Please share feedback on any systemic or per-case issues you are having for example in your transfer from Mobilicity to Chatr or any other matters you feel impact all of us and/or CRTC regulations.
We are among some Rogers brand(s) and Mobilicity accounts seeking an opportunity to monitor feedback of persons impacted by the buyout of Mobilicity by the Rogers Conglomeration of Wireless Providers. In Canada there is little or no consumer protection from Wireless Carriers who are selling us our air space and exploding phones.
If all of us act together, fairly & reasonably, we can protect ourselves. Many Canadians did that when we chose Mobile Simplicity and other providers after the federal government revised the laws to provide more competition. Meanwhile the big three conspired to put the new startups out of business and by now have succeeded as the last new company was bought out by Rogers and transferred to Chatr, a Rogers loss-leader property intended to put Mobilicity out of business. Canadians pay more for wireless phone services than anywhere else in the world.
In a country with the second largest aviation fleet on earth; a country which built its own Anik direct-to-home geosynchronous satellite systems; and with more distance between each other than anywhere else on earth; we should have a better wireless telecommunications system that caters to ordinary Canadians, not to fat bank accounts of rich men who believe only in money.
Let's unite and build legitimate strength as consumers.
It certainly is strange that in a country that exports 85% of its national output, more than any nation on earth, and wherein CEOs and their business staff are always on the go around the world, that Mobile carriers screw them badly and make it impossible to use a Canadian Phone anywhere else on earth. Read about ... $6,000 Per Gigabit Roaming Data. See also Consumer-Friendly regulations needed.
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According to Harvard researchers, Canada has some of the lowest internet standards among OECD countries, as a result of high costs and slow internet speeds.
According to Wikipedia, Rogers launched the Chatr brand with low-end feature phones and pricing plans similar to that of new entrants such as Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile. Chatr was criticized for being a fighter brand created by Rogers.
In August 2016, the Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission (CRTC) issued a report showing that Wireless service in Canada is very expensive. According to the study terms, which averaged different providers and different cities, Canada was the most expensive of seven countries tested for low-volume wireless service.
According to PC Magazine which released a study in September 2016 it's clear that Canada is not one market and prices vary depending on which provinces have strong regional competitors. A 5GB or 6GB plan on Bell costs $105 per month in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, PEI, and BC; $75 in Quebec; $60 in Manitoba; and $55 in Saskatchewan.
Canadian CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said at a news conference in mid-December 2016, "High quality and reliable digital connectivity is essential for the quality of life of Canadians and Canada's economic prosperity".
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A cellular phone is a telecommunication device that uses radio waves over a networked area (cells) and is served through a cell site or base station at a fixed location, enabling calls to transmit wirelessly over a wide range, to a fixed landline or via the Internet.
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