Comments on: Telus Long Distance Access Fee – Yours for $2.95 a Month! http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/ Where personal finance & frugal living are sexy, delicious, and fun. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sybil http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-10242 sybil Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:09:44 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/#comment-10242 how come telus gets away with charging fees to have access to long distance which we pay already , and since i have not signed a contract with them they charge me more then i was suppose to pay. i asked them to cancel my services and they told me i have to pay for a full year ,even if i had no contract, how can they hold us to a contract that i did not sign, this is robbery, how come telus gets away with charging fees to have access to long distance which we pay already , and since i have not signed a contract with them they charge me more then i was suppose to pay. i asked them to cancel my services and they told me i have to pay for a full year ,even if i had no contract, how can they hold us to a contract that i did not sign, this is robbery,

]]> By: Fox http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8068 Fox Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:25:22 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/#comment-8068 @John I did get the refund, only after calling and complaining AFTER the CRTC ruling. Before the CRTC ruling I got Telus to opt me out of the fee, and was forced to place "Call Guardian" on my line (with a $10 fee to remove Call Guardian). Since I use long distance phone cards, I have no interest in removing Call Guardian. More recently the CRTC ruled I could get the Call Guardian fee waived. The whole ordeal just instills my desire to eventually remove Telus from my life. I live in a rural area, so for now I'm waiting for options to present themselves. Here's a recent article detailing the CRTC's decision: <a href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=dbf2e748-f034-46df-8b11-5538bd44250b&k=68795" rel="nofollow">CRTC orders Telus to repay customers long distance fee</a> @John I did get the refund, only after calling and complaining AFTER the CRTC ruling. Before the CRTC ruling I got Telus to opt me out of the fee, and was forced to place “Call Guardian” on my line (with a $10 fee to remove Call Guardian).

Since I use long distance phone cards, I have no interest in removing Call Guardian. More recently the CRTC ruled I could get the Call Guardian fee waived. The whole ordeal just instills my desire to eventually remove Telus from my life. I live in a rural area, so for now I’m waiting for options to present themselves.

Here’s a recent article detailing the CRTC’s decision:

CRTC orders Telus to repay customers long distance fee

]]> By: John Baine http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8067 John Baine Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:10:47 +0000 http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/01/09/telus-long-distance-access-fee-yours-for-295-a-month/#comment-8067 Well, did you get the refund from Telus re the long distance admin fee? John Well, did you get the refund from Telus re the long distance admin fee?

John

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