Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use

[ponokareefer]

This has the potential to be extremely bad for people in general in Canada. Who typically uses the most internet? Businesses! They already pay higher fees than personal consumers, so if they have a to a lot more, they are going to be raising their prices to their consumers. What it will amount to is inflation for the country as a whole.

[JMes]

Impossibe to abuse your ISP. ISP monitor every byte you download and upload,every website you surf on is logged. Why do you think hackers use proxies. If you abuse your ISP by hammering the server you will get a phone call from the Shaw police,if you continue they will shut you down.(been there done that). For the cost effective package on Shaw you have 70gb data transfer limit per month.
Shaw already offers different internet packages. I switched to the business over 10 years ago as I am a heavy downloader off the news servers.
It's faster and my transfer limit is alot more than the cheaper package they offer. I still pay less today then I did 16 years ago on dial up.
This is just an excuse to raise the rates. In reality it's because internet has become so mainstream and integrated in everyday life. Look how we access and use the internet via from 10 years ago.(ipods,iphones,wireless,utube,facebook ect). For most people the reason they have a computer is to access and communicate on the internet. With all the advancements there's a downside. Sure,the IPS make money,but costs alot of money to upgrade their system,upgrade the speed,and
maintenance. If ISP raise rates are you going to stop using the internet? At the end of the day it's going to be the consumer that has to pay. It's inevitable.

[lastlight]

It's crack that's legal. Everyone will pay.

[albert_dao]

This is a crock of s--T.

Cable/media content providers should never be intertwined with ISP's. That's a serious conflict of interest and should never have been allowed in the first place.

[TheDogFather]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

This is a crock of s--T.

Cable/media content providers should never be intertwined with ISP's. That's a serious conflict of interest and should never have been allowed in the first place.

Agreed. Because the CRTC is staffed with former telecom executives virtually every ruling will benefit the telcos and almost never the paying public.

One of the greatest examples was when the CRTC put Bell Canada in charge of the telemarketing do-not-call list. That is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house...

-TDF

[albert_dao]

Or Fox News in charge of keeping the American public informed... Oh, wait... That's a reality also. Rats.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Or Fox News in charge of keeping the American public informed... Oh, wait... That's a reality also. Rats.

In your opinion. Please leave the politics out.

Thanks