Help Canada not get screwed by our ISPs
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- monNom0
Congratulations, you found Netflick's PR campaign.
You have ALWAYS had a bandwidth limit on your internet connection. When it was dial-up, you paid by the minute. With broad band, you have a quota 10-100gigs download depending on your package, and a fraction of that upload. If you go over, you get a warning (p2p users have run into this for years). and eventually get billed or cut-off. This makes perfect sense because if the telcos need to build out the last mile to deliver 1 terabyte to ever house each month instead of 100BGig, it's going to cost a whole lot more (though maybe not 10x ).
Netflicks doesn't like this cause it makes them a fucking joke up here. 7.99 for some movies that you aren't interested in, but that's all they have, and an extra $30 on your internet bill. You're better off doing 'on demand' or renting (or subscribing for a movie channel).
My thinking: pay for what you use, don't ask you neighbours to subsidize your downloads because you found what you thought was a loophole.