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Cochrane People Demand Choice and Competition! (Internet, Cable and Telephone)
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Choice of competitors in an open market allows consumers to save money and have access to better services. This is not true for people who live in Cochrane Ontario in regards to INTERNET, DIGITAL CABLE and TELEPHONE SERVICES. The Town of Cochrane has a strangled hold on these services and FORBIDS competitors to provide services here. For the people of Cochrane that means we have to live with inferior Internet, no choice of Digital Cable (other than Satellite) and home telephone services. Cochrane's strangle hold on these vital services means we can't bundle which equals NO SAVINGS for consumers. Tell the Mayor and the Town of Cochrane NO MORE! We demand immediate suspension of these restrictions on outside competition on INTERNET, DIGITAL CABLE and TELEPHONE SERVICES. The People of Cochrane want CHOICE and Savings! SIGN THIS PETITION AND HAVE YOUR SAY!
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August 1, 2014
Seeing all these names show up is honestly wild because I really thought I was the only one staring at my screen feeling fed up with these local service monopolies. It feels like we finally have some real momentum building here now that people are actually talking about how much we are overpaying for basic stuff.
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We'll as for people on the outside, I can tell you what you told the other guy... Get with the times and don't live in the boonies. I've lived other places before, not originally from Cochrane and from what I've experienced in other places, CTS is overpriced for the speeds they deliver. Warp factor 3 is the top package that offer download speeds of up to 7 Mbps and upload of up to 1 Mbps and it only cost 75$ a month!!!!! Weird that Politis ran for the conservatives because they're all about out sourcing and competition.
Oh great here comes the paid CTS shills, what part of CTS do you work for? If you don't work for CTS then you are one of the business elite protecting your own. Microsolve and Lake Land get their juice from CTS... Why you worried about competition, if CTS offer great service at a great price then they should have no problem against the competition. You just know deep down that your beloved CTS would get crushed. If a small town like Chapleau can get fiber optic internet from Vianet, why shouldn't we get in on that?
Don't comment if you're going to hide who are! You can leave now!
If my husband said he tried to contact you, then he did! How dare you suggest that he is misleading anyone!! Let's try to remember here who the politician is ok?! As for feeling free to contact you via Facebook? That's a crock and you know it!! I have a picture here of when he tried to do that and you have yet to even look at it so nice try. Quite misleading if you ask me!!
Yup I agree with you on this post for sure!
Would just be nice to get the savings bundles offer.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't work for CTS, heck I don't even live in Cochrane anymore. Last time I checked, Microsolve and Lake Land get their service from Ontera, not CTS. Sure it might get to them through CTS' cable plant, but the connection is to Ontera - or NorthernTel once the sale is done. I'm not worried about competiton, nor am I saying that there isn't room for improvement, I just think that Cochrane has it good, you people who are signing this petiton have probably never left town and had to deal with the likes of Eastlink and NorthernTel... Last time I checked, how many employees does Eastlink employ in the town of Cochrane? How many do you think NorthernTel will? They're already cutting 6 jobs with the Ontera takeover! Yep, 6 less people paying taxes, buying groceries, gas, the list goes on and on... http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=63969 How about you ask someone with the competition when's the last time there were actual NTel technicians paying taxes and buying things in their towns? Iroquois Falls? Maybe Smooth Rock? How about Earlton, Englehart? the list goes on and on... They just keep cutting! As for your beloved Chapleau fiber optic, how many of their customers can actually get the service? CTS services those who live as far West as Frederickhouse, East as Norembega, North as the ferry in Clute and South as the 10 mile corner. I think that's pretty darn amazing for a little independent company! I'd like to see the Ntels and Eastlinks try to offer the same thing - I know they can't because I live where they are the service providers, and a lot of people are still on dial-up my friend! I live in a city serviced by NTel, they just offered their FibreOp service, but I can't get it because I'm fed underground. They have to trench a fibre underground... I'm not holding my breath on that one! Just saying, be careful what you guys wish for and be grateful with what you have! It's not all that great
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Cochrane People Demand Choice and Competition! (Internet, Cable and Telephone)
Final supporters
Choice of competitors in an open market allows consumers to save money and have access to better services. This is not true for people who live in Cochrane Ontario in regards to INTERNET, DIGITAL CABLE and TELEPHONE SERVICES. The Town of Cochrane has a strangled hold on these services and FORBIDS competitors to provide services here. For the people of Cochrane that means we have to live with inferior Internet, no choice of Digital Cable (other than Satellite) and home telephone services. Cochrane's strangle hold on these vital services means we can't bundle which equals NO SAVINGS for consumers. Tell the Mayor and the Town of Cochrane NO MORE! We demand immediate suspension of these restrictions on outside competition on INTERNET, DIGITAL CABLE and TELEPHONE SERVICES. The People of Cochrane want CHOICE and Savings! SIGN THIS PETITION AND HAVE YOUR SAY!
