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   Tony to Some Guy   
   Re: So who here has gotten their $67 reb   
   21 Mar 11 00:04:17   
   
   XPost: can.internet.highspeed, can.general   
   From: Tony@TheDeli.Sandwich   
      
   No one has gotten a cheque from Bell for 67 bucks and anyone who tells you   
   otherwise is a full a shit liar.   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
      
   > Bell was ordered by the CRTC to refund $250 million that was collected   
   > over the years from customers, supposedly in the name of the perenial   
   > poster child known as "rural broadband".   
   >   
   > This refund works out to $67.41 to each of about 3.7 million urban (not   
   > rural) telephone customers on record with bell as of (I believe) August   
   > 2010. This is supposed to be paid out this month (March).   
   >   
   > Nobody I know in SW-Ontario (basically, anywhere west of GTA all the way   
   > to Windsor) has received this yet.   
   >   
   > There are some reports that eastern Ontario (Kingston) have got some of   
   > theirs.   
   >   
   > Contradicting reports that this is coming as a cheque in a plain   
   > (unmarked) envelope as well as being credited to active accounts.   
   >   
   > So - has anyone who was a Bell phone customer as of last summer gotten   
   > their $67 cheque / credit yet?   
      
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