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I was and am all for manitoba stuff, buy local...this just creamed my butter! what ... is trump wanting in on Canada to, ow wait WE LOVE ALL PPL (if they pay taxes says trump)

pherogh said "I was and am all for manitoba stuff, buy local...this just creamed my butter! what ... is trump wanting in on Canada to, ow wait WE LOVE ALL PPL (if they pay taxes says trump) "

In terms of communication, were still lucky. Unlike pretty well anywhere else wherein you have to chose one national telco or another, we still have WCG.

That's lucky? Shaw's 150 plan in Winnipeg is cheaper than Westman's 60. We have to pay more to get less than half the speed, I don''t consider that lucky.  
 
Edited by ultraguy, 2017-04-21 08:34:48

ultraguy said "That's lucky? Shaw's 150 plan in Winnipeg is cheaper than Westman's 60. We have to pay more to get less than half the speed, I don''t consider that lucky.     Edited by ultraguy, 2017-04-21 08:34:48"

I wasn't really basing it on price, but we can go there.  
 
Sure, its more. But its also the difference between Walmart and Stan's. 2 companies with enough revenue to bankroll razor sharp competition.  
 
Some may not care about the local concept if the big boys are cheaper. But I like having the option of a locally owned telco.  
 
But I have digressed this.  
 
Im curious when I will start getting bills from BellMTS.

Many of you will be moved over to Telus in coming weeks, especially for rural customers. Many of the MTS Connect stores will be Telus (as said above), while Bell is wanting to focus mainly on selling through The Source and Bell stores.  
 
If you are one of the customers who are moved over to Telus from MTS and you're not happy with the transition (ie plan is much more expensive), in this case I believe you could get ahold of the CCTS: https://www.ccts-cprst.ca/  
 
In this instance, you signed up as an MTS customer with a specific contract/rate plan and end up now on a different provider with a completely different rate plan ("Flat rate" data doesn't exist on Telus), contacting the CCTS could possibly help you get out of that contract without any penalties.. but time will tell.

We moved to Winnipeg last summer. When we were in Brandon we used both Westman and MTS; both were viable options.  
 
Shaw's deals are not that hot. High speed is fine, but data caps suck. In Brandon, neither company has hard caps with extra charges.  
 
Oh, and when we left Brandon, Westman sent us an equity payout cheque of over $800 a couple months later. Shaw won't be doing that when I leave Winnipeg. The Westman co-operative has its benefits.

I got a letter in the mail a few weeks ago welcoming me to the new Bell MTS, so I guess they're keeping me around.

On Thursday my son went to the new Telus store who is a student and is currently with MTS Bell. He was told that he wasn't one of the ones selected to be moved from MTS to Telus. He was disappointed as he along with my wife haven't been happy with MTS for awhile (I'm with Rogers). As a student and with MTS he has the unlimited data plan but was told by the Telus representative that once his contract expires and my son renews his contract, Bell will no longer offer the student plan with unlimited data.  
And the changes begin and increases in rates for some customer plans.