Another BEV price increase?

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Getting very tempted to go gray market. With the canadien dollar so strong and many retailers adjusting their prices it would be nice if Bell followed suit.
 
dj you are right about the equipment they knowing sell the 6141 that cant even change channels properly, (wonder if I can find my old Jerold box?)
Asking for more at this time is a shameful. :p
 
thats right jeffer, about 20 minutes after i got last months bill i called bell and cancelled Leafs tv. 3 bucks a month for that crap!? are you kidding me!! I'd rather listen to the leafs tv broadcast on my XM Radio.
 
Rogers phoned last night with their monthly offer. Give up a thousand dollars worth of Evu equipment for a year's free rental. Not worth it. Not interested. Still have not received any notification of a price increase.
 
Some newer phones won't recognize rotary dial. 99% of automated IVR won't respond to rotary. Most features on your phone won't respond to rotary dial.
Fax machines don't like rotary dialing (unless you program in delays)
911 doesn't like touch tone (much) etc etc

The reason you 'pay' for touch tone is that technically, it is not available in all areas. (Where as rotary dialing is.)

As per CRTC regulations, the touch tone service has to be charged separately in order to differentiate the cost between pulse dialing and touchtone dialing. It was at one time included in the total cost of service until the CRTC mandated that it be listed as a separate cost.


Well, that's not a fair assesment really.
What you're actually paying for is 'insurance' in case a tech has to visit your home to repair any wiring inside past the demarcation point. It can be upwards of $99 if you hire a technician or electrician to do the work. If you have wire care, it's repaired for free.
Some people feel confident repairing it themselves, some don't, that's why it's an optional service.

911 use to be charged to the municipalities and passed on to those that dwelled with-in that region, (in your taxes I believe) but most municipalities requested the charge be collected via individual subscribers bills. (some cities still collect it in your taxes, Kingston is an example of this, if I remember correctly and thus does not have a 911 charge appear on their telephone bill.)

I believe the charge is used to pay for the infrastructure etc that goes along with supplying 911 service. In Ontario the cost has actually decreased twice since 2002. Once in 2003 and once in 2005 I believe.

Nem, who likes to give brief overviews.
 
you get free rental receivers for 2 years, not 1 year and depending on the hardware you trade in, it can be fairly good...i have a 9200 and a 5900...i could get two 8300 HDPVR's from Rogers if i trade my 2 units in...factor in the fact that the package i would pick from Rogers (home phone, internet and TV) would be about $35 per month cheaper, it is VERY tempting to switch.
 
Probably because they were instructed not to fight over a few cents. We had customers fight with us over it last time, including some who phoned into the Canada Revenue Agency and were told that we should not have charged GST at 7% despite billing in advance the month before the decrease occurred. We just decided to give the few cents to the people who asked to avoid annoying people too much.
 
the funny part is, in their Financial Reports, BCE mentioned the improved ARPU from their video unit (BEV), and credited the $6 increase in fees last year for the boost...so, rather than increase revenue through added subscribers and lower churn, something that Rogers did very well at, they have "punished" their loyal customers by slamming them with continuous price increases...i've got nothing wrong with price increases that are justified, but it is getting out of hand...let's also not forget about the wonderful Network Charge i pay on my home phone bill ($6) because i have an LD plan on my line (which is only $5)...my network charge is more than my plan charge (which effectively is $11)...fortunately, i will be dumping everything i have bell soon enough.

to make matters worse, i am STILL waiting for my benefits package that provides my options for my stocks, pension money and RRSP contributions i made while i was there...its been 3 1/2 months now...i am getting very angry (and yes, i have called a few times and was told "I don't know why you haven't received it, we will send it again)...i think its the same people who send you the boxes to return your rental receivers.
 
Kinda sucks being a Bell sub.
Only in Canada eh?



From the January 8th, 2008 issue of SKYREPORT

BTW, a lot of their HD is now MPEG4 and they are able to use 8PSK as well.
Having seen their content first hand, it's quite good.
 
Another price increase? $3 isn't that much but still adds up to $36 extra a year. I just love the "reasons" why the price had to be increased.
 
If you own your equipment Rogers will give you a free HD PVR for two years.
I switched early this summer, cant say I miss BEV.:p
 
I am seriously considering Roger's trade in offer as well. It ends on Feb 15 so I would need to notify EV in early Jan to get it in time. The site says you need to trade in HD equipment to get equivalent HD equipment. Rogers is also offering programming discounts to new customers.The 8300HD PVRs aren't quite as good as the 9200 in the feature department. OTOH, Rogers delivers all the channels I want and HD channels at originating HD resolutions. I am hoping that better, cheaper HD PVRs will be available in two years (I should be able to save with Boxing day sales as well. :)). By the time it's all over, the 9200 purchase will work out to be a good deal compared to renting.
 
i hate how companies add extra fees...i can't fully fault bell for it, as others do it too...i wish the pricing structure was regulated, where companies could only charge what they advertise...it would at least clean things up a little...i mean, you always hear the bell ads on the radio, blabbing about wireless Family plans "from" $35 per month...of course, they leave out the SAF and 911 charges, which amount to an additional $19.40, or 56% higher than the "advertised" price.
 
I have been with Bell since the beginning, but now they are getting unfreaking believable. When I switched plans about a year ago from an older one, the benefit was there was no extra 'service' charges or extra set fees. Now they go pull this fast one of $3.00/mo for Digital Services. What ********. Reminds me of the 'touch tone' fee on my residential service....as if I have a choice to go rotary. At least when I was with Videotron years ago, when a price increase was coming, they would send a separate letter trying to justify the increase. Bell just simply plugs the notice in fine print somewhere on the bill where it is easily missed. They are simply money whores. Sorta like their cellular services where they charge $8.95 a month service fees, while Rogers has been $6.95 for years..
I will be shopping around in the new year sometime. Maybe I will go back to Videotron cable. Bell is just pushing my buttons to many times, and I want to give it back to them big time.
 
I hate these price increases. Cut the stupid showtime magazine already, find other ways to cut the cost, pay the beavers less, just stop gouging us!!!

And secure your signal already!!!
 
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