[Russic]

Ok ... the first seed has been planted. I called up bell and asked what would happen if I canceled my Shaw and switched to them. I was offered:

- Free install (of one receiver ... I'd need 2)
- 1 HD PVR for $10/month for a year (after the year it goes up to $20)
- 165 channels for $33/month for a year (looking at the website, I'm guessing this is regularly $54/year)

Straight off the top I'm pretty impressed with those prices. Bell has more HD, all the channels I care about and the multiview for centre ice. My TV package with Shaw right now is close to $70 per month and that's without a PVR rental. That could easily go up to $90 if my PVR isn't under warranty (something the guy on the phone said was likely). The Bell equivalent would be about $50 per month (for the first year at least, my guess is it would be closer to $80 after that, which isn't as much savings but it is a stronger product imo). I'm interested to see if now that they have my contact info I get any more offers over the next few days.

I might have to entertain the idea of canceling with Shaw unless they can counter with something substantial. The very nice woman I spoke to didn't have the greatest english ... I would miss the hell out of that if I left shaw.