tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post4727309705496666521..comments2023-11-05T04:40:23.785-07:00Comments on Rusty Idols: The leeches at the top bleeding us dryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-30087311008517771532013-04-07T12:36:45.618-06:002013-04-07T12:36:45.618-06:00To me the argument goes back to why privatization ...To me the argument goes back to why privatization at all? Sasktel is still public and still providing all the services people in provinces with privatized service - in fact they were providing high-peed internet TV services through the phone lines as a mature consumer project while private companies like Telus were still talking about how great they were going to be.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-67125602051629503992013-04-07T10:06:42.976-06:002013-04-07T10:06:42.976-06:00Thanks Cliff.
I'm pretty sure that Canadians ...Thanks Cliff.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that Canadians are being unnecessarily gouged on this and other things (financial services for one).<br /><br />But if some Telecom shill provided a study that showed how Canada's difficult geography and low population density necessitated a few cents more per whatever, blah, blah, blah, ... I wouldn't be able to respond.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-56472608241437794622013-04-06T22:24:26.279-06:002013-04-06T22:24:26.279-06:00There should be I will keep an eye out.
In a way ...There should be I will keep an eye out.<br /><br />In a way the story of Telecom unions being broken is the story of the neoliberal attack on unions and the concept of the middleclass in general.<br /><br /><a href="http://husky1.smu.ca/~lhaiven/symposium10/shniad_paper.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here's a good piece about that - PDF souce.</a><br />Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487395482670731681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23680463.post-25252537126382379522013-04-06T17:34:36.366-06:002013-04-06T17:34:36.366-06:00Is there a concise and comprehensive source that t...Is there a concise and comprehensive source that tells that story about Canada's telecom gougers?thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.com