RE:Nice: mixed feelings on what this meansLawyerup wrote: While I welcome a hefty profit from this merger I just wonder what it means for competition in Canada.
We'll have to wait and see, but I think it's as likely to be good news as anything.
Right now, Telus and Bell pretty much have a duopoly on wireless. Rogers and Shaw are sorta competition sometimes, for some people in some cities, but ultimately not really in the same league. If they expand their network to become serious competition that's probably good for us.
Outside wireless, they hardly compete at all now.
With that thought, though... Bell Canada won't like having stiffer competition so we can count on them to lean on their LPC sock puppets to nix the deal. I doubt they can make it happen but y'never know...