Well that would suck. A lot of the things that people watch on the internet can't be found on the TV they would rather force you to buy. No not just porn grubb, 😆 I mean music and people's videos on youtube and other such things.
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Ya, the way I see it, that's a steping stone to charging per email. They keep taking away services in Canada, Increasing the speeds, weather you want it or not, providing more and more content and then lifting the wallet out of your pocket faster then a drunk gang of gypsies.
If this happens I will have to cancel my netflicks account, wont be able to use usenet, once included in in ISP services, now costs extra through 3rd party.
and I will block anyone who sends emails with large attachments.
One company TechSavvy has already capped thier customers at 25 gig.
My ISP has not sent anything or made a comment yet.
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grubb
Smells like bullshit to me 👿
mAmA
Did some digging on this for you and our other members in the Great White North:
It sounds like you have a government imposed oligopoly of ISP's. From what I've read on this, it seems that Rogers and Bell basically control the lion's share of the market followed by a whole bunch of very small start-up ISP's that have higher bandwiths and lower pricing.
It seems to me that companies like Rogers and Bell lobbied the CRTC to come up with that ruling a few weeks back that they could charge 15% more to the smaller companies that lease their network than to their direct customers. This effectively will wipe out the smaller ISP's and create less competition for the consumers. Even if it isn't implemented, I can guarantee you that just the smell of this will affect the smaller ISP's decisions that will be passed along to the consumers as well - an ancillary benefit to them.
I also read that the Governor's Council has allowed former execs of Rogers and Bell on the CRTC. This is the fox watching the henhouse. I wonder if they have any remaining interests in their past companies? The CRTC are the ones who approved this and knew that this would wipe out the smaller companies if this is imposed if only for a few months.
You'll really know how deep the rabbit hole goes if this isn't resolved by March 1, when the CRTC decision takes effect. If it isn't, you'll know which political pots Rogers and Bell have their hands in.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20110201-718983.html
http://business.financialpost.com/2011/02/01/harper-orders-review-of-internet-pricing-regime/
That's right.
I got an email from my ISP this morning I'll share it with you.
Dear Acanac Customer,
The CRTC just decided to allow Bell Canada to charge independent ISPs, like Acanac Inc., what's called "usage-based billing"(UBB)on our customers.
This means that Bell will force us to pay usages fees similar to those that Bell charges to its own retail customers, when you exceed certain limits. Bell and other Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.
If we do not fight this you will have no choice but to pay MORE for LESS Internet. This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your wallet.
250,000 people across Canada have already signed the petition to stop these companies from charging you more. Signing the petition automatically sends Industry Minister Tony Clement an email. This is our best chance to stop usage-based billing.
Please Sign the Stop The Meter petition at: http://stopthemeter.ca/ Please also help us spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
Please make your voices heard. If we don't stop UBB, as of March 4th, 2011, Acanac will make the following changes to accommodate the charges that will be FORCED on us and subsequently you, our valued customers:
Ontario Residential 5Mbps DSL Plan:
First 25GB at up-to 5Mbps. Beyond 25GB your speeds will be reduced to 100Kbps with unlimited transfer.
If you wish to remain at up-to 5Mbps, you can buy an additional 100GB of transfer for $9.95 per month. Beyond 125GB, speeds will be reduced to 100Kbps with unlimited transfer.
Quebec Residential 5Mbps DSL Plan:
First 60GB at up-to 5Mbps. Beyond 60GB, your speeds will be reduced to 100Kbps with unlimited transfer.
If you wish to remain at up-to 5Mbps, you can buy an additional 100GB of transfer for $9.95 per month. Beyond 160GB speeds will be reduced to 100Kbps with unlimited transfer.
Ontario & Quebec Residential MLPPP DSL Plans:
Same as above but multiply it by the number of lines you have. If you have 2 lines or Home 10Mbps in Ontario, you would get 50GB included and you can buy an additional 200GB for $19.90. Once you reach your allocated transfer, your speeds will be reduced to 100Kbps per line with unlimited transfer. In this scenario you would have a total of 200Kbps after 250GB of usage.
What if the transfer options above are not enough?
Priority number one is to sign the Stop The Meter petition at:
In addition to signing the petition you can use an Online PC as a bypass to the imposed usage-based billing on you by Bell and the CRTC. In partnership with http://www.zazeen.com/ , you can continue downloading at over 1TB or 1000GB a month for as little as $23.95 per month.
How does this work?
