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The story
Canadian telecom giant Telus is pushing to scrap the $100-a-month cap on domestic roaming fees, arguing the regulation is “no longer necessary,” according to a report from iPhone in Canada. The story caught on in Lemmy’s c/canada community, where commenters repeatedly pointed out that if the cap really were unnecessary, scrapping it wouldn’t change anything — so the very fact that Telus wants it gone suggests the regulation is still needed. The discussion also branched out into gripes about the company’s healthcare arm, Telus Health, and the fact that telecom infrastructure ownership varies from province to province.
Telus Wants Canada’s “$100 Roaming Cap” Scrapped — Says It’s “No Longer Needed” (iPhone in Canada)
Source: iphoneincanada.ca / Read the original article here
What people said
They probably shouldn't have gotten into healthcare in the first place. I still can't believe a telecom company woke up one day and thought, 'Let's be doctors now.'
Seriously, who even uses Telus Health?
It seems the new CEO believes this roaming cap is costing them profits.
My guess is the real plan is to get a foothold established now, so they're ready for whenever healthcare gets fully privatized.
Unfortunately, my workplace uses it. Though I think we were on something else before Telus swooped in and took it over through shady means.
My family doctor does telehealth visits through Telus Health…
And I live in a major city… it's ridiculous.
Saskatchewan's the exception though — Rogers is the only one that builds its own towers there. Bell and Telus both lease infrastructure from SaskTel. Source: I work at SaskTel.
Background and Key Points
In Canada, telecom carriers are subject to a regulation capping domestic roaming fees, and Telus is now arguing the cap is “no longer necessary” and should be scrapped. But some see the push itself as a sign the cap still leaves room for price hikes once it’s gone. Commenters on the thread pointed out that Telus recently brought in a new CEO who’s been looking for ways to boost revenue, and many framed the push to scrap the cap as part of that profit drive. The discussion wandered off-topic too, bringing up gripes with Telus’s healthcare arm, Telus Health, as well as details of Canada’s telecom infrastructure that would be unfamiliar in Japan — like how, in Saskatchewan, carriers share cell towers with one another.
※This article is excerpted from a thread on the overseas forum Lemmy’s c/canada community — “Telus Wants Canada’s $100 Roaming Cap Scrapped, Says It’s No Longer Needed | iPhone in Canada” — and freely translated into Japanese by our editorial team. Our site takes responsibility for the translated text.
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