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Thanks, Bell and Telus, as if your services weren't already overpriced...
According to Sault Ste. Marie News, Bell and Telus have a new plan in mind for text messaging. Are you a Bell Mobility or Telus Mobility client? Well, expect to start paying for incoming text messages, even if they're completely unsolicited. The charges gouging begins on August 8, and both providers are looking at a 15 cent charge — the same customers face for sending a message.
So, you might want to think twice about receiving Twitter or Facebook updates on your phone. And if you get cell phone spam, you might want to get text messaging on your account disabled (if possible), or just get rid of your phone altogether.
Rogers isn't following suit, but there's more than enough reasons for not wanting to use their service anyway. So, once again, we Canadians get shafted by our mobile telecom services. Business as usual.
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Koodo?
Is Koodo going to do this, too? I hear they're owned by Telus and I plan to switch over to Koodo soon, so this news has me a bit worried.
Seriously though, this is ridiculous. I hate how much we get shafted for increasingly-essential technology services. From electricity to ISPs to cell carriers, we all get screwed in the same predictable way. They charge us to use their services then cry poor and offload as many of their operation costs on us as possible, allowing them to pretty much sit back and run on close-to-pure profit.
Re: Koodo?
Hell if I know.
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Christopher S. 'coldacid' Charabaruk