Being that I am not an Aliant High-Speed customer I especially hate the Aliant Hot-Spots that sprung up all over the city. This rant is probably a little on the late side, but it recently came back to the fore-front for me when I got my iPod Touch.
You see, a couple of summers ago Aliant went to most of the coffee shops, cafes, restaurants, bars, etc around the city and installed their routers to allow free internet to the establishments patrons. We all knew that this was going to end, and probably sooner than later, and really that didn’t bother me. However when I got my Touch, I thought it was great, and was even thinking about switching my high-speed over to Aliant simply to have the ability to use their Hot-Spots that dotted the city.
Then I looked into it, they say that is going to be limited too. This amazed me, they are trying to sell me high-speed DSL, but I have to get the land line that I don’t want. I already have a cell phone with them, so why would I want yet another number for people to call me at, and another bill to pay. However for unlimited access to a large MESH of Wi-Fi Hot-Spots within the city I was going to forgo the naked DSL and jump to Aliant. And when I saw that they were not planning to allow their high-speed customers access to the Hot-Spots for the long term I halted that.
Why would anyone ever want to work with these providers? There is no advantage to stay with someone who simply wants to lock you in and FORCE you to use their services. Don’t they realize that if they were more flexible and worked on cultivating a base of loyal customers they will be better prepared for the long term viability of their business?
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