DISQUS

Roger Kondrat · 1 year ago

It is funny (as a Canadian) to watch a country that has pretty much followed in the footsteps of Canadians economically rushing ahead of us.

Canada is and has one of the best broadband networks in the world in the ground but our wireless efforts have been pathetic and tortured. Canadians need to demand much much more from their providers or risk falling behind economically as wireless becomes more and more a platform for businesses to grow.

Personally one of my issues (this may actually surprise some) to moving back home is how juvenile wireless is because that is how I do business, and how I interact/socialise.

I am not interested in paying long-distance talking to friends just outside of the city or province. Not interested in getting slow connections, paying high tariffs, or worst of all paying the huge 'handset' prices that Canadians pay.

In the UK I pay nothing for a blackberry but in Canada I would pay over £150 plus need to sign a 3 year contract... 3 YEARS!!! That is scary for someone like me who has switch to buying his own handsets and going 'Sim-free' and switching providers when I please...

Canada you really need to stop worrying about your 'softwood' lumber dispute and worry about the broader economy as the rest of the west is moving to highly mobile, and dynamic workforces you are falling further behind.

Cheers
Roger