Updates
August 1, 2014
Seeing all these names show up is honestly wild because I really thought I was the only one staring at my screen feeling fed up with these local service monopolies. It feels like we finally have some real momentum building here now that people are actually talking about how much we are overpaying for basic stuff.
15 Comments
Once I get enough signatures, I will present them to the Town in an open council meeting. I have asked Mayor Peter POLITIS for a response a few weeks ago to questions why this practise exists in Cochrane and he has failed or refused to respond.
We'll as for people on the outside, I can tell you what you told the other guy... Get with the times and don't live in the boonies. I've lived other places before, not originally from Cochrane and from what I've experienced in other places, CTS is overpriced for the speeds they deliver. Warp factor 3 is the top package that offer download speeds of up to 7 Mbps and upload of up to 1 Mbps and it only cost 75$ a month!!!!! Weird that Politis ran for the conservatives because they're all about out sourcing and competition.
Oh great here comes the paid CTS shills, what part of CTS do you work for? If you don't work for CTS then you are one of the business elite protecting your own. Microsolve and Lake Land get their juice from CTS... Why you worried about competition, if CTS offer great service at a great price then they should have no problem against the competition. You just know deep down that your beloved CTS would get crushed. If a small town like Chapleau can get fiber optic internet from Vianet, why shouldn't we get in on that?
Don't comment if you're going to hide who are! You can leave now!
If my husband said he tried to contact you, then he did! How dare you suggest that he is misleading anyone!! Let's try to remember here who the politician is ok?! As for feeling free to contact you via Facebook? That's a crock and you know it!! I have a picture here of when he tried to do that and you have yet to even look at it so nice try. Quite misleading if you ask me!!
Yup I agree with you on this post for sure!
Would just be nice to get the savings bundles offer.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't work for CTS, heck I don't even live in Cochrane anymore. Last time I checked, Microsolve and Lake Land get their service from Ontera, not CTS. Sure it might get to them through CTS' cable plant, but the connection is to Ontera - or NorthernTel once the sale is done. I'm not worried about competiton, nor am I saying that there isn't room for improvement, I just think that Cochrane has it good, you people who are signing this petiton have probably never left town and had to deal with the likes of Eastlink and NorthernTel... Last time I checked, how many employees does Eastlink employ in the town of Cochrane? How many do you think NorthernTel will? They're already cutting 6 jobs with the Ontera takeover! Yep, 6 less people paying taxes, buying groceries, gas, the list goes on and on... http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=63969 How about you ask someone with the competition when's the last time there were actual NTel technicians paying taxes and buying things in their towns? Iroquois Falls? Maybe Smooth Rock? How about Earlton, Englehart? the list goes on and on... They just keep cutting! As for your beloved Chapleau fiber optic, how many of their customers can actually get the service? CTS services those who live as far West as Frederickhouse, East as Norembega, North as the ferry in Clute and South as the 10 mile corner. I think that's pretty darn amazing for a little independent company! I'd like to see the Ntels and Eastlinks try to offer the same thing - I know they can't because I live where they are the service providers, and a lot of people are still on dial-up my friend! I live in a city serviced by NTel, they just offered their FibreOp service, but I can't get it because I'm fed underground. They have to trench a fibre underground... I'm not holding my breath on that one! Just saying, be careful what you guys wish for and be grateful with what you have! It's not all that great
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Once I get enough signatures, I will present them to the Town in an open council meeting. I have asked Mayor Peter POLITIS for a response a few weeks ago to questions why this practise exists in Cochrane and he has failed or refused to respond.