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    DP>> 30 EUR for unlimited call/sms/data on mobile, 15 EUR for unlimited   
    DP>> gigabit optical internet in the office. now who is the sucker ?   
      
    WD> And is the market liberalised or is it a state-owned monopoly there?   
      
   DP>haha. i was waiting for that question. yes it's -still- liberalised,   
     >but good catch. :)   
      
   In Canada it's sort of liberalized but the gov't tends to protect large   
   companies like Bell Canada from foreign (generally USA) 'interference',   
   which has let them charge much higher prices. It is finally getting a   
   lot better than it was, even if it's not quite as cheap as many other   
   places, after threats were made to stop overcharging or they would allow   
   other companies to come in (mostly from the USA).   
      
   So what ended up happening is companies like Virgin and Koodo are now   
   offering services here at a pretty good price, but they distribute their   
   services through one of the big Canadian company networks rather than   
   doing it on their own so Bell, Rogers and Telus still make money on it.   
      
   Lucky Mobile, that we've been talking about, is actually a company started   
   by Bell Canada as their pre-paid option. It started out cheap (for here)   
   but still quite costly compared to plans in the USA, but their packages   
   are getting better all the time. I'm now getting 5 times as much data as   
   I used to at $5 less per month, and at much higher data speeds, about 7   
   times faster than it used to be 5 years back when I started with them.   
      
   One reason I stay with Lucky rather than going with their Regular mobile   
   service is, if you use up all your data one month, rather than cutting   
   you off or charging a high price to give you more, you can just continue   
   using data at a slower speed at no additional cost. You can't do anything   
   major but you can still do simple surfing and send eMails and such.   
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