By Ted Kritsonis

The scenarios don’t matter as much as the result when it comes to cancelling a service from the likes of Rogers, Bell, Telus, Shaw and even Wind and Mobilicity. If you’re looking to port your cell phone number over, or you’re cutting the cable or satellite cord — whatever service it may be — these providers mandate 30-days notice. Whether it’s fair or even ethical is debatable, but here’s why it happens and what you can do about it.