CRTC Ponders Rural Phone Rate Hike

[wilagro]

If Telus gets their way and increases rural phone rates then they can kiss my account goodbye. I'll go with another company and use a cell phone or possibly Vonage.

Telus is a greedy company that has no service and very poor public relations IMHO.

Too bad our stupid government didn't keep AGT.

[smcgrath76]

faxes come to my email as pdf documents.
I can fax documents out via the internet
either by scanning to fax if hard copy, or
using the software to send documents,
pdfs, etc.
This is pretty handy when you are on the
road.

[per]

I'm not intending to defend or promote telus here and have had our issues with them. Timing is everything though and if we all went wireless at once there would be all sorts of dropped calls etc on the cell service. It happens now when a crisis arises and when a tower or two are down. Also our Internet service while good now after changing from a provider that started out good is still less reliable than the land line. In the lifetime I have lived here the land line has been working with no downtime close to 100% of the time. Gf, get yourself a plain paper fax. Much cheaper on paper and you can use the back side of used paper to cheapen it up even more.

[grassfarmer]

Tried both types per - both have proven unreliable. Currently have a HP Officejet fax/scanner/printer/copier - you guessed it the only part not working is the fax.

[per]

Fax doesn't work on our office jet either. We have a brother fax/phone that has been good for a year. I have thrown away more scanners than faxes. None of this stuff seems too reliable.

[dfarms11]

smcgrath, how do you get your faxes sent to your email? This I find very interesting and potentially very usefull.

[smcgrath76]

I use telus internet fax (google it) but
there are lots of other services
available. It is a bit more money than
plugging in a regular fax machine, but you
get the convenience of picking up your
faxes anywhere with internet access.
Also, when telus won't put a land line in
for 2 years, it becomes a much more
viable option (LOL).