torontostan wrote:

Cash: "Bell carries French channels that nobody watches" 
Translation: "Bell offers me French channels that I can choose whether or not to watch on this service that I willingly signed up for which also includes all of the channels I wish to watch"

Cash: "I am not in quebec"
Translation: "I am not capable of understanding that other people live in places which is not where I live, and they also may enjoy content that I do not, and vice-versa. Therefore, companies may try to target people that are like me, but also people that are not like me" 

Cash: "having a hundred French channels in Toronto isn't necessary"
Translation: "I do not want these channels, so good thing Bell gives me the option of hiding channels on my guide which I do not wish to see. And the Francophone individuals can also do the same at no cost"

Cash: "I don't know anyone who gets Bell Fibe for the French channels"
Translation: "I assume that nobody else in this country speaks French nor watches French TV because my 5 friends do not" 

Cash: "so much for choice"
Translation: "I am being offered more choice than I had before, on a service I willingly signed up for, and I am still complaining" 

This was an all-timer thread. Thanks for the laugh before bed. 

NAILED IT.
"Why does the 401 have so many lanes?  I only use one.  What a waste."
"Why does the grocery store have an entire cereal aisle?  I only need one box of Cheerios.  That space should be used for other things only I like."
My goodness.

No, torontostan, thank you. 👍

torontostan wrote:

Cash: "Bell carries French channels that nobody watches" 
Translation: "Bell offers me French channels that I can choose whether or not to watch on this service that I willingly signed up for which also includes all of the channels I wish to watch"

Cash: "I am not in quebec"
Translation: "I am not capable of understanding that other people live in places which is not where I live, and they also may enjoy content that I do not, and vice-versa. Therefore, companies may try to target people that are like me, but also people that are not like me" 

Cash: "having a hundred French channels in Toronto isn't necessary"
Translation: "I do not want these channels, so good thing Bell gives me the option of hiding channels on my guide which I do not wish to see. And the Francophone individuals can also do the same at no cost"

Cash: "I don't know anyone who gets Bell Fibe for the French channels"
Translation: "I assume that nobody else in this country speaks French nor watches French TV because my 5 friends do not" 

Cash: "so much for choice"
Translation: "I am being offered more choice than I had before, on a service I willingly signed up for, and I am still complaining" 

This was an all-timer thread. Thanks for the laugh before bed. 

cash wrote:

I have University of Montreal campus radio in French but don't have Newstalk 1010? Do you think that makes sense for someone living in Toronto?
 

THANK-YOU! I knew you would pull through as the person making the most sense in this thread!!!!

TorontoStan and Thomas Barlow really have no logic, and NO IT WAS NOT NAILED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

The dialogue between the two on the first page reminded of the accusation made some years back of a certain poster using two monikers to conduct an argument which was outed by the then admin as a don't do  lesson. Also reminded me of the accusation a Toronto Sun sports columnist made once of the calls being aired by the then only sports talk station , as  being made from " behind the glass " .  

Cash must have the Cadillac of Bell Fibe packages.  I don't get anywhere near 100 french channels. I have about 37 listed but this includes all of the french Crave, movie and kids channels, various specialty networks none of which I receive or subscribe to.

French channels I get are Radio Canada news channel and main network, TVA main network, sports and news, RDS sports, TV5 from France, TFO (TVO's french service) and some preview channels, so about 13-15 altogether.

I will on rare occasion watch something on TVA or Radio Canada main networks and maybe something on sports or news. I sometimes like to see how the Quebec media covers a story.  None of the french channels show up on my Bell invoices or if I am changing my channel line up.

Bell groups formats together more than Rogers so all of the french channels/networks are on a lower tier altogether.  The stations I watch, OTA channels, news and information channels, lifestyle, movie, streamers and sports etc. are in groups.  Maybe Rogers is doing this more now, but when I had them  stations were more scattered. 

I have found that Bell updates and reboots far less than Rogers and quicker whenever this rarely happens.  Sound and picture quality is excellent.  

Last edited by paterson1 (September 14, 2023 5:56 pm)

Radiowiz wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

I have found that Bell updates and reboots far less than Rogers and quicker whenever this rarely happens.  Sound and picture quality is excellent.  

Interesting point about the updates. My Rogers Ignite TV service has not updated at all since I switched from Legacy to Ignite...that's not to say it won't update, it's just amazing that there have not been any updates...by now.

Ignite does update fairly regular..   It's the firmware and most times it happens overnight and you would never notice when it happens.   They are not changing much on what you see.. but background items change... added apps etc. 

 

I don't know if there is a cable package anywhere where you pick only the channels what you want.  All cable providers have must carry channels, which are mandated by the CRTC or in the US FCC.  I figured the reason I receive the french news and sports channels is because I subscribe to them on the english service, and they are considered part of these packages.   If they were gone I doubt if the price for sports and news would change. 

I believe regardless of what package you purchase with any cable provider there are always some french stations like Radio Canada, TFO and APTN that are always included in the service since they are national.  TFO, which is TVO's french channel is carried in Quebec and throughout the Maritimes even though it is an Ontario educational channel.

I always found it interesting with border cable services in the US that use to offer Canadian channels, usually included Radio Canada in their packages.  Some of the cable services in Western NY and Buffalo years ago almost always carried CBLFT in Toronto.  Never knew why, but they did.