Why do Canada’s wireless critics want to turn back time？.docVIP

Why do Canada’s wireless critics want to turn back time？ Why?do?Canada’s?wireless?critics?want?to?turn?back?time??TELUS?is?making?the?future?friendlier?for?wireless?consumers??Craig?McTaggart?Director?of?Broadband?Policy,?TELUS?March?19,?2013?//blog.telus/??When?a?top?Bay?Street?equity?analyst?recently?identified?ten?common?myths?about?the?state?of?the?Canadian?wireless?industry?and?countered?them?with?current?data,?reaching?the?conclusion?that?our?home‐grown?industry?is?serving?Canadians?very?well?when?compared?to?the?U.S.,?the?industry’s?critics?dogmatically?set?out?to?prove?him?wrong?with?numbers?of?their?own.?Unfortunately,?they?once?again?relied?on?outdated?and?inaccurate?data?to?support?their?oft‐repeated?claims.?Fortunately,?policy‐makers?and?regulators?know?that,?because?they?demand?real?economic?analysis?based?on?current?data.?The?only?question?now?is?why?the?industry’s?critics?refuse?to?use?current?data?and?recognize?how?much?has?changed?in?the?past?five?years.?Think?about?the?wireless?phone?you?had?five?years?ago,?and?the?experience?of?browsing?the?web?on?it.?Would?you?go?back?to?using?it,?or?do?you?prefer?the?one?you?have?today??The?critics?often?use?data?from?four?or?five?years?ago?despite?the?availability?of?newer?reports?and?data?–?as?if?they?think?you’re?still?using?your?old?phone,?and?that?nothing?has?changed?in?the?market.??The?fact?is?a?lot?has?changed?in?the?last?few?years,?and?a?lot?of?that?change?has?been?led?by?TELUS.?The?claim?that?Canada’s?wireless?market?is?uncompetitive?is,?frankly,?not?just?woefully?misleading,?it?is?an?insult?to?TELUS’?team?members,?who?work?hard?every?day?to?earn?Canadians’?business?by?adapting?how?we?do?things?to?their?evolving?demands.?We’re?proud?of?our?record?of?building?one?of?the?best?wireless?networks?in?the?world,?and?we’re?proud?of?the?fact?that?independent?statistics?show?that?we?have?some?of?the?most?satisfied?customers?in?the?industry.?We?object?to?self‐interested?attempts?to?portray?Canada’s?wireless?market