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Around 2013, the Canadian government considered allowing Verizon to enter the Canadian market by buying WIND Mobile, a small budget carrier which was looking for foreign investors. They were faced with a huge fearmongering campaign orchestrated by the big three carriers, with TV ads like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndQv6wwaNyM

Needless to say that Verizon backed out of the deal immediately.

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Fun, if a bit rough, parody of that too. https://youtu.be/kC0uMKXsVM4

When I was travelling in the U.S. a few weeks ago, I was able to buy a month's unlimited data and North American calling and SMS on some random MVNO from some random phone shop in middle of nowhere NY, including a new SIM and activation, for less than one pays for a month with a cap here in Ontario.

Even the corrupt, cronyistic telecom arrangements in the U.S.† are dramatically better than those in Canada.

† Not that the U.S. is particularly bad for this, by world standards.

Watch that video! It’s a very effective ad (thanks for posting)

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