I agree the 25 GIG cap is ridiculous,i`m sure they will have better plans for that...do they know that just firing up OnLive for example,once a day,uses 8gig right there or if you buy a Digital game,like Rift for example,that it`s close to a 20 gig download? what will the Steams and the like think about this for their services up here in Canada...they will lose customers...
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Usage Based Billing approved, Canadian govt shoots it down, more developments to come
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Sho_Nuff82
Member
So... isn't this collusion if all providers come up with the same restrictions *coincidentally* at the same time?
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Castor Krieg said:
All of us.
We're getting fucked hard...so hard.
squatingyeti
non-sanctioned troll
Great, now the US will try to mimic this bullshit. Que the music: Blame Canada...LOL
oldergamer
Member
What the hell?? What I don't understand is how we already have caps and limits in place for bandwidth on Bell. How is this going to change anything?
Lion Heart
Banned
This is fucking outrageous. What are the chances a new government can change this (after the election)? I would jump on any company that offers reasonable limits/price/ping, fuck Rogers.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
This applies to all DSL companies now, not just Bell.oldergamer said:
Before, you could just switch to Teksavvy or any other company and be free of their gouging. Now you can't.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Lion Heart said:
Your positivity is charming, if ineffectual.
capitalCORN
Member
So are grandfathered accounts like Ultra going to be affected by this? I find this most disturbing.
this is depressing.
I'm with videotron right now and they're upping their bandwidth caps in february. but if these types of changes end up hitting cables services later on, i'll be curious to see how this affects top tier packages.
CRTC sucks and I have yet to see them make any decision that was in favor of the general public. waste of our money.
I'm with videotron right now and they're upping their bandwidth caps in february. but if these types of changes end up hitting cables services later on, i'll be curious to see how this affects top tier packages.
CRTC sucks and I have yet to see them make any decision that was in favor of the general public. waste of our money.
Blue Submarine No. 6
Member
God this is pathetic... why do we always have to make the same mistakes as everyone else in the world - six to ten years after everyone else has made them? Can't we learn from what's going on around us?
Maybe WIND should get into the ISP business - then the Conservatives would intervene to clean up this stupidity...
And it's only going to get worse before it gets better - with the West hell-bent for leather on voting "Right", and the Left completely shattered by the Bloc, the Greens, the NDP and the Liberals, the only hope we have for a truly "representative" government is a left-wing alliance of some kind, but most Canadians are so stupid that they actually believe Harper's bullshit about that somehow being anti-democratic (when in fact, it's the exact opposite)... God help us... (but I don't believe in God)... ah fuck...
Maybe WIND should get into the ISP business - then the Conservatives would intervene to clean up this stupidity...
And it's only going to get worse before it gets better - with the West hell-bent for leather on voting "Right", and the Left completely shattered by the Bloc, the Greens, the NDP and the Liberals, the only hope we have for a truly "representative" government is a left-wing alliance of some kind, but most Canadians are so stupid that they actually believe Harper's bullshit about that somehow being anti-democratic (when in fact, it's the exact opposite)... God help us... (but I don't believe in God)... ah fuck...
Liberty4all
Banned
Grab the pitchforks boys, it's time to march on Parliament
I don't understand how Bell thinks this is a great idea.
Obviously they will loose a good chunk of consumer that will opt for a cable internet provider.
Even the resellers like Teksavvy. I guess they will offer their consumer to swith to cable based services, also affecting Bell revenues.
I guess they are keeping stats that makes such a decision profitable. Maybe the majority of their consumers are really small bandwith users.
Having unlimited caps was really their only saving grace. They are factually the worst company in the whole Canada for client support. Their speed offerings pale in the face of competitors.
What I believe this will do is make their only competitor, Quebecor's Videotron launch a vast campaing to leach their consumer base. They have already hurt Bell a lot with the phone fiasco. I can't believe Bell is ready to suffer more :S
EDIT : I just remembered that Videotron has actually upped their Caps accross all their different plans effective in Febuary. This might actually be a strategic move to entice more consumer to jump boats.
Obviously they will loose a good chunk of consumer that will opt for a cable internet provider.
Even the resellers like Teksavvy. I guess they will offer their consumer to swith to cable based services, also affecting Bell revenues.
I guess they are keeping stats that makes such a decision profitable. Maybe the majority of their consumers are really small bandwith users.
Having unlimited caps was really their only saving grace. They are factually the worst company in the whole Canada for client support. Their speed offerings pale in the face of competitors.
What I believe this will do is make their only competitor, Quebecor's Videotron launch a vast campaing to leach their consumer base. They have already hurt Bell a lot with the phone fiasco. I can't believe Bell is ready to suffer more :S
EDIT : I just remembered that Videotron has actually upped their Caps accross all their different plans effective in Febuary. This might actually be a strategic move to entice more consumer to jump boats.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Thing is, most people don't even understand what a "gigabyte" amounts to. It's just too nuanced to become a major consumer issue like, say, bank fee gouging or high interest rates.SolarPowered said:
I mean, people didn't even know what packet shaping was when that was introduced a few years ago and that is arguably worse than UBB.
Ether_Snake
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So how do I cancel with Bell and find another ISP? Or do I have no choice in the end because independent ISPs will basically be forced to implement UBB?
Whatever the case, I want to cancel with Bell and get a cheaper ISP. I'm in Montreal.
if I switch to cable (Videotron) I'm fine?
Whatever the case, I want to cancel with Bell and get a cheaper ISP. I'm in Montreal.
if I switch to cable (Videotron) I'm fine?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Depends on whether or not your cable provider there is planning to introduce UBB themselves.
If they are, you're just buying yourself some time more than anything else.
If they are, you're just buying yourself some time more than anything else.
Ether_Snake said:
if you switch to videotron you're fine for now. I don't know if they will end up getting a similar CRTC deal later on and then cut their current bandwidth caps. If you don't sign a 12 month contract, you could cancel with them at any time and not pay a fee (but your monthly bill is 10 dollars higher)
FWIW, Videotron has increased its bandwidth caps across its packages twice in the past 2 years.
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Deadly said:
are you talking about lifting caps or extending them? I know about the 12 bucks for 30 GB extension but if you know of a way to "bypass" the caps entirely, please tell!
SolarPowered
Member
We're most likely in for a repeat of the disastrous policies enacted by the food industry and bank industry then.firehawk12 said:
I myself knew very little about packet shaping(I'm only 23 years old) until I googled it and found out it was just another way of controlling traffic and I consider myself relatively good with computers and the internet in general.
We're probably screwed...