XPost: can.internet.highspeed   
   From: gwelsh@spamcop.net   
      
   Some Guy wrote:   
   > Those are even cheaper than 114.6 in Windsor (where a single Costco   
   > store has been selling gas at cost for more than a year and has   
   > effectively been holding down that area's gas prices).   
      
   When friends moved to Bolton years ago I thought they'd get gouged to death   
   on gas, since smaller towns and anywhere not in the shadow of a distribution   
   centre tend to have higher prices.  As it happens, however, half the market   
   in Bolton is (well, was at the time... don't know if it's still the same)   
   served by independent stations that try to underprice the big companies as   
   much as they can, forcing the big retail chains to charge less... often less   
   than they'd charge a few minutes down Highway 50 in Brampton.   
      
   > So why is the price so much lower in Trenton / Deseronto / Gravenhurst   
   > lately?   
      
   I'm willing to bet it's not out of the goodness of Esso's, Shell's, or   
   Petro-Canada's hearts.  There are at least two separate factors at play   
   here, since Gravenhurst is a long way from either Trenton or Deseronto   
   (which are more than a few miles apart themselves, too...)   
      
   The question is, does it have anything to do with high speed internet?   
      
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