Cheap TV (cable/satellite/whatever) provider in Canada?

Cheap TV (cable/satellite/whatever) provider in Canada?

Post just about everything that isn't directly related to Spring here!

Moderator: Moderators

Post Reply
User avatar
Caydr
Omnidouche
Posts: 7179
Joined: 16 Oct 2004, 19:40

Cheap TV (cable/satellite/whatever) provider in Canada?

Post by Caydr »

I'm getting a new TV, intended just for movies and video games, probably not much else. But I thought, hey if I can get some TV on the cheap, why not?

Then I realized I have 3 providers to choose from. Rogers, which I might get a deal with if I wasn't switching to another ISP.

Bell, which is is written next to the word "Incompetence" in the dictionary - if you've ever thought you had a bad experience with a phone company... consider your experience an amusement park compared with what Canadians go through for Bell. Triple overcharging, no refunds, requests for cancellations being "misinterpreted" as requests for additional services, names on accounts FUBAR, service that would be improved if they stopped offering it, no ETA on anything, lying service reps... OH MY GOD NO I'M NOT GOING WITH BELL I'D DIE SOONER!!!

Starchoice, which *appears* to be some sort of moderate faction, but I can't tell you for sure since I've been waiting 40 minutes for the bloody pricing page to load!!!

Surely there are other providers? An alternative? Some company without enough advertising $$$ to get noticed? I mean for instance, every high speed provider in Canada charges like $50 a month for their service. Until you look into it and discover that $30 a month providers exist - and their slogan isn't "How can we disservice you today?"

Maybe a provider where I can, omigosh, just order the 3 GOOD TV channels, and leave out the shopping network and 4830 timeshifting channels and all that other crap?

~~~~

For $56 I can get a reasonable package with an HD receiver... that's a lot more than I'd like to spend. There's also a $200 up-front fee. *facepalm*

~~~~

Crikey, Bell wants $85 or $102 for the same thing.
User avatar
AF
AI Developer
Posts: 20687
Joined: 14 Sep 2004, 11:32

Post by AF »

Does the canadian government not do anything about this? No giant fines? No class action suites from customers? British companies get huge fines here for doing far less.
User avatar
Muzic
Posts: 950
Joined: 09 Aug 2006, 07:08

Post by Muzic »

Shaw.
User avatar
SwiftSpear
Classic Community Lead
Posts: 7287
Joined: 12 Aug 2005, 09:29

Post by SwiftSpear »

<3 Shaw. I'm not sure if they have a dirt cheap package though...
User avatar
Relative
Posts: 1371
Joined: 15 Oct 2006, 13:17

Post by Relative »

Edit:

oops, thought this was about the American telecoms :oops:
User avatar
Caydr
Omnidouche
Posts: 7179
Joined: 16 Oct 2004, 19:40

Post by Caydr »

Shaw.... shaw.ca.... order....

...

$448 FOR THE HDTV DECODER ALONE?!!! SHITCRAP DO YOU PEOPLE HATE ME???!
User avatar
rattle
Damned Developer
Posts: 8278
Joined: 01 Jun 2006, 13:15

Post by rattle »

You've got money don't you?
User avatar
Caydr
Omnidouche
Posts: 7179
Joined: 16 Oct 2004, 19:40

Post by Caydr »

Having money and wanting to waste it are two different things. I don't even watch TV hardly.

I think I'll go for Starchoice's cheapest package for now, it's $22.80 with tax and installation's free.
Post Reply

Return to “Off Topic Discussion”