
If you knew what you were talking about, you’d know that BOTH the CRTC and Industry Canada have authority.
Industry Canada reviews ownership for purposes of issuing a spectrum licence.
But that licence is useless unless you also have a licence to operate as a telcom common carrier. CRTC issues those.
And what exactly do you mean by “financial influence?” Are you suggesting they bribed the CRTC, because if so, you should replace the tinfoil in your hat.
S K Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:12 am
We wish Globalive all the best today!
We want competition, and more competition. It is healthy for the economy and helps the consumer lower their costs and get better services.
The fact is that the oligopolies in Canada have done a fantastic job in keeping our rates the highest possible making Rogers and BELL the mammoths they are.
I fail to see where the huge size of our telecom comapnies has helped Canada at all. The service is still bad and we hand over our first born to pay for a business cellular line.
I also fail to see where they stole anything that belongs to Canada (!?!). On the contrary, if you were not biased, you would see that the new companies have invested MILLIONS of dollars in the Canadian economy and have created a whole lot of positions in the industry. Check the job boards and you will see. DAVE and Public Mobile will also do the same.
So, I say YES to competition and YES to lower prices. Who really cares where the money comes from?
Should the US complain that China owns almost half of the US Bonds? It keeps their country running…
Wake up and smell the coffee. New telecom times are here and CRTC has seen the light!
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Serge Jr Turgeon Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Are you one of those people that think that CRTC is good for us ? that our laws are perfect ? Look in the global wireless ranking where we are compared to the rest of the world … oh and by the time look for the internet, it is ruled by the CRTC too and this is the same situation, We pay more for less than almost everyone ! And now that beautiful CRTC might block Wind from coming into canada. After that they want to charge us for free TV Channel … what else .. My point is that even if it owner a foreign ownership, if canadian company are so good for us … we just won’t go to wind mobile .. so let’s the competition begin !
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BT Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Who says they’re not obeying the law? So far it’s only Rogers, Telus and Bell saying that – and last I checked they aren’t the ones who have the authority to actually decide that.
Legally, it only matters what Industry Canada and the CRTC say. IC has already given Wind the green light, and the CRTC is giving it’s decision today.
We wish them the best in it being ruled they meet the requirements of the law, not that they’ll be allowed to ignore it.
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bj Reply:
October 29th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Have you checked the ownership of BNR and Nortel lately…. when it suits the government they let Canadian companies get bought by the highest (foreign) bidder… and these companies actually did research and development rather than just raping Canadian consumers.
CRTC is pretty much bought and paid for by the large Canadian carriers.
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Well, we can change the law. But before that, the law is the law. Wind is a no go.
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While we are on the subject of what is a “Canadian” company, why don’t we talk about Wind’s call centre in Peterborough, while Telus’s is in the Philippines. There’s alot of ways to define a Canadian company.
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At this point in time anything is better than getting raped by the big 3. If anyone is mad at any company, it should be at the big 3 and the Canadian government for allowing 3 large companies to subvert the law and minimize competition such that we pay huge fees for phoney services. I.e. 911 & system access.
That doesn’t even cover the ridiculous 3 yr contracts, early termination payouts, inflated phone prices, or the 60% delta we pay over our USA neighbours. Oh…gotta love the handset exclusive garbage too-cause being on one carrier means you’ll make more money……NOT!
I hope Wind complies with just enogh law to compete with the big 3. After all the current companies skirt the law all the time.
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DENIED!
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Decision is in, and it’s NOT in Globalive’s favour.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2009/r091029.htm
Now things can get complicated. They can make changes in the problem areas identified by the CRTC, they can appeal to cabinet (as Industry Canada already approved them months ago), or they can choose to bow out.
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