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Well I'm glad I had to take off to work when this argument started!

Its just like anything in life where there is competition people are going to have their favorites or have a bad expereince with a company.

I know there are people that hate Bell but there are some people like myself who love their programming and love their equipment...could that have anything to do with working for them for 3 year, maybe, but even during the times where customer service would frustrate me, I would just remember the times that Shaw screwed me over with wrong billing and it made me realize it happens with every company its just luck of the draw.

I have friends and family who work for Shaw as installers and customer service reps and they have ExpressVu because of the quality of channels. I find it funny when my friends with Shaw/SC come over and see my HD and go "holy smokes mine doesn't look like this". They even get an employee discount but would rather have more channels and choice. There is no denying that Bell is a leader in HD within Canada...will Shaw follow shortly of course they do else they will lose business. Make fun of the Rush/Oasis/Eqator but I actually enjoy those channels as a lot of people do.

Bell in 2005 profitted about $19 billion dollars(As a whole BCE, but ExpressVu is a big chuck of it)...so you have to figure they are doing something right somewhere!

I honestly don't think this is a topic worth agruing about because everyone has their personal views. This is almost like the debate is Chevy better than Ford? Or dose Pepsi taste better than Coke? Or how about are the Oilers better than the Flames?

It depends on who you ask and what their expereince with the product is...has nothing to do with better programming or customer service. When I use to work for Bell I would get people coming in to tell me how awesome the customer service is and some would tell me how much they hate it. In this world no one is ever happy unless they get exactly what they want and they are always looking for someone to blame!

Also I still know a lot of people that work for Bell I will do some digging on what their plans are for the 9200, as I have 3 of them and would be pissed also. Not that I paid anyhting for them...but thats besides the point!

Good luck with this debate...