No I was looking for something on google first, which linked to an old reddit thread. That didn’t work so I went straight to the site in the address bar, same error. I know it was something that lots of us were anticipating after the 3rd party app fiasco so I checked a few of the “is reddit down?” sites and no word…then posted here to see.
It’s not really a big deal. I hate reddit’s new UI, which is why I signed up to lemmy in the first place. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
We fought with Bell to get a similar deal for our “corporate” (our small business + friends/family) plan. Ours is 20GB/ea on 5G, but it’s pooled so we can support a few heavy users.
Bell making their wifi calling only available within Canada is the latest stupid thing I found. Otherwise I think we wrapped up most of the other extras.
Fuck, I just got back from NZ and it was $88 for a SIM, 60 days unlimited calling, 100GB data, and 250 minutes to a big list of countries (incl Canada).And they’re working on using Starlink to improve the network in the South Island so they have less impact from towers in the mountains
Canadian telcos have the highest ARPU in the world, it’s ridiculous. The telephone/internet/cell towers should be run by a crown corp and the telcos pay into it. We fucked up privatizing, but that seems to be the status quo
Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.
For real. This "our profit margin hasn't increased" argument is BS. If it's a percentage, it's increased at the rate of YOUR inflation. That's why you can simultaneously make the profit margin argument, while toting record profits at investor's meetings.
If I sell lettuce at $1 and make $0.10 profit, I have a 10% profit margin. Mark every step of the way up to my store and sell the same lettuce for $10 and make $1 profit, I STILL have a 10% profit margin. But now I can also tell my investors I have increased profits 900%
I'm sure there's lots of arms length vertical integration to spread these higher costs around to as well. Example: Rogers stores, service techs, etc are all "technically" subcontractors. Numbered companies with Rogers logos on everything.
I'd be pretty damn surprised if Loblaws et al don't have their hands in the logistics ends of their businesses. ___
I saw McDonald's use this tactic in The Founder. They franchise (No Frills) to remove additional costs for themselves, but it also means they can bully owners with the leasing rates. win-win
Did old.reddit.com just go down??
Tried using some links from google and they all failed. Did they actually do it?
Why it might be several years before homes are more affordable in Canada (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
It may be several years yet before home prices fall back into an affordable range for the average Canadian, according to Oxford Economics.
CRTC reaches major milestone to make cellphone plans cheaper for Canadians (dailyhive.com)
Cheaper phone plans for Canadians could be closer than we think....
Canada Bread agrees to $50M fine for role in bread price-fixing scandal (www.cbc.ca)
Canada Bread has agreed to pay at least $50 million for its role in fixing the price of bread for years, according to documents filed in an Ontario court.