Comments on: Finally, Someone Gets It! http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:56:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Wayne http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5143 Wayne Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:20:19 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5143 Have we not seen price wars in Quebec from Videotron? And what about nomadic VOIP such as Vonage and Primus - a much lower price then Bell and Rogers with many more features. Have we not seen price wars in Quebec from Videotron? And what about nomadic VOIP such as Vonage and Primus - a much lower price then Bell and Rogers with many more features.

]]> By: Shaun Rotman http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5127 Shaun Rotman Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:17:53 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5127 Regarding SkypeIn in Canada: you can subscribe to DID WorldWide as an alternative. Go to www.didww.com to get a Canadian number that will forward to your Skype for $5/month (that's hardly that much more than the cost for SkypeIn, plus it's paid monthly instead of upfront). Then just make sure you have SkypeOut and you're all set! Regarding pricewars: A have heard from some people in "the biz" that Cingular is going to come to Canada sometime in the next 18 months. Every Canadian MVNO to date leeches off of Bell/Telus and none off of any GSM spectrum. So Cingular is planning on coming to town to offer a "true" North American plan. I hope they eventually decide to build their own network. But that's thinking way further down the line. Regardless, when they launch (hopefully), I think it will shake up the market a little. Regarding SkypeIn in Canada:
you can subscribe to DID WorldWide as an alternative. Go to http://www.didww.com to get a Canadian number that will forward to your Skype for $5/month (that’s hardly that much more than the cost for SkypeIn, plus it’s paid monthly instead of upfront). Then just make sure you have SkypeOut and you’re all set!

Regarding pricewars:
A have heard from some people in “the biz” that Cingular is going to come to Canada sometime in the next 18 months. Every Canadian MVNO to date leeches off of Bell/Telus and none off of any GSM spectrum. So Cingular is planning on coming to town to offer a “true” North American plan.

I hope they eventually decide to build their own network. But that’s thinking way further down the line. Regardless, when they launch (hopefully), I think it will shake up the market a little.

]]> By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Why Canadian Telecom Deregulation Will Send Prices Up http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5125 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Why Canadian Telecom Deregulation Will Send Prices Up Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:41:59 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5125 [...] bestest-ever friend. This on the heels of Tom’s post on Canadian mobile data rates. Mark says it’s because Bell and Telus can’t afford to compete. I’d put it a little [...] [...] bestest-ever friend. This on the heels of Tom’s post on Canadian mobile data rates. Mark says it’s because Bell and Telus can’t afford to compete. I’d put it a little [...]

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5124 Mark Evans Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:15:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5124 Everyone points to LD as an example of what competition can produce but, sadly, I think it's an anonmaly within the telecom industry. Maybe it has to do with the large number of competitors and the low cost of doing business. I see the other telecom sectors (wireless, high-speed Internet) as more indicative of how the local phone market will evolve price-wise. Everyone points to LD as an example of what competition can produce but, sadly, I think it’s an anonmaly within the telecom industry. Maybe it has to do with the large number of competitors and the low cost of doing business. I see the other telecom sectors (wireless, high-speed Internet) as more indicative of how the local phone market will evolve price-wise.

]]> By: Mark G http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5121 Mark G Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:05:36 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/04/14/finally-someone-gets-it/#comment-5121 Sorry Mark... what about long distance Sorry Mark… what about long distance

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