That public opinion poll frustrates me to no end as the respondents are heavily uniformed on the deal.
1. MTS has a higher rate of infrastructure investment (CapX) than Bell.
2. MTS can change their prices and data caps whenever they want.
3. The public opinion poll will have
ZERO impact on the sale.
If you
truly want to oppose the sale you need to get your comments it to the Competition Bureau about how the sale will move MB from having four wireless carriers, two with dominant market share (MTS and Rogers) and two with less than 10% share each (Telus and Bell) to having only three carriers with roughly equal market share. This is a clear reduction in competition. The other side of the deal the oppose is to get deep into federal telecom policy and how they have been taking direct steps to create allowances for a fourth national wireless carrier. The Bell deal as proposed runs counter to that policy and would effectively kill a fourth national wireless carrier.
But yes, the people mad that MTS doesn't have cheap fiber broadband and highly reliable LTE coverage at their remote, isolated cottage are going to influence the sale. You really want to see what the deal will be like for rural residents go to this link as a starting point:
OpenMedia on Bowen Island broadband. Don't dismiss it as being Telus not Bell and being an island instead of the rural community but look at the similarities in their story to what is happening in Manitoba's rural communities.