Posted in Commentary with tags Bell on March 2, 2025 by itnerd
You might recall that Bell at about this time last year stopped selling 8Gbps Fibre Internet as part of a plan to save money, and because they were really ticked at the CRTC who were forcing them to open up their fibre networks to resellers. Fast forward to today, and I see this on Bell’s website:
It looks like 8Gbps fibre is back. Though I will also note that there’s no promotional discount for it. So if you want it, which by the way nobody needs this speed of fibre, you have to pay full price for it.
The question is, why has Bell put 8Gbps back into the market? Nothing has really changed for them as far as I can see. Bell is still not in a good place financially, and cutting jobs as a result of that. And the CRTC has not changed its stance on Bell needing to allow resellers to sell fibre internet access. So the only thing that comes to mind is that Bell needed to put this offering back onto the market to give them something to make them competitive against not only Rogers, but companies like Telus and Teksavvy who are reselling Bell Fibre Internet in places like Ontario. It’s a value proposition to say “Sure you can save a few bucks with those guys. But if you want the fastest Internet, you have to go with us.”
Another thing to point out is that this was quietly dropped on the public over a weekend. My cynical thinking is that it was done this way by Bell who was hoping that nobody like me would notice and say something about it that wasn’t too positive. Well, that didn’t work because I am always on the lookout for stuff like this, and I will report it to you when I find it. Thus it will be interesting to see how this works out for Bell.
Bell Is Selling 8Gbps Fibre Again
Posted in Commentary with tags Bell on March 2, 2025 by itnerdYou might recall that Bell at about this time last year stopped selling 8Gbps Fibre Internet as part of a plan to save money, and because they were really ticked at the CRTC who were forcing them to open up their fibre networks to resellers. Fast forward to today, and I see this on Bell’s website:
It looks like 8Gbps fibre is back. Though I will also note that there’s no promotional discount for it. So if you want it, which by the way nobody needs this speed of fibre, you have to pay full price for it.
The question is, why has Bell put 8Gbps back into the market? Nothing has really changed for them as far as I can see. Bell is still not in a good place financially, and cutting jobs as a result of that. And the CRTC has not changed its stance on Bell needing to allow resellers to sell fibre internet access. So the only thing that comes to mind is that Bell needed to put this offering back onto the market to give them something to make them competitive against not only Rogers, but companies like Telus and Teksavvy who are reselling Bell Fibre Internet in places like Ontario. It’s a value proposition to say “Sure you can save a few bucks with those guys. But if you want the fastest Internet, you have to go with us.”
Another thing to point out is that this was quietly dropped on the public over a weekend. My cynical thinking is that it was done this way by Bell who was hoping that nobody like me would notice and say something about it that wasn’t too positive. Well, that didn’t work because I am always on the lookout for stuff like this, and I will report it to you when I find it. Thus it will be interesting to see how this works out for Bell.
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