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| From | Richard Gagnon <gasp@aga.ca> |
| Subject | Bell Canada and monopolies |
| Date | Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:59:42 -0500 |
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Jaimie wrote:
>Monopolies have never worked in Canada (that's why we have so many
>god-damned phone >carriers...leaving Bell Canada eating dust), and
>as long as people have a choice OTHER than Wal-Mart, the
>people will be satisfied to shop wherever they damn well please.
While I wish that were true, I believe that Bell still holds around
95 percent of residential phone service in Canada. I really hate Bell
Canada myself (I switched to Sprint the second it was possible to do
so), but people, no matter how much they may claim to hate a
monopolitic corporation, still remain very hesitant to actually take
a leap of faith and leave them. Shades of a bad marriage.
Rick
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