Instead of downloading your data directly to your local computer, it is downloaded onto your Online PC located in our DATA Center. Your Online PC is connected to multiple Fiber optic lines capable of over 30Gbps or 30,000Mbps. This will bypass the Bell copper lines and the imposed usage-based billing.
Once the Data is downloaded onto the online PC how do I get it to my local computer?
Secure overnight DATA Shipment.
Step One:
Copy or move the Data that is to be shipped into an encrypted file container that only you have access to. (Provided within the Online PC)
Step Two:
Ship Zazeen a SATA Hard Drive with enough capacity to hold your encrypted DATA content. If you ship a hard drive that has more space than your Online PC, we can hold on to it until you fill it up completely. With Hard Drives currently passing over 2TB or 2000GB, you can continue to download without any additional UBB fees.
Step Three:
Zazeen will now copy your encrypted data onto the supplied Hard Drive. At this point, we will ship it overnight via FedEx: Acanac subscribers get 1 free data shipment per month.
More info at http://www.zazeen.com/Data-Shipment.html
Click below for an in depth video presentation of Zazeen's Online PC service. http://www.zazeen.com/Zazeen-Intro/Zazeen-Intro.html
Bandwidth Transfer tracking:
On Feb 20th, 2011, Acanac Inc. will have a new Internet usage section in the Management Area of our Web Site located at https://www.acanac.com/Login-Section.html In this location you will be able to pre-purchase additional usage blocks and check your daily bandwidth usage.
Once again please DO NOT FORGET TO SIGN the Stop The Meter petition at: http://stopthemeter.ca/
Best Regards,
Acanac Inc.
support@acanac.com
Telephone: +1 (866) 281?3538
Toronto 1-416-849-8520
Montreal 1-514-667-4304
Vancouver 1-778-786-4196
Ottawa 1-613-686-5217
Calgary 1-403-451-6156
Corporate Office
1650 Dundas Street East. Unit 204,
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Signed and Im not even close to Canadia 😀
Woh, woh, woh....wait up a minute here ❗ Canadians can read ❓
Looks like our Government took it's head out of it's ass for once and listened to the voters.
OTTAWA—A controversial CRTC decision that effectively imposed usage-based Internet billing on small service providers will be reversed, the Toronto Star has learned.
“The CRTC should be under no illusion — the Prime Minister and minister of Industry will reverse this decision unless the CRTC does it itself,” a senior Conservative government official said Wednesday.
“If they don’t reconsider we will reverse their decision.”
The promise to reverse the ruling comes as CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein is scheduled to explain the decision Thursday before the House of Commons industry committee.
While the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is an independent agency, its decision can be overturned by cabinet. The Star was told that could happen as early as next week.
The CRTC decision has sparked outrage across the country with Canadians rushing to sign petitions asking the Conservative government to reverse it. Industry Minister Tony Clement has received tens of thousands of emails requesting that it be struck down.
“Frankly, a decision like this is clearly not in the best interest of consumers,” the senior official said.
“This is a bread-and-butter issue.”
The CRTC’s ruling affects the wholesale business of the major Internet service providers, who sell capacity to smaller resellers. To encourage competition, major telecom operators that have spent heavily on infrastructure are required to lease bandwidth on their networks to small providers.
Major providers charge customers extra if they download more than the monthly limits they set, typically between 20 and 60 gigabytes. Small providers, however, offer plans with 200 gigabyte ceilings and even unlimited use.
The issue came to a head last week, when the CRTC denied independent service providers the right to continue offering unlimited Internet plans.
Although critics say the CRTC ruling will lead to lower download limits and higher rates, major Internet service providers say usage-based billing based is fair because it means heavy users pay more than those who just surf the web and use email.
As it invests billions in new broadband capacity, Bell says old pricing structures need to be brought in line with the huge amount of growth in Internet usage. Businesses and consumers are increasingly relying on the Internet to download videos, documents and even software. Rogers says its customers are using about 40 per cent more data each year.
Consumers’ Association of Canada president Bruce Cran said the CRTC decision is nothing but corporate gouging by Canada’s monopolistic communications companies.
John Reid, president of CATA Alliance, a group that advocates for innovation in Canada, said, “This has to be a decision that Canada makes — that it wants to be the best in the world in the provision of high-speed Internet.”
He added, however, that usage-based billing is not the answer.
“You don’t want to stifle the sort of richness that comes from using high-speed Internet,” says Reid.
Good for you and Canada Grubb ! 😀
mAmA
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