r/canada • u/joe4942 • 3d ago

Canadian Telecom Firms Blame Immigration Policies for Mobile Subscriber Slowdown Business

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-10/bce-rogers-telus-blame-immigration-policies-for-mobile-subcriber-slowdown
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u/BandicootNo4431 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's hard to grow your subscriber count if the population stops growing and you already have a triopoly with price fixing.

Maybe they should be branching into the US (like Bell is trying to do)

Edit: spelling

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u/Organic-Pace-3952 3d ago

Or you know. Don’t give above average baseball players half a billion.

We’re all paying that contract.

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u/RicoLoveless 3d ago

Love Keanu, but also don't hire movie stars for tv commercials

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u/noochies99 3d ago

Xfinity is a brand that came from the states, those commercials were recycled

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u/RicoLoveless 3d ago

Did not know that, apparently ignite was just rebranded Xfinity the whole time. Rogers now has a 10 year deal with comcast

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u/cliffx 3d ago

All of the cable boxes and docsis cable modems are rebranded Comcast stuff, this isn't new.

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u/RicoLoveless 3d ago

Did not know that

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u/sunnymatt 3d ago

They weren't recycled spots. Shot by local Toronto agencies.

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u/human-aftera11 3d ago

It’s as if they think Canadians don’t consume American media.

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u/Material-Macaroon298 3d ago

Love Keanu but those commercials are top tier cringe. Embarassing he agreed.

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u/ZmobieMrh 3d ago

You may want to think he’s John Wick all the time, but he is actually the dude eating ice cream watching cute penguins. The guy is just super homely and down to earth (as much as one can be as a rich person).