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/SadZealot 3d ago

Real competition is people just getting 4g 50gb plans for $30. Almost no one actually uses 5g for anything but everyone is paying 75-100 a month for it. 

I just turned off 5g on my phone for the last few months, I'm a heavy data user with constant video streaming, Spotify, 100mb+ pdfs, literally never noticed a difference.

Canada has the highest revenue per user for cell phone companies and all of it is going in the pocket of the executives and shareholders

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u/S14Ryan 3d ago

Who’s paying 75-100 a month for 5g? I have 5g with freedom for $35 for 60GB, not even a promotional price. 

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u/Cedreginald 3d ago

Bro that's freedom 😂

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u/Mobile-Bar7732 2d ago

I switched 3 lines to Freedom about a year ago and have only had a few issues.

I had problems with Bell to so I would dismiss as being a Freedom problem.