It is unlikely that the acquisition of Shaw by Rogers will affect my readers to any serious degree. Knowing this sometimes bothers me but I have good news for the few who can see the problem: Help is on the way. When academics such as Lars Osberg of Dalhousie come forward, you are getting a carefully considered opinion. He makes the point that lower income Canadians are being left out of our society because of the outrageously high costs for telephones, television and Internet services.
And speaking for the seniors among us, I see no reason why they should be forced to pay the higher Canadian rates for modern communications. If Rogers ever tells me that they give better rates to seniors, you will find me rolling on the floor laughing.
Frankly I have no need for a smart phone. I have never taken a picture with a cell phone and probably never will. When my oldest brother was in his 90s, one of his kids gave him a smart phone. He found it had more computing power and communications capability than many of the computers he used in his years in business and he had fun with it. It is just an expensive toy.
There is no reason though to assume that everyone flying out of the country is carrying a smart phone with them. I also think it is foolish to use your smart phone as a wallet. You are just giving the unscrupulous more reasons to steal it.
And if I ever had a smart phone, I sure as hell would not be so careless as to walk down the street with my nose into my smart phone and not paying attention to what was going on around me.
But back to the B.S. that Rogers is feeding the government agencies, who are supposed to protect our interest. The impact of two giants in the industry merging worries me. When Rogers tell other agencies that the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the Rogers-Shaw merger, I think you would get a far shorter answer if you just asked what the CRTC has not approved lately for the big three telecoms?
I have already got the word from Bell Canada that they want more money for my Internet service. I have checked with the supposedly low-cost providers and for the type and level of service that I know can be provided, I am stuck with Bell.
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