Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by TheDogFather

The problem is that small ISP's that resell DSL cannot compete on a level playing field. Bell set's the wholesale pricing and is free to under cut the little guy with individual promotions. This effectively wipes out the small players leaving you no other option but Bell or Rogers who are then free to impose tiny caps so you can't enjoy services such as Netflix without paying exorbitant band width charges. The actual cost of 1GB data transfer is about $0.02. Bell and Rogers will charge you $1-$2 per GB raking in huge profits and stifling innovation.

I agree with the 100% look at canada's cell phone plan rates compared to the us and Europe. We are getting overcharged for the same service. A basic cell phone plan with data starts around 80 dollars a month thats with 350 daytime mins unlimited evening/weekend , and 500 mb of data. just checking verizon website you can get unlimited calling and unlimited data for 20 dollars more.


I am willing to give a little credit to canadian suppliers because don't get nearly as many dropped calls. Its still unfair

[fishytime]

Signed!

[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

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by Doug

In your opinion. Please leave the politics out.

Thanks

Oh pish posh, I wasn't trying to be divisive. Consider it ill-motivated, residual humor stemming from a previous coffee machine-side conversation. A million apologies to the powers that be - may my ancestors forever scowl upon my shame.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Oh pish posh, I wasn't trying to be divisive. Consider it ill-motivated, residual humor stemming from a previous coffee machine-side conversation. A million apologies to the powers that be - may my ancestors forever scowl upon my shame.

I cant speak after all that. I know you did not throw it in to be divisive. I was just taking a poke at your post. Your million apologies are accepted, {on behalf of the power that be}.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by TheDogFather

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to impose usage-based billing on YOU.


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. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.

These Big Telecom companies are forcing small competing ISPs to adopt the same pricing scheme, so that we have no choice but to pay these punitive fees.

This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your wallet.

We urgently need to send a clear message to Ottawa, saying that we won't stand by while some of the most profitable companies in the country indiscriminately add news fees to our Internet bills. Enough is enough.

UPDATE: The CRTC is set to make a critical decision about Internet metering in a matter of days!

Please sign the petition here.

Thanks!

-TDF

its for the persons living in ONTARIO. must suck high power rates and now internet rates for you guys are going up .

[The Grizz]

Done and done, I am on Platinum for rural Alberta. It is a flat month rate and is unlimited usage so this is just another way for the MAN to take more $$$ out of my pocket.

[Doug]

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...d-billing.html

Does this mean the write in failed to stop it ?

[Veng68]

Just checked the petition......... ~190K people signed.............. out of ~34 million that's not even a drop in the bucket.

Cheers,
Vic

[reefermadness]

Guys....unless you have a third party reseller of rogers,bell etc. that offers an uncapped package this will likely not affect you. Anyone buying service from Bell, Rogers, Cogeco etc are already metered and those rates are likely not to change..infact you will be getting more and more over time as the networks are getting faster and cheaper to build. Think about it...most of us payed the same price for dial up years ago as our high speed today. Than we had 5gig cap....now I have a 60gig cap.

As someone who is in the telecommunications industry and knows how the internet works I have to say.....are you upset that you would have to pay more for a faster connection? If not than why are you upset that you would have to pay more for more bandwidth? The internet is shared, speed and bandwidth both cost the provider...it would only make sense that we pay for both as well.

I think the problem in Canada is the lack of competion....but to me this has nothing to do with that.

Also another issue that is way more important in my eyes is net neutrality. Once speed and bandwidth are payed for it should only be my business as to how I use the public internet.