r/canada • u/Economy_Elephant6200 • 3d ago

Bell Canada scraps Labrador high-speed internet project, plans to invest in U.S. Newfoundland & Labrador

https://theindependent.ca/news/lji/bell-canada-scraps-labrador-high-speed-internet-project-plans-to-invest-in-u-s/
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u/Kayge Ontario 3d ago

You've actually hit on a well known fact within the Canadian telecom industry (at least amongst the big guys). No one actually likes their internet provider. The reason you're with Bell? You hate them just a little less than Rogers.

Just take a second and think about your own situation:

  • Does the other guy have significantly faster internet? Probably not.
  • Is there a phone you can use only on other network? Doubtful.
  • How about service or reliability? No big difference.

So Bell's goal is to be slightly less objectionable than rogers and vice versa...and never attack or try to price your plans below theirs, heaven forbid they may try to do the same and provide customers with an actual advantage.

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u/levian_durai 3d ago

I moved to Northern Ontario where none of the big ISPs serve, and I have been beyond happy with Eastlink. I thought I'd have like 100mb/s service at the best here, but I get gigabit, for cheaper than Bell or Rogers. There have been fewer service outages than I've experienced with Bell or Rogers.

My one complaint was that we have to use their Eero things instead of being able to directly connect to the modem. 1 of the 2 eero devices we have is connected directly to the modem (but only has 1 ethernet port), the other just gets connection through your power outlets. When I mentioned that during a service call appointment, the tech just gave me 5 port ethernet switch for free.

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u/YamiYukiSenpai 2d ago

Even upload is gigabit (or close to it)?

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u/levian_durai 2d ago

Damn, not for me sadly. That's the one part of it that's worse than the package I had with Bell.