How could we kickstart a 5th telecom across Canada? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We could start fundraising to do the legal paperwork and buy a tower in a provincial capital then start the plans. Anyone who funds and/or works gets a share and the right to vote in the cooperative’s affairs.

The plan could be basic at first for a low price of $3 that includes wifi calling nationwide for anyone outside of the city. Then we could expand the cellular service across the province then maybe bring it the rest of the country to rival the competition and bring down prices for everyone.

Our cooperative would be focused on providing high paying jobs and providing good benefits.

We can use Mastodon, Friendica and Lemmy.ca to deliver service updates.

It’s just a fun thought experiment ;)

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Since everyone needs a phone and an internet connection, why not nationalize it and create a crown corporation. Put it it's charter that it can't charge more than it takes to maintain and update the system.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Alternative proposal, fund the creation of an MVNO through the same means, then provide ROBeLUS'es services at the MVNO cost plus cost of overhead.*

Skim some revenue to build out infrastructure.

Use massive automation to keep overhead as low as possible.

* See how fast ROBeLUS'es cronies in the CRTC clamp down on MVNOs. 😂

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I suppose but owning the infrastructure outright allows us to have more control over the cost, service and working conditions. As the big players currently charge way more than they need to at the current rates and the government is likely on their side. Though it would be an much easier launching point into the market.

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