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So much for unlimited internet ! (pg. 33)
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
If Bell wants to cap their service, don't cripple people.
This is what you can download in theory
5 Mbps = 1.54 TB (for the month)
24 Mbps = 7.39 TB (for the month)
120 Mbps = 36.95 TB (for the month)
But Bell/Rogers capping it at 25 or 60GB a month and having to for insurance to get another 120GB is beyond stupid.
5 Mbps should be capped at 385 GB and if you want the other 1.1 TB of bandwidth than they can rape you. |
Yes...in theory...*shifty eyes* |
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| Mach X |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Wow, DSL sucks.
Here's mine right now:
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Took me forever to get that! There is nothing faster for my area, unless they redo all the lines and dig and . They won't do that off my hub/CO because there is only maybe 20 houses max on that circuit, and maybe 15 of them have bell internet and doubtful more than a handful even care for faster speeds than what they are currently getting :( |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
just got an email from Michael Ignatieff lol
from Michael Ignatieff
to ************************
date Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 4:57 PM
subject RE: Stop Usage-Based Billing
Gera --
It’s another step towards an open and competitive internet in Canada, and it's thanks to you.
Late last night, news broke that Tony Clement will ask the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to reverse their decision on usage-based internet billing – a decision that allows internet service providers to impose download limits and new fees.
Our work is not yet done. We need to keep up the pressure until the CRTC’s decision is reversed once and for all.
Canadian families and businesses need open, affordable, unlimited internet access. The future of our economy depends on it. The Conservative government should have known that from the start.
When messages like yours reached us this past weekend – on Twitter and Facebook, by email, phone and fax – my Liberal colleagues and I knew what we had to do.
On Tuesday morning, we sided with you against the CRTC’s decision. By the end of the day, Liberal MPs on the Industry Committee had already begun an investigation. Then, yesterday, we kept the pressure on the Conservative government during Question Period in the House of Commons. At tonight’s meeting of the Industry Committee, Liberal MPs will tell CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein to reverse course.
This isn't the first time that you’ve stared down the Conservatives over an open internet — and that's why tens of thousands of you visited our action page at http://www.liberal.ca/ubb/, to join our digital policy email list and help carry the fight into Parliament.
This is your movement. You rallied on Twitter. You wrote emails and called Tony Clement’s office. You made the difference.
We all know that there are wider issues at stake here. After five years of Stephen Harper, Canada still has no digital plan. The Conservatives’ proposed copyright bill contains unfair digital lock provisions. Canadians are less connected and face higher internet costs than citizens of other OECD countries. And don’t even get me started on the long-form census.
Liberals have been engaged on these issues. In 2009, we worked with the Openmedia.ca / Save Our Net Coalition on Net Neutrality, a position that we support wholeheartedly. Last fall, we announced our Open Government Initiative, which will make government data accessible to all Canadians.
At the heart of our digital policy is a core Liberal value: we must make Canada more competitive and more innovative. That means expanding high-speed internet access to every region of the country, fair and equitable wholesale access, and transparent pricing.
We must build a digital strategy for Canada that embraces the energy, entrepreneurial spirit, and innovative creativity of consumers, businesses and digital influencers like you.
We'll keep the pressure on the Conservatives in Parliament to make sure they follow through and reverse the CRTC’s decision on usage-based billing. This victory is just a taste of what we can accomplish, if we continue this fight together.
I hope you’ll join the Liberal Party's digital policy email list at http://www.liberal.ca/ubb/. Let’s build a more open, more competitive future for Canada.
Thank you for being engaged.
Michael Ignatieff |
I love how this guy is trying to take credit for this.
What a snake |
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| VDub |
| I just got the same letter... |
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| exraver |
$33/month with unlimited downloads.
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
I love how this guy is trying to take credit for this.
What a snake |
the entire government should be taking credit. the entire minority government including the liberals and the NDP. and i do give the liberals more credit in this since the harper government just let it fly in the first place until the public responded.
and it's not turned over, it's just delayed for now. eventho clement says they won't accept it but really when enough money goes into the harper government's pockets i see this story changing. i do trust clement tho to do what he can. |
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| Prometheus Xex |
| quote: | Originally posted by exraver
$33/month with unlimited downloads.
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I can't find a single ISP (Teksavvy, Velcom, Distributel, etc) that offers highspeed cable in north Brampton, other than Rogers !!!
If anyone knows something, I'm all ears. |
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| UXC |
| quote: | Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
I can't find a single ISP (Teksavvy, Velcom, Distributel, etc) that offers highspeed cable in north Brampton, other than Rogers !!!
If anyone knows something, I'm all ears. |
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Yea the customer service agent at Distributel told me their not allowed to service many areas due to various regulations. She told me their going to try to service west of Toronto soon but are waiting for legal mumbojumbo.
I like their plans more than savvy but savvy are my only option besides the big dogs. |
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| GGM |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
the entire government should be taking credit. the entire minority government including the liberals and the NDP. and i do give the liberals more credit in this since the harper government just let it fly in the first place until the public responded.
and it's not turned over, it's just delayed for now. eventho clement says they won't accept it but really when enough money goes into the harper government's pockets i see this story changing. i do trust clement tho to do what he can. |
The NDP are the only ones I'd give true credit to. They've been against this since the start when it wasn't popular and that petition only had a couple thousand signatures, not 400,000+. The Liberals jumped on board when they saw an opportunity to get more votes, and the Conservatives don't want to face the angry Canadian population + the other 2 parties.
I highly doubt it will happen, but this should be a good eye opener that the CRTC either needs to be managed better or their purpose for existence re-worked. Something is seriously wrong when they have to be overturned this frequently and such a small organisation has pissed off so many people. Not to mention their decisions are costing Canadians millions of dollars in higher bills. We're well known for getting raped on cell bills and they tried to block Wind. We don't have an admirable internet situation already and they're trying to give Bell $2/gb when it costs them a couple pennies. Pretty sure they've completely forgotten that their salaries are paid for with our tax dollars. |
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| StereoPrincess |
| quote: | Originally posted by GGM
The NDP are the only ones I'd give true credit to. |
don't let anyone hear you say that outloud on these boards. lol. |
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| GGM |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
don't let anyone hear you say that outloud on these boards. lol. |
Haha ya I'm not a fan of all their policies necessarily but in this case they're the only one of the parties who gave a shiat before it became mainstream and a potential vote grabber.
Good news article providing difference perspectives on the matter:
Link
I love how the only defense Bell comes up with is "15% of our users use 85% of the bandwidth and thus our lower usage customers are paying for the high usage users' bandwidth." Right, so you charge the high usage guys more, and you're gonna use that extra money to LOWER plan prices for the other customers? Not buying it.
That and the fact that Bell is the only group defending this. Just shows you how in favour of them the decision really is. You hear more defense arguments coming from Bell executives that the CRTC themselves. |
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