Comments on: iDismay: Monopoly and the High Cost of Canadian Wireless http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/05/03/idismay/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:41:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: melon http://www.ignisfatuus.com/2008/05/03/idismay/comment-page-1/#comment-23 melon Sat, 10 May 2008 18:21:39 +0000 http://www.ignisfatuus.com/?p=6#comment-23 I agree (obviously). In many ways, I blame the government for being complacent, Canadian corporate culture for being highly non-competitive by nature (i.e., Bell demanding a monopoly on satellite radio, then backing out altogether when the CRTC wouldn't give it one), the media for not making it important (of course, Canadian media is dominated by this "tripoly," as you put it, so there's no surprise that they won't criticize themselves), and the Canadian public for not being assertive enough. In many ways, too, it's global. Government, in general, has been very business-friendly over the last 30 years, and while I do not wish for the relationship between the two to go back to being over-regulatory, government has not done its job in assuring a competitive market, which is in everyone's best interests. I agree (obviously). In many ways, I blame the government for being complacent, Canadian corporate culture for being highly non-competitive by nature (i.e., Bell demanding a monopoly on satellite radio, then backing out altogether when the CRTC wouldn’t give it one), the media for not making it important (of course, Canadian media is dominated by this “tripoly,” as you put it, so there’s no surprise that they won’t criticize themselves), and the Canadian public for not being assertive enough.

In many ways, too, it’s global. Government, in general, has been very business-friendly over the last 30 years, and while I do not wish for the relationship between the two to go back to being over-regulatory, government has not done its job in assuring a competitive market, which is in everyone’s best interests.

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