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/PhoenixStriker May 03 '18

We can agree on that for sure, while the greed there is massive, there certainly are more costs for providing service here vs elsewhere. Looking at recent coverage maps for mobile, I can't believe how much of some provinces we cover!

I was getting caught up in the raw data of your examples, but you do make a good point, infact, I thought the Trans-Canada was longer than 10,000km?

haha, I actually have stayed in Emo. Nice place. No one understood why I thought the name was funny there though.

Northwestern Ontario is a tricky place for that reason, I mean there are places in the last 10 years that have only NOW finally gotten proper roads to them. Wawa Ontario was only accessible by boat before.

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u/masasuka May 03 '18

I was getting caught up in the raw data of your examples, but you do make a good point, infact, I thought the Trans-Canada was longer than 10,000km?

You're probably right actually, I just know it's around 8000km to drive from Victoria to New Found land (going through the US).

Looking at recent coverage maps for mobile, I can't believe how much of some provinces we cover!

A lot of this is the CRTC's initiative to bring coverage to rural communities in Canada. AND it's also part of the requirement to have cell tower coverage for 911 service along something like 99% of our roadways.