Hey Guys, That kind of thing has a name. It is called collusion, and is illegal under many jurisdictions including commercial regulatory and criminal law. What you describe clearly sounds competition-limiting.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Elliott Jeyaseelan [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:36 PM > To: Chuck Mariotti; asterisk Mailing > Subject: RE: [on-asterisk] Wireless Internet Data Plans - way > too syncronized? > > Chuck, > > Would satellite internet options not be suitable in such a case? > > In all honestly, I am convinced all the operators except for maybe the > new guy (Wind Mobile) gets together in some secret location and > discusses the rate plans to screw the subscriber. The > Canadian wireless > industry is out there to make hefty profits. > > With so few competition, its best to keep everything the same or > similar, that way they all could make lofty profits, why rock the boat > !! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chuck Mariotti [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:26 PM > > To: asterisk Mailing > > Subject: [on-asterisk] Wireless Internet Data Plans - way too > > syncronized? > > > > I have a client that is using the Rogers Stick for daily > > internet access. She uses it a lot and is well above the 5GB > > package (20GB actually). > > > > When she bought the stick, and every single time I looked at > > it, Rogers always said that there was a $100 cap on the > > maximum you would be charged. Meaning, if you went above your > > $30 plan, it would bump you to $35, then $40, then $45... > > etc... but to a maximum of $100. > > > > Last month and the month before, she received a bill for > > ~$600 (each month) for data usage. Apparently, they sent her > > inserts with her bill indicating that the $100 cap would be > > discontinued (I never look at anything other than the bill > > either). After much fighting, she has a credit back, but the > > problem is now, she can't use her stick the way she wants to. > > > > Can Rogers really (they already did), just bait and switch > > like that? Go from a dollar cap to an insane dollar amount? I > > can maybe understand increasing the cap (say to $125 or > > $150), or placing in more tiers for bandwidth hogs but to > > just remove it, seems a rather horrible move to get more user > > to use the service. > > > > Looking at other providers now, also shows that they too, > > have capped data... From what I can see, they are ALL priced > > the exact same... in other words, it's like they all had a > > meeting and synced up their plans to screw all their high > > usage users and give them no other options but to stay > where they are. > > > > They even offer a 3G hub now to use at home, but with the > > same stupid caps. This also smells fishy if they really do > > intend on implementing LTE services, the caps seem very small > > for the money. Something is up, some sort of positioning... I > > read that Virgin (Bell's discount carrier) is going to be > > introducing data services, I imagine at the same rate as well. > > > > Does anyone have any experience or advice on this? I was > > thinking if she bought out some people with iPhone 6GB $35 > > plans, she could get 3 or 4 of them, and just swap in a new > > SIM each week... would still be cheaper than what she would > > have to pay to Rogers (assuming no other options on the plan, > > like minutes, etc...) Even this is not a long term plan since > > those plans would expire shortly I imagine. Unfortunately, > > she has no other internet options where she lives. > > > > ChuckM > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
