Canadians React With Anger to New Internet Usage Caps
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I hate to say it, but I didn't understand a single word of that political jargon about why the download caps are really being lowered or put in place.
Thanks, I know what the internet is, I've just never thought of how much data a match of Halo is or something like that.Dimitriov said:
Easily explained:Alpha Maeko said:
Greedy company "A" who owns a (taxpayer subsidised) primary backbone into the internet and throttles and caps their own customers is mad that someone who buys bandwidth from them and resells it without doing the same.
I'm sorry but this just pisses me off.
I had Rogers a few years ago and randomly one day they sent me a letter saying in January of that year they added caps to all internet subscribers without notice and since I went over 2 of 3 months I was being charged for the over usage and my speed was getting capped to 128d/64u.
Switched to Bell since it was still unlimited, one day the bill was over 100$, according to them they called us in November of whatever year it was and we agreed to give up our unlimited plan and go with a capped one with no increase in anything but price.
Now I'm with Yak who leases all of their lines from bell so same internet, but cheaper and unlimited, not to mention you can hack the nonliving crap out of the modem once you buy it from them.
Now this, I have a funny feeling this is from Rogers crying to the CRTC about it not being fair that Bell gives these small companies an advantage in the business.
I had Rogers a few years ago and randomly one day they sent me a letter saying in January of that year they added caps to all internet subscribers without notice and since I went over 2 of 3 months I was being charged for the over usage and my speed was getting capped to 128d/64u.
Switched to Bell since it was still unlimited, one day the bill was over 100$, according to them they called us in November of whatever year it was and we agreed to give up our unlimited plan and go with a capped one with no increase in anything but price.
Now I'm with Yak who leases all of their lines from bell so same internet, but cheaper and unlimited, not to mention you can hack the nonliving crap out of the modem once you buy it from them.
Now this, I have a funny feeling this is from Rogers crying to the CRTC about it not being fair that Bell gives these small companies an advantage in the business.
I've signed the petition and posted some information around. I know many people who've done the same and I'm hoping it will be enough to make the government go back on their terrible decision. I'm already capped at 60GB and I really don't appreciate paying $60 a month for ~1.5 Mbps speeds when people in th U.S get so much more for the same price.
Um... wow. That's pretty damn crazy. As I understand it, a monopoly doesn't necessarily mean one company owning everything, it can also mean that one company is so big that they influence all other companies to a severe extent.Gindil said:Right here:Merkavar said:
great, another thing to watch for -_-
first hydro and gas, then telemartketer's from there own phones, now my internet. Gee, glad to see my country's not capitalist. >=( cuz capitalism worked OH SO WELL for the USA, lets fuck up our economy and gov even more needlessly, ALRIGHT -_- fuck this shit, i'm moving to germany or austrailia >_>
first hydro and gas, then telemartketer's from there own phones, now my internet. Gee, glad to see my country's not capitalist. >=( cuz capitalism worked OH SO WELL for the USA, lets fuck up our economy and gov even more needlessly, ALRIGHT -_- fuck this shit, i'm moving to germany or austrailia >_>
While I don't know the exact numbers, standard online play is generally not that data intensive. Many of even today's MMOs, for example, would work relatively well on a dial up connection. They don't even need really broadband for play (patches and updates, of course, are an entirely different beast).RUINER ACTUAL said:
As said above, the real issue is in video downloads/steaming and content downloading (which is pretty much impossible to avoid these days). Once again, I don't know the exact numbers but I barely download anything substantial on Xbox Live or on my PC, I don't torrent files/audio/video/etc., I don't really play online much and yet I still come close to my 60gb/month cap pretty much every month. Why? I don't have cable TV and so I stream the TV shows I watch, I stream fighting game tournaments, etc. And I work a full time job so it's not like I'm streaming video 24/7; it's just a few hours a night and then a bunch on my weekends.
If rogers (my internets) does this, then it looks like I have some firebombing to do.
I have no problem for them to charge me to use the internet, because it is a service I want to use, and they provide it.
But them charging me based off of how much internets I use?
Pure. Fucking. Bullshit.
Is someone going to charge me on how much I breathe next?
I have no problem for them to charge me to use the internet, because it is a service I want to use, and they provide it.
But them charging me based off of how much internets I use?
Pure. Fucking. Bullshit.
Is someone going to charge me on how much I breathe next?
Alot of countries have download limits, Australia does, but atleast here the companies have plans where you hit the limit you just get shaped and not charged $ (meaning the speed drops, anoying but you can live with it) and the download limits are like 500GB, far more than most will ever useantipunt said:
