Thread: Bell Legacy Package to end Shortly

I was checking on my Bell Bill and programming and I spoke to a CSA and he informed that it is going to finally happen, that the Legacy package is to end in approximately one month. Present customers are to receive a letter about the change and will be migrated into the Geneisis package with an increase in montly billing and less channels.

The agent told me that he had heard this for the past year but it is finally going to happen and they will no longer carry the computer programming for the Legacy package.
The CSA had no idea if Bell was going to offer us any incentives or not. Apparently there are only 7% of their customers on that package.
When I asked about the grandfathering of the Leagacy package he could not answer what the policy was in regards to that.

Has anyone else come across this information,received a Bell letter or this just an other rumour?

I've been a Bell subscriber almost from day one .I pay $10 for my HD channels, 8 theme packs including Premium movies i pay $54, my digital standard costs me $34. what do you think?

Sucks if that's true.

But one would hope you could call retentions and get a very similar package/deal.

Otherwise, they are changing your package, and charging you more for less, so I'd say bye-bye on principal.

Well look at it this way, nothing lasts forever. And considering all the channels they have added over the years since the very beginning, do you really think a $19 increase is that much of an increase or unjustified in any way? Especially given the fact that most channels also have higher subscription fees associated with them. I'd say your pretty lucky if you've only been paying $54/mo for tv and now only getting your first rate increase after all these years. Most other people out there have been dealing with increase after increase after increase, so really you have nothing to complain about!!!

Tnx everyone I think we'll wait until Bell says we absolutly have to change. Please post if anyone gets new info.

jft is "Legacy" the real name of a pkg or do you mean all legacy pkgs? we have a really old pkg but we like it. I haven't heard of geneisis.

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Destination is a Legacy theme pack that's split up between different packages. You can't match it up with just one theme in the newer package.

I know it has the Travel channel, plus a few others in the same vein as National Geographic (I think). Any agent should be able to look up the Legacy brochure on their system and tell you what's in Destination.

The customer could be paying that low, but that would be before any other fees. And of course, now it's $5 more.

Loyalty costs them.

I haven't been paying $54 for the last 10 yrs as they have increased it by $10 over the last two years as they had extra administrative costs due to the legacy plan

$19 / month ($228 / year) is more than I'm willing to consider. I'll spend $50 on a decent HD Antennae and just stream for free via the net the channels I can't get locally. I have no arguments paying $50 / month anything more IMO is crazy. I don't care for HD and that is all Bell keeps pitching to me, the free HD channels.

I think the major players in Canada see the writing on the wall that satelite and coax or old school technology and they are going to be up the creek without a paddle very shortly once more people pick up on free tv online. They are just going to over charge everyone now to make up the short falls down the road until they can figure out how to get in on the action.

Something that I just don't understand is all the major networks offer the shows for free online and yet they went to court trying to get extra money from places like bell for the use of their networks. Strange. Maybe I just misunderstood the whole case? Why pay bell to pay CTV, Global etc, when you can watch everything with fewer commercials online? It's nice watching a 60min show in 45min

For me, I stream everything from my laptop to my 52" tv and surround sound. The satelite is more of a convenience factor for my wife and kids.

Not sure why they would be opposed to it if Bell TV pays them a fair price.

Why would Speed care who they are bundled with if they are making a good profit?