cbc.ca— Google Inc. says Bell Canada Inc. is breaking Canadian telecommunications law by slowing certain internet traffic, and is urging the CRTC to take action against the company.
Jul 7, 2008View in Crawl 4
Wow, American companies have to step up for us because our government is scared of corporations.Bell is one the most poorly managed companies in all of North America, and absolutely rips it's customer's assh**es open.They have already been charging an illegal system access fee on cell phones for a decade, and starting next month, they will begin to charge for incoming txt messages. Why? Because some execs douche-bag son just got his MBA and realized they'll make more money with this illegal scam, that the Canadian government doesn't have the stones to deal with.f**k Bell.
Yeah i don't see how this has anything to do with socialism. In fact, if the government stepped in and forced the ISPs to stop, that would be socialism at work. Free market, means everyone can do what they want, none to little regulation, a free for all - basically what Canadian ISPs do now.
I'm not arguing that they don't make a good search engine. Which they do. And the fact that almost everything they produce is free to the consumer really creates good press. But they have a majority control over a very lucrative business and are already using that control in questionable ways e.g. the Yahoo deal. Because of their unique business they are posed as the defenders of freedom and openness of the internet. Which isn't true. If someone else were to legitimately threaten their ad monopoly we would all see the real Google and just like everyone else they would fight dirty to keep control. But that's just my opinion.
soulsk8er74Jul 8, 2008
Bell still exists? I thought they got rid of them when James Earl Jones left!
spudsterJul 8, 2008
I think you were kinda late on taking advantage of that one.
afx1Jul 8, 2008
punch and pie
Closed AccountJul 8, 2008
No WAY !
juuniorJul 8, 2008
Yes google is amazing, Im so happy there standing up against Bell.
agitpropreJul 8, 2008
"We don't have to tell you s**t and nobody should tell us we have to tell you s**t."
Closed AccountJul 8, 2008
Wow, American companies have to step up for us because our government is scared of corporations.Bell is one the most poorly managed companies in all of North America, and absolutely rips it's customer's assh**es open.They have already been charging an illegal system access fee on cell phones for a decade, and starting next month, they will begin to charge for incoming txt messages. Why? Because some execs douche-bag son just got his MBA and realized they'll make more money with this illegal scam, that the Canadian government doesn't have the stones to deal with.f**k Bell.
n1ck3lJul 8, 2008
Yeah i don't see how this has anything to do with socialism. In fact, if the government stepped in and forced the ISPs to stop, that would be socialism at work. Free market, means everyone can do what they want, none to little regulation, a free for all - basically what Canadian ISPs do now.
dajerntsJul 9, 2008
I'm not arguing that they don't make a good search engine. Which they do. And the fact that almost everything they produce is free to the consumer really creates good press. But they have a majority control over a very lucrative business and are already using that control in questionable ways e.g. the Yahoo deal. Because of their unique business they are posed as the defenders of freedom and openness of the internet. Which isn't true. If someone else were to legitimately threaten their ad monopoly we would all see the real Google and just like everyone else they would fight dirty to keep control. But that's just my opinion.