It's now been almost exactly 10 months since the last posting to this thread, and I am wondering if anyone has any new insight as to what's next. I have again been hearing rumblings that Rogers intends to eventually abandon email services, the "eventually" however, is the big issue. I have heard (although I really don't trust many sources in these matters), that one of the reason we haven't heard anything yet is because Rogers is spending their legal and structural "man"power on how to fold up Shaw legally. If rumors are correct, right now, the main reason the Shaw name is still on our bills "Rogers with Shaw" is because they are still working on how to roll up Shaw and move Shaw's assets to Rogers, and since that has not yet been facilitated (these processes do take a LOT of time, and corporate take overs and transfers have a lot of complexities) Rogers cannot remove the Shaw name, because all the money that is coming in from Shaw internet customers is officially still being processed through Shaw's accounts. In order for Rogers to be the direct recipient of those payments, they have to actuate some legal changes, and until they do, the financials of Shaw are still owned by Shaw (even if Rogers owns Shaw). You might notice if you have preauthorized Shaw cable or internet services your credit card billing still indicates "Shaw Cablesystems". The mobile services were somewhat easier to transition, apparently, especially for people on the zero plan. When I switched my free Shaw Mobile to Rogers I had to go to a local Rogers store, and even though my Shaw Mobile services was at zero payment a month, much to my surprise, Rogers did a HARD credit check with Transunion to determine I was not a credit risk. Still annoys me, because the person I spoke to at the Rogers store told me it would be a SOFT credit check which doesn't show up on your credit history. HARD credit checks can influence your credit rating (negatively). Before that, I hadn't had a HARD credit check in many years. Be that what it may, the reason for that was because it allowed Rogers to move me off Shaw Mobile and onto Rogers Mobile, as a transfer of services, just like if you changed your mobile carrier. So far, Rogers appears to be having some issues with structuring the transfer of Shaw Internet clients to Rogers clients. Until that happens, Rogers can't do anything about the email services, because, as I understand it, they don't have legal standing to do so... yet. Everything points to Rogers wanting to extinguish the Shaw name corporately, and I expect with that, the Shaw email domain.
I will again suggest that if you are concerned, do what I have done and email both the CRTC and the Minister for Innovation and Science, Francois-Philipe Champagne, who gave final approval to this take over, and inform him of your concerns.
Keep in mind that we are entering an election cycle soon, and that is usually the time government ministers are most responsive to their constituents.
If anyone inside of, or past employees of Shaw/Rogers or anyone else has any hard information regarding the email account status, please let us know.
