| Title | Canada's Big Carriers Appear to be Price Fixing | |
| Date | Monday March 24 2014, @10:01AM | |
| Author | LaminatorX | |
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| from the Hosed-by-Hosers dept. | ||
pbnjoe writes:
"CBC has a report on apparent price fixing by the country's top carriers.
Canada's big three wireless carriers have hiked the base prices for new plans by $5 in most markets over the past two months.
Rogers, Telus, and Bell Mobility now all charge $80 per month for new smartphone plans with a new contract, $5 more than what many of those same plans cost when they were introduced last year. The prices for other smartphone plans with more data cost upwards of $145.
The price hikes affect every province except Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
This exclusion appears to be due to the strong local competition from MTS and SaskTel, respectively; equivalent plans there are $55 cheaper than elsewhere in the country.
The $80 a month plan includes 500 MB of data, unlimited nationwide calling, unlimited messaging, voicemail and call display.
Existing plans are unaffected.
For more, here's Ars Technica's coverage of the story."
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