| reply to ShawInsider
Re: BT slowdowns "Please note that this should not affect your general internet experience, surfing, online radio, microsoft windows updates, gaming, etc."
I'm pissed off at Shaw.
Uh, what if P2P apps such as BT... er, ok what if a P2P app such as BT were to makeup my general internet experience? In other words, what if I only use BT?
By shaping and controlling their P2P traffic, isn't Shaw essentially denying the customers a portion of the service that they supposedly are trying to provide?
If this is true, then shouldn't there be some sort of fine-print somewhere? And because there isn't some sort of fine-print somewhere, isn't this screaming out, "LAWSUIT"?
Isn't this extreme crap false advertising? Up to 5Mb download and 1Mb upload and in the fine print, EXