>5 years since they announced "Gigabit Fibe" FTTH internet
>only deployed to a handful of newly constructed condos in Toronto so far
>99% of house-dwellers can't get it even in Toronto
>Bell has deployed it to a couple new subdivisions just so that they can claim it's available not just in condos
>meanwhile record profits despite losing subscribers due to "lower than expected capital expenditure"
Why is this allowed?
Governments are too stupid to figure out how to deal with telecom monopolies. Why do you think the mama bell breakup just resulted in the same geographic monopolies in the states?
>>62187371
>too stupid
You mean govt officials are ready to sell out public interest for a cushy job at the companies they're supposed to be regulating, and there aren't enough ethics laws to go after them due to these laws potentially infringing on "muh freedumbs."
gotta move to nova scotia, senpai. we've got Aliant and have had fiber for YEARS.
>>62187418
Expect it to turn to shit since Bell Canada bought out 100% of Aliant, and is planning to fold the whole thing into Bell instead of letting it run as a separate company with separate management.
>>62187358
>>5 years since they announced "Gigabit Fibe" FTTH internet
>>only deployed to a handful of newly constructed condos in Toronto so far
>>99% of house-dwellers can't get it even in Toronto
fuck off OP.
It's been available at 15 addresses I've checked so far.
The only one it's not is me (etobiocke)
Pretty much all of Scarborough has it