Help Canada not get screwed by our ISPs
- Started 14 years ago
- Last post 14 years ago
- 67 Responses
- decisionman
This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay MUCH more for less Internet
- moldero0
"Meter On Your Internet Use" that fuckin sucks
- prophetone0
just signed it and i suggest all the other tim horton drinkin' qbners do the same, asap.
- tOki0
Down here in Australia we've been getting ripped off like that for years..
- prophetone0
here's a quick scenario. just today i downloaded the latest apple xcode/sdk package at 3GB and change. apple doesn't allow the simple updating of the previous version to keep the downloads small so you're forced into it. i'm not going to be charged for this beyond my monthly bill. but what if next time i have to consider this will cost me $20-30 EXTRA on my bill. that situation will suck big time. and then there's the lovable huggable netflix. take a wild guess what will happen with that service.
- brodster0
you are on your own canada.. if that happens here in the u.s there will be a middle east like riot
- gee thanks. all cozy down there with your cookie crisp cereal and cherry coke and... palm trees...prophetone
- surely cherry coke is available elsewhereformula
- decisionman0
@brodster – There'll be no riot. No bang, just a whimper :)
- ********0
Trust me if this happened in the U.S. there would in fact be riot
- If the U.S. didn't riot over losing your homes and jobs, you really think they will over Internet.ETM
- decisionman0
@abettertomorrow – Maybe I'm just cynical, but... no, there won't be.
- yup, the US will just bend over and say thanks, it feels great, big brothers been fucking you over for yearsmoldero
- ********0
@decisionman – Sorry to disagree but, Yes, there will be
- ********0
Is there an "unlimited data" plan?
- ********0
Because if so, I would go for that
- decisionman0
Dunno. I better keep of QBN for the time being. Using up precious kbs.
See you on the BBS!
- prophetone0
i guess if it comes down to it i'll have to fire up the imsai and my cat 14.4 and ascii-image psb battle with you first-worlders like it's 1985.
- that's me surfing h73 with my girlfriend ally sheedyprophetone
- ...in six months from nowprophetone
- hahah :) H73 ftw.mikotondria3
- camer0
lol @ "Help Canada..."
i was like, "whaa?? we need help?"
then i signed it.
- ok_not_ok0
At&t Canada did the same thing in the late 90's when I was still living in Toronto, it didn't work. They lost customers who decided to move to another company that offered unlimited usage.
- pizzafire0
here's an interesting scenario:
"The assignment: to build a website, rich in video and interactive features, that would outline to the public the benefits of a huge proposed infrastructure project.
The discussions kept getting derailed by the same concern. In Canada, many Internet customers have strict limits on the amount of data they can download and upload. If they go over those limits, Internet providers such as BCE Inc.’s (BCE-T) Bell Canada unit and Rogers Communications Inc., (RCI.B-T) charge them extra fees. Would this website actually use up too much of the Internet?"
- kgvs720
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- moldero0
bye bye youtube, hello again HTML you boring ass mother fucker
- 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.
