Telus will distribute Bell satellite TV in Alberta and BC

Does this mean we will see Telus branded satellite TV in the East as well?! Also since they seem to be sharing everything, any chance Telus may launch their IPTV service in Ontario via Bell's infrastructure?? Ontario & Quebec are the only areas (and most populated parts of the country) without an IPTV service- don't understand the reason behind that?! Since Bell does not appear to be launching their IPTV service any time this decade, why not allow Telus to expand into the East and give consumers here another option for TV viewing?!
 
Hope you're right - Bell has discontinued using the 9242 (a two tuner/two output HD-PVR) and is now using the 9241 (two tuner, but only one output HD-PVR).
 
I think Bell will continue to sell Bell TV in the West, that's the only way they can offer bundles as well. In the US, AT&T resells either Dish or DirectTV (I just forget which one), but they still compete with one another.

-Mike
 
I have had Bell Mobility for 6 years now and have been an off and on subscriber of Bell TV and I must say that I have always had good customer service. I see a lot of people always talking bad about Bell, but the reality is, if you don't like it look elsewhere.

As for the customer service agent who said "Absolutely nothing, you'll be back, that is ridiculous!
 
Telus has the 9241, not the 9242.

The downlink setup Telus has built in BC and Alberta is very different then an uplink. I highly doubt they will ever uplink any of there own channels. It may not even be possible as the uplink antennas on the Bell satellite likely point only to Ontario.
 
Telus will be doing the installations and support for their branded satellite service, training has been underway for quite a while now. Bell will likely still sell it's own service out west and it's doubtful existing customers will be migrated to Telus.

The advantage is that Telus will be able to penetrate a much larger populous than it can currently with IPTV. (ie. Smaller communities and more suburbia) It will also provide people in houses the ability to have more televisions connnected since bandwidth isn't an issue.

IPTV is still the major focus but if you can leverage another TV product to provide more revenue while building out IPTV it makes sense.

The key is that it allows Telus to bundle services with TV, whereas Bell can't do that out west very easily since they are not a major phone/internet provider. Bundling gets the customer out of the hands of the cable companies completely.
 
There was mention of Telus using the 6131 and 9141 receivers re-branded, and the 6000 and something else.

Can anyone confirm which Bell receivers will work with Telus? I'm considering switching from Shaw, esp. if I can get the Win Back promotional pricing, but would need additional receivers and would love to be able to buy someone's used Bell receivers rather than renting from Telus.

Thanks!

R0cc0
 
Bell have NOT swapped out the MPEG2 HD receivers yet (6100 & 9200), they only got rid of the 6000, which was not capable of 8PSK.

I here that a couple of the Bell managers out West are now working for a Bell Contractor ....Not confirmed yet but interesting. If Hackinsat is correct I wonder why they jumped ship.
 
Telus is trying to provide TV service ( HD ) to all of it's wireline customers. This way they can truly start to compete in a market that is basically a one company show.

Basically, if you qualify for Telus HDTV with a high speed internet connection( 15 meg attainable), you will be serviced with IP TV. If you do not qualify for IPTV due to distance, signal to noise ratio (blah blah blah), you will be offered TV service via satelite. I am guessing that both satelite and IPTV will be the same channels, same deals, same prices...The other reason that you would qualify to be serviced by satelite is that if you preferred to have more than 2 HD TV sets in your occupancy.
 
I'm pretty sure the 6131 and the 9241's are the same receivers being used and the only? The 6000 units won't work because they're not able to handle the format the HD is coming in or something like that.
 
It would be possible. The uplink antennas on the satellite are likely national like the downlink ones.

Besides, if Telus stuff to uplink, they could fibre it to Toronto anyhow to uplink where the uplinks are, rather than invest in an uplink station and related personnel in Alberta for only a handful of channels.
 
You cannot add a Bell receiver to a Telus account.

As stated, the ONLY receivers are the 6131 & 9241.
 
I agree BELL uses 2nd rate installers (i install myself, so it doesn't matter personally) but I gave up TELUS phone and internet a long time ago because of their crappy customer service and tech. support. I asked a supervisor what they were willing to do for me before closing my account, and to quote them exactly, they said, "absolutely nothing sir, you'll be back". TELUS has always treated me like a joke and I will never subscribe to their services after getting rid of them. Ironically 3 months later I had a flyer in the mail begging me to come back with them. This company is a joke... or WAS while I was with them. Bell's customer service is no better, but at least their hardware and channel selection is top of the line for Canada.
 
In very simple terms Bell TV is selling a service to Telus Tv. Saves Telus a lot of investment in its own sat. Just makes good business sense.
 
Does anyone know if Telus TV is selling their IRDs or are they exclusively renting them?

Are there any SDTV options with Telus Satellite TV?
 
Yes, both the 9241 and 6131 can out put sd 480i.
You only need subscribe to sd channels.
 
I went by the Telus store, and they informed me you can buy instead of rent. They provided me a brochure and in the brochure it states that the HD PVR receiver is $499 and the HD receiver is $199
 
Hey Guys I just got telus satellite and I was wondering if I could pick up a Bell TV 4100 Digital Satellite Receiver and use it with the telus satellite?

EDIT: sorry i just read a few posts above and got my answer.
 
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