Is Sasktel loosing money?

[sumdumguy]

Yes, I guess ST is losing money in some areas and hosing others to pay for it. Public utilities have their place and that is in providing essential services to all, whether they are going to make money or not. I guess if the citizens feel that it has outlived its useful life, it will be gone. In 2014, net profit was 76 million down from 90 million, going down every year. It gave tons of money to Roughriders and almost every other entertainment venue for a long time. So better the devil you know? Maybe.

[AllisWD45]

Makes no difference to me. Sell it if they can get a decent price for it. I live 20 minutes from Yorkton and very poor to no cell service and nothing but bullshit stories about when it is going to improve.When 3G is gone which they say will be soon i don't think a lot of rural areas will have any cell service at all. Even in yorkton where they have several towers that are moveable cell service is erratic. Depends on who is bitching they move them around.

[bucket]

Two funny stories from sasktel.

My neighbors landline was out .... sasktel's solution was for him to use his cellphone....so he asked for service. ....they spent 40 plus thousand running him a new landline instead of investing in a tower.

We are 4 miles from a tower and dropped a couple 911 calls on our cellphones ....sasktel's solution was to get a bagphone.

Meanwhile we go to the city and see sasktel stores and advertising that they really don't need to be spending on.

[farmaholic]

I wonder what the average Sasktel employee salary is?

Ever inquire about a new natural gas service? Brutal!!!

Reset time for sure.

[Ache4Acres]

Ah got to love the union jobs

[Ache4Acres]

[mustardman]

Well if you Think your going to get Better service or Price from another phone company Give Your Head a SHAKE

If they Put all the Rural Sask Tel network Up For Sale ...Guess what? No company wants it.
They want Saskatoon and Regina
They Don't want Climax and Hudsons Bay

Third term governments are sketchy at best and Need An EFFECTIVE opposition to work....
Giving a third term government a BLANK CHEQUE (as in a LANDSLIDE majority) means we can now bend over and take it up the ---

[bucket]

I can't argue your logic mustardman. ...you are right which is why they limit presidents to two terms.

No company that buys sasktel is going to look at the rural network as an asset.....unless they can increase rates exponentially. ...and Brad is willing to do that....because he is done and looking for board seats.

Look at gerry Ritz now saying Churchill is done....it was his responsibility to make it work and he ****ed it up in his tenure as a minister instead of making it viable.

[riders2010]

And as far as wages go for workers, I used to think the same way and complain about government workers and yes you can find examples of waste definitely, however the difference I have learnt over the years is that you will pay the same fees for labour in the end the only difference is under private you have the owner and a group of executives making stupid amounts that make up for the somewhat cheaper and sometimes greatly cheaper wages paid to the workers. So is your society better when a few people make all the money or its distributed to many workers?

And I see there is another thread started about service and cost which is good but the real question is if this thing is privatized is my little farm in tim buk two bush going to be a priority with a private company, hahahahahahah, if you think it is.

And I think there has a been a plan in the making for awhile as service could be better in many areas, I don't know why our own particular cell coverage has dropped since about a month after the last election and that is no bull either. If you make it look bad people will want to change it right? hahahahaha and so the very people that get convinced to change it based more on political brown nosing and closed minds are the ones going to get screwed the most. Beyone funny!!!!

But then again look at the great change getting rid of the wheat board was, wheat is what 10 bucks a bushel all day every day isn t it? and you can sell it at every terminal right? hahahahah
Sore *** gut!!!!

[WiltonRanch]

I live close to Alberta and the amount of Telus cell phones outweighs Sasktel 10 to 1. In recent times Sasktel has become competitive but Telus was more so. Heck Telus is the one building cell towers here.

[blackpowder]

Government does not belong in business. The End.
Churchill cannot be killed as it was never alive in the first place. Finally.

[freewheat]

Government does not belong in business. The End.
Churchill cannot be killed as it was never alive in the first place. Finally.

Bears repeating.