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Originally Posted by GGG
The extra data fees should have been implemented 8 years ago when the moblie browsers first started. Nice to see the crtc finally do it but they sure took their time.
I'm not sure why limiting contacts to two years benefits the consumer as th. Upfront price will just increase.
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In the days where cancellation fees were the ridiculous $20 spread out over the length of the remaining contract it made sense.
Now that all a contract really is, is the subsidy of the device spread out over the term I am not sure why it matters.
Technically as a customer I would prefer more flexibility. I should be able to choose a subsidy amount (or the amount I want to pay up front) and a contract term and that will determine my monthly fee. The monthly rate plan would then be say $45 plus whatever my monthly subsidy was supposed to be.
I was hoping the CRTC would implement a fix like this, where the subsidy was actually implicitly removed from the monthly service fee. That would have been the most customer friendly change, especially with the growing trend of customers just buying their own phone outright. Remove the subsidy from the monthly service charge and it is a better situation for everyone.