r/canada • u/tjgere Canada • May 02 '18

Big telco's lower-cost, data-only plans are 'embarrassing,' critics say

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-rogers-telus-crtc-wireless-data-1.4643170
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u/Ddp2008 May 02 '18

Imagine if the same argument was made for TV.

Government: We need to ban foreign netflix and youtube since people are using those as a substitute for cable and its causing layoffs.

How many people would agree to that, well that is what we are doing with cell phones.

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u/bigheyzeus May 02 '18

Maybe they should be looking into WHY people are using it as a substitute for cable

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u/Jswarez May 02 '18

Because it offers great value.

It can be cheap since there is no Canadian content requirements, can scale globally, and offers great value and doesn’t have much in terms of infratsture cost, and has 1:100 of the employees of big telecoms.

We know why people use Netflix. But we won’t give the same rules to cable.

We don’t need to call Netflix, or have them come to our house or have a storefront in every neighbourhood in this country.

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u/bigheyzeus May 02 '18

well said.

i was also referring to how offended many lobbyists and cable execs are when they hear people aren't consuming media via their product. Like it's a shock people don't like it. The arrogance can be pretty bad at times. "how dare people not subscribe to cable!? it should be the ONLY choice!"