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In response to "Sorry about that! Canada reverses metered Internet decision... -- (link)" by Don Homer

Last paragraph is interesting. The resersal may not matter?

Posted by sycor Feb 3 '11, 09:10

Still, there's questions about how much this matters. Nearly all Canadians get their Internet from Bell Canada (DSL) or one of the big cable operators (who conveniently have carved up Canada geographically), and those companies will still be allowed to set low caps and high prices for their own subscribers.

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See above. I suspect that a lot more people were screaming bloody murder than were actually impacted by the change. - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 09:16 5
- Also, Shaw only started charging for overages/UBB on Feb 01 2011. So it's a brand new feature of their service. - Beryllium Feb 3, 09:18 4
  - *knocks a zero off their next check to Harper* -- nm - Bell Canada Feb 3, 09:20 3
    - Nope. Corporate donations banned over half a decade ago. Individuals can only donate $1,100 annually. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 09:46 2
      - Geez. What a bunch of communists. - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 09:48 1
        
        It's actually a little low in my mind. Especially when every dinner ticket, raffle draw and convention cost is incorporated into that. - Name Withheld By Request Feb 3, 09:53
The point is, the original ruling meant that start-up ISPs who buy the big boys DSL bandwidth wholesale were no longer allowed to offer Unlimited data - Beryllium Feb 3, 09:15 7
- The backlash is seeming more and more out of proportion. -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 09:18 6
  - Personally, I'm way more offended at ISPs breaking into browser sessions and modifying the incoming HTML. That's highly offensive to me. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 3, 09:19 [Image] 5
    - extremely offensive - bit with greasemonkey you should be able to block that crap. -- nm - decline Feb 3, 09:23 2
      - That's beside the point; they're still tampering with the incoming data. -- nm - Beryllium Feb 3, 09:24 1
        
        oh, agreed. -- nm - decline Feb 3, 09:25
    - Actually, I've wanted a way for my ISP to warn me if I'm nearing my cap, but I don't know if I like this method. -- nm - Mop (213 lbs) Feb 3, 09:21 1
      - Shaw launched a modem usage graph service on their website, so I can see what I'm at. That's fine for me. - Beryllium Feb 3, 09:23
Right, I've read four different variations of this column and all of them mention that. -- nm - David Feb 3, 09:12

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