Talk:Bell Canada

Note: Bell is currently rolling out fibre to the home. This has not been publically annouced, as they are working on upgrading infratructure in order to support the needed bandwidth. However, 2006 has been targetted for the first rollouts...

John McArthur is Dead

I noticed the link to John McArthur points to a man that died in 1906.

Logo

The current logo on this wiki page seems to have been altered from the original BCE logo. The edges of the blue lettering are more distinct and less 'curvy'

Big deal 76.69.167.90 (talk) 01:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Beavers

The beavers are incredibly good in their French speaking version. The francophone wikipedia has created a page celebrating them. Marc Venot 07:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Takeover bids

BCE is currently up for sale, so it's a good time to watch the news for updates.

Phone rate increases in June, 2007

Although possibly of current interest to Canadian readers, I don't think this type of information is well suited for a company profile or history (unless it can be linked to a crucial moment in the overall financial health of the company). Although payphone increases have not occurred for a while, local phone rates have been increased a number of times (contrary to the text saying that it is the first time since 1981). I propose removing the paragraphs on these rate increases. Isaac Lin 22:30, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:BellCanada1902.png

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Green Party calls on Harper Government to halt BCE sale

This section is a summary of a press release from the Green Party. I believe it contravenes the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy. I propose removing this section. Isaac Lin (talk) 22:44, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I disagree and have reinserted the material. If you wish to propose a re-edit of the material I am willing to have a conversation here on that subject. It appears the OTPP deal may not be such a sure thing thus aspecalternative commentary should be part of the article IMO DSatYVR (talk) 15:04, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Can you clarify what you disagree with? The section is a direct quote from a press release on the web site of the Green Party, describing its political views. Political advocacy is not permitted in Wikipedia articles by the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy. As also discussed in this policy, opinion pieces are not appropriate in a Wikipedia article. Isaac Lin (talk) 06:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

In the absence of further discussion, I plan to remove this section as it contravenes the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy. Isaac Lin (talk) 23:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Catalyst Asset Management proposal

Given that virtually every action taken by publicly-held companies faces opposition from various investment groups, I'm not sure this section is particularly notable. I propose either deleting this section or dramatically reducing its length, as the details lack a neutral point of view (they originate from the web site of the investment group in question) and may contravene the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy. Isaac Lin (talk) 22:50, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I disagree and have reinserted the material. If you wish to propose a re-edit of the material I am willing to have a conversation here on that subject. It appears the OTPP deal may not be such a sure thing thus alternative deals should be part of the article. Several articles today in the financial press indicate the OTPP deal may not happen. IMO DSatYVR (talk) 15:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

The discussion regarding the proposed takeover bid consists of opinion from a single company, some of it clearly from a non-neutral point of view, such as the sentence starting with "Unlike the takeover deal proposed by the OTPP, the Catalyst proposal poses no regulatory or timing risk..." The only facts are process-related ones, concerning who said what and when, and are overly detailed for a Wikipedia article of this nature. The opinions of a specific investment group are not appropriate for a Wikipedia article, as this contravenes the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy that disallows advocacy. Isaac Lin (talk) 06:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

If there is no further discussion, I plan to delete this section in accordance with the "Wikipedia is not a soapbox" policy. In addition, Wikipedia is not a place for news reports; a detailed accounting of events adds a disproportionate amount of information, relative to their importance. At this time, it is unknown if the specific objections raised in this section, which are unrelated to financing questions and the bondholders grievance, will ultimately play a role in BCE's corporate history, but there is no indication so far that they will. In time, should it become apparent that these objections are relevant, then the article can always be amended to include them. Isaac Lin (talk) 23:19, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Garbage

I believe there should be a section in this article about the stupid crap that is going on with Bell throttling P2P users. 76.69.167.90 (talk) 01:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thumbs up on that, buddy! 76.69.167.194 (talk) 03:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree, and I'm from the other end of the world. Luckz (talk) 18:22, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistent?

This article describes the break up of the AT&T monopoly as occurring via the US Dept of Justice lawsuit in the 1940s/1950s whilst the US equivalent article refers to this as occuring in the 1980s. I have no other knowledge of the situation, but if someone could reference or correct this would be useful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.129.155.116 (talk) 02:47, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

"er"

I notice in all Bell advertisements the letters "er" are always in blue, bold face.

Does anyone know why this is? 72.141.242.238 (talk) 01:04, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

It's their advertising campaign. Everything has an "er" in it. 76.68.109.104 (talk) 18:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

But what's special about "er"? Obviously it's a teaser of some kind, I think OP was looking for the meaning. 64.229.221.161 (talk) 23:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Incoming Text Charges/Abusing market share

How come there is no mention of the Telus/Bell/Rogers agreement to charge 15 cents on all incoming text messages? this is pretty notable i think as it's an example of Bell abusing the fact that there really arent too many options for cellular phones in canada. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.49.42.232 (talk) 21:57, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Hamilton Telephone Comp. as precursor to Bell Telephone Comp. of Canada

In the History/Inception para. (just revised March 5th), there's now a very brief mention of Hugh Cossart Baker, Jr.'s involvement with The Hamilton Telephone Company after he received a license from Melville. The Baker article intriguingly states: '...this was the charter that enabled the creation of the Bell Telephone Company in Canada' .

If correct, this would merit significant mention directly in the article, as it appears that Hamilton Telephone was the legal precursor of The Bell Telephone Company of Canada. Does anyone have access to title or incorporation documents to verify the entry in the Hugh Cossart Baker article? I hate having to run over to the library to look for The Hamiltonians, which they prob. won't have anyways, and which might be fuzzy on the legal relationships. I imagine Bell Canada's legal department has copies of all these docs. Harry Zilber (talk) 03:13, 7 March 2009 (UTC)