Most of the general public has absolutely no idea what any of this means.

Here’s a great explanation of what’s going on. This is a comment posted in response to an article on The Globe and Mail’s website by a user with handle, DB1848

The service that Bell wants to charge UBB on is for the use of the copper wires into everyone’s house, not for the bandwidth from the telephone interchange into the internet backbone. The independent ISPs have always paid separately for this connection and this is not changing.

The fairytale that Bell sold to the CRTC (and to everyone else apparently) is that those copper wires that are almost 100 years old in many neighbourhoods somehow cost more to maintain based on how much data travels over them. This is simply not true.

There is a fixed cost to replace and maintain copper wire and it is not proportionate to how much data travels over them. The copper wires (and associated hardware) do have a certain capacity, but since nobody can have more than one ISP over the same wires, reaching that capacity isn’t going to have too much effect on the bandwidth of other users, and certainly doesn’t incur any new costs.

It’s important to note that at least some of the CRTC commissioners recognized that Bell is already recouping these fixed costs under the existing wholesale regime.

DB1848

Get 4 months of internet for free when you purchase a Bell “Grab and Go Kit” from Dell for $30.

You can choose 1 of 5 different Bell plans (detailed below).

Obviously the smart choice would be the Fibe 25, which gives you speeds of 25 Mbps download and  7 Mbps upload. (Call bell and verify this service is available in your area).

Link to Deal

Telus offered new clients 6 months of unlimited local calling, free calling on early nights and weekends starting at 6pm (regularly $7/month) and free activation ($35 fee).

That offer is now available at Bell, Fido and Rogers for new clients signing new 3 year contracts.

Officially, this offer is not available for existing clients looking to renew their contracts.

After a couple of months of exclusivity for the TMobile network in the US, Google has opened the market for its Google Nexus One.

The TMobile version will work on the Wind Mobile Network (900/AWS/2100 MHz)

You can order your phone at: http://www.google.com/phone/

In an attempt to lure customers from Wind, Bell will apply a $150 bill credit to your account upon signing a 3 year contract.

Unlike Wind’s promotion, where they apply the credit over the course of 5 months in 30 dollar denominations, Bell will apply a one-time lump sum credit of $150 to your account.

Service was resumed last night. The cause of is the issue still remains unknown, but Telus says it was caused by a “3rd party vendor”.

All users are advised to perform a soft reset on their handset.

It appears Bell is getting rid of their overstocked CDMA device lineup.

They’ve listed the Blackberry Storm 9530 for $249 on a month-to-month (no contract) purchase.

Details

Just two weeks after Rogers lost a ruling versus Telus in BC Supreme court, Rogers is taking Bell to court this week.

Rogers is suing Bell Mobility for its use of the term “largest, fastest, and most reliable network” in its advertising.

Following Telus who performed the move 2 weeks earlier and Rogers 7 weeks earlier, Bell has eliminiated the $6.95 system access fee.

Like Telus, you will still be charged the system access fee if you wish to keep your existing plan. You must switch to one of the new plans to take advantage of the dropped system access fee.

The new plans come with a $5/month premium over currently offered in-market wireless plans

November 24, 2009 appears to be the Blackberry Storm’s launch date for Bell Mobility.