Pre pay Bell Aliant cell phone bill?

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From: terry
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:55

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Letter from Bell-Aliant (Mobility) which says, in part, re cell phone
account.

"Starting in September we will begin billing monthly recurring charges
at the start of of your billing period rather than at the end as we do
now"

Also;

 "In September your bill will contain your usual recurring charges for
the month just passed (August?) and those for the monthly billing
period just starting".

So for that one month we will pay double for the basic charge. A brief
discussion with an Aliant contact confirms that Bell Aliant is
changing to this pre-billing as do most organisations!

Hadn't realized it before but apparently with something such as the
automatic deduction of  our Electric  Power Bill we are  also paying
that in advance of actually receiving the service!

Another similar situation is apparently paying your Rogers cable bill.
Who require a 30 day notice of your intention to discontinue service
(something hadn't realized before) because they also bill you in
advance.

Starting to wonder is it legal, in Canada to render a bill for
something (or a service) not yet received?

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