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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Hopefully, if Verizon enters the market and shakes things up a little bit, there will some competition for the current oligopoly and consumers will see some better deals. Having an unlocked phone gives you the leverage to play the providers against each other, but all that really means is that you get to pick the provider who screws you the most gently.
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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Verizon would still be a re-branded Wind/Mobilicity, bargain entry player, until they start planting towers like weeds. That's an easy $10bn investment to bring their service level close to on par with what they have in the U.S, like I dunno - implementing LTE.
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Are Verizon's prices cheaper?
They have the pockets, and when word got it they're sniffing around, they affected the stock prices of Canada's big 3. That said, they still need to invest in substantial infrastructure.