Cheaper phone plans for Canadians could be closer than we think.

On Monday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it’s reached a significant milestone in increasing phone services competition in Canada.

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    1 year ago

    I text 0 characters a month and use 0 minutes.

    It’s all Skype, fbmsgr, hangouts.

    Because it’s 2023.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve never thought of using Skype as being modern. Maybe Discord, Matrix, Teams, Whatsapp…

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      1 year ago

      Urbanite spotted.

      Sometimes I wonder if people in cities have no idea the digital divide exists.

      Texting and calling via a cellphone network is a far more reliable where I live, and even at that, there are known dead zones along my road (a main road) where calls drop, and texts either don’t send or a painfully slow.

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      1 year ago

      Well not sure why you have downvotes, but for me its also used as work phone so texts via sms and regular phone calls are a thing because you can’t control customer app choices or device choices, so a standard sms or phonecall is required.