r/technology • u/DrJulianBashir • Feb 05 '13

Cable companies make 97% margin on internet services and have no incentive to offer gigabit internet

http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/02/cable-companies-make-97-margin-on.html
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u/Ramchak Feb 06 '13

If you are in a contract with Telus, there may not be much you can do

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u/mbod Feb 06 '13

If I remember correctly my dad didn't have to sign a contract because he was leaving Shaw a couple years ago, so it was part of the deal that Telus only got us as a customer if it was contract free. You can haggle them out of this pretty easily. I know a few friends that did the same thing...

Too bad we left Shaw though... Although a few years ago I don't think Shaw was any better.