'Liberal MP proposes legislation to rein in misleading cellphone charges'
Liberal MP David McGuinty says Canada's cellphone industry has collected billions of dollars in "misleading" charges over the last 25 years, and he's proposing legislation to stop it.
McGuinty says 911, overage, data and roaming surcharges can double advertised monthly rates for an industry that's turning a $4-billion-a-year profit.
He says cellphone companies double-bill, change contract terms on the fly, and obfuscate agreements with unnecessary words and vague clauses.
He says Canadian cellphone users are paying an average of 33 per cent more than users of equivalent services in the United States, while high-end business users average 56 per cent more.
Only 55 per cent of Canadians have cellphones, compared with 75 per cent of Americans and 86 per cent of Germans, while the rate of cellphone use in Canada ranks 29th among 30 OECD countries.
McGuinty is proposing legislation, called the Get Connected Fairly Act, he says would end system access fees and impose more transparency on the cellphone industry.
If only it was the US. I've been ripped off for about $200-250 from them using pro-rata shit for my text messages.
Jun-03-2008 18:53
gehzumteufel
In your ass
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: so cal
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Originally posted by Sunsnail
If only it was the US. I've been ripped off for about $200-250 from them using pro-rata shit for my text messages.
Text messaging plans are relatively cheap. You might as well get one, and just watch your messages. I have been there though. $90 text message overage charges one month.
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Jun-03-2008 19:26
RJT
last minute disco
Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by Sunsnail
If only it was the US. I've been ripped off for about $200-250 from them using pro-rata shit for my text messages.
The only person ripping you off is yourself by not understanding the terms of your own cell phone contract.
I had a 5000 text message a month plan. It was the highest available at the time. The sent a little card saying they were now offering unlimited. So I called and got that. It was around the middle of the month and I had used about 3000. Well they divided up my allowance to about 2500 for that time period so I was charged another $50 right there.
Jun-03-2008 19:30
RJT
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Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by Sunsnail
I had a 5000 text message a month plan. It was the highest available at the time. The sent a little card saying they were now offering unlimited. So I called and got that. It was around the middle of the month and I had used about 3000. Well they divided up my allowance to about 2500 for that time period so I was charged another $50 right there.
Sorry, not buying it. If you actually understood what you were doing, you wouldn't have had a problem, and even if you did have a problem, yet were capable of grasping the disparity between the contract you signed, and the amount the phone company "cheated" you for, you'd have been able to resolve it.
It tires me to no end to see people cry "fraud" or "I was cheated" solely because they don't know what they're getting themselves into. It's a fucking business, what do you expect?
Originally posted by Sunsnail
I had a 5000 text message a month plan. It was the highest available at the time. The sent a little card saying they were now offering unlimited. So I called and got that. It was around the middle of the month and I had used about 3000. Well they divided up my allowance to about 2500 for that time period so I was charged another $50 right there.
That sounds like a crock of shit. I would have contested that for sure. They pro-rate the rate charge, not the service. Who do you have? Verizon? Sprint?
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Originally posted by bas
Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh
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Originally posted by bas
Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.
Jun-03-2008 19:33
RJT
last minute disco
Registered: Oct 2004
Location:
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Originally posted by gehzumteufel
That sounds like a crock of shit.
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
That sounds like a crock of shit. I would have contested that for sure. They pro-rate the rate charge, not the service. Who do you have? Verizon? Sprint?
Verizon, hold on Ill scan the bill to make it clear.
Jun-03-2008 19:37
RJT
last minute disco
Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by Sunsnail
Verizon, hold on Ill scan the bill to make it clear.
And the contract you signed as well, in full.
Do you seriously believe the shit you're spewing?
If you do, then you should be taking this up with them and not trying to prove anything to us - if not, you know you fucked yourself.
Either way, it's money out of your pocket, and no one else's.
Originally posted by RJT
It tires me to no end to see people cry "fraud" or "I was cheated" solely because they don't know what they're getting themselves into. It's a fucking business, what do you expect?
