Gerritt Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I am tired of dealing with Bell Canada... to much Bull... unexplained charges, late fees when the bill was paid on time etc... and in all honesty.. I am tired of dealing with someone that does not speak the same language as me! I am thinking of switching to Primus for Phone, and internet.. and will use my Free-To-Air recievers for TV. I am in Hamilton... Is anyone here with Primus? how is their customer service? Is there another company that I should consider that deals with the Hamilton area? TIA! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoriaRiverMan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 STAY AWAY FROM ROGERS! They tried to rip me off a few times. Bell has pulled a few stunts on me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I cannot stand Rogers... thank god they do not service my area! Thanks for the heads up MRM G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I think I just overhead the news on tv saying that Bell and some other companies are about to start charging for INCOMING text msgs. That's ridiculous. Perhaps I heard wrong, but I think that's what they said. I have Primus VOIP home phone and no complaints. VOIP isn't perfect but its a hell of a lot more affordable, expecially for long distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Expect a few down days every other week or so from your free to air. I have a friend that has one but he has no internet, so so depends on me to download the new code for him. He's a frequent visitor now. For 2 bucks a day (or half that price if you're really smart) , I get to watch what I want, when I want. It's worth it to me. My only dealings with Bell is with ExpressVu. I've not had a problem in over 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I cannot stand Rogers... thank god they do not service my area! Thanks for the heads up MRM G I did have a cell phone contract with Rogers. I'd rather send smoke signals. That would probably get the message out faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Dan.. I have been in FTA for longer then I can remember I have various receivers infact I have given some away LOL, Some stb's go down.. others stay up.. I have my bases covered in terms of TV.. Hell I will switch to Starchoice just to give Bell the middle finger if I had too. Sound advice though thank you G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 My recommendation: 1) Keep Bell for phone. The other companies are awful 2) Ditch Bell DSL for Tekksavvy. It is cheaper and better. 3) Ditch Bell Satellite, live off OTA and if you choose FTA and torrents (FTA goes once maybe every 2 months). 4) Call up Rogers and tell them to smootch your buttj, even if they don't provide service to your area. forrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Dan.. I have been in FTA for longer then I can remember I have various receivers infact I have given some away LOL, Some stb's go down.. others stay up.. I have my bases covered in terms of TV.. Hell I will switch to Starchoice just to give Bell the middle finger if I had too. Sound advice though thank you G LOL... Shoulda known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoriaRiverMan Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I did have a cell phone contract with Rogers. I'd rather send smoke signals. That would probably get the message out faster. Im currently at war with rogers...... Trying to burn me for 1200$ Lost count how many times ive hung phone up screaming to them. My average bill for 24 months was 800$ per month!!! They are a complete joke...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Cliff Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Bell and I have a love hate relationship, I love to hate them and I'm pretty easy to get along with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lundboy Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 If you don't need a home phone (because you have cell) you can get "dry or naked" DSL from teksavvy or http://www.acanac.ca/more-info.htm. Unlike Bell these two companies will give you DSL without home phone. This will save you about $25/month. Also for LD on home phone, Telehop 1010-100 (.25 first 15min, .04 /min after) or 1010-620 ($1 per call unlimited minutes) are pretty cheap /minute across north america. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 just for the record FTA never goes down but if you use the receiver to get bell or dishnetwork, they do spend lots of money to send ECM to shut down the people getting it without paying for it... and they do it more then every two months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinS Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 wish i could help you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 just for the recordFTA never goes down but if you use the receiver to get bell or dishnetwork, they do spend lots of money to send ECM to shut down the people getting it without paying for it... and they do it more then every two months And they only do that because the CRTC makes them do it. They couldn't give a crap about how many people are stealing their signal. It costs them more to prevent it than it does to just let it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 that's true Bell is changing to the n3 card and it costs them a lot of money to change and it is being forced by the gov. as you said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehg Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Changed to Primus about 2 1/2 yrs.ago still paying 44.95 for home phone, high speed DSL and long distance. Think it has gone up to 59.95 for this bundle but i'm still paying this much. Bell peeved me too much. Think i'm saving alot anyways. ehg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 and in all honesty.. I am tired of dealing with someone that does not speak the same language as me! Boy that struck a chord with me LOL! Perhaps foolishly I switched all my services to Bell when I moved to Grimsby last week: Bell Expressvu satellite, phone & internet.. I did this 'cause I already have an unused Bell satellite dish at the cabin and would like to bring my receiver up to camp to watch ballgames, movies and such while on vacation. Anyway....so far I've had nothing but problems with my internet connection. I've called multiple times for help and quite frankly gave up in frustration after not being able to understand what was being said to me . Finally a tech came to my house this morning and (hopefully) resolved my problem. When I complained about not being able to understand virtually everyone from Bell when I called for assistance he laughed and shook his head. I guess I hadn't been paying attention in the last year, but did you guys know that Bell outsourced all their English speaking phone rep's to INDIA 6 months ago? LOL! I sure didn't! What a complete and utter joke! Now here's a savvy little tip passed on to me by the Bell tech this morning: When you call Bell for assistance and they prompt you for a choice either French or English, choose FRENCH even if you're not bilingual. You're call will be routed to Quebec NOT India and all the francophone phone rep's speak english MUCH better than their Indian counterparts . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danc Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Actually there's a very large Bell phone in help center located here in Thunder Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerritt Posted July 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 There was one located here in Hamilton too... they closed it.. Wonder where all those jobs went too? I called primus. and Bell can suck on my left one. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Actually there's a very large Bell phone in help center located here in Thunder Bay. I'll bet you a beer if you call 310-Bell you'll be speaking to someone in India. Guaranteed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purekgw Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 go with mountain cable vision we have i its $100 for phone cable and digital phone service and its good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I think I just overhead the news on tv saying that Bell and some other companies are about to start charging for INCOMING text msgs. That's ridiculous. Perhaps I heard wrong, but I think that's what they said. I have Primus VOIP home phone and no complaints. VOIP isn't perfect but its a hell of a lot more affordable, expecially for long distance. Nope. Got the letter the other day. The wording is typically convoluted. I'm still not sure if my corporate cell plan still includes the free incoming texts or not. If not I suspect we'll all be shopping for another provider, or coming up with some alternative to the texting. It's only a minor inconvenience to do without. JF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lundboy Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I'll bet you a beer if you call 310-Bell you'll be speaking to someone in India. Guaranteed! Here's the trick... When asked to press 1 for english, 2 for french... press 2. You will be switched to Montreal and you will still get someone that is still in the country and can also speak english. Let's do our part to hep them keep their jobs here. (This really works, no joke) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Here's the trick... When asked to press 1 for english, 2 for french... press 2. You will be switched to Montreal and you will still get someone that is still in the country and can also speak english. Let's do our part to hep them keep their jobs here. (This really works, no joke) I know, read the end of my post LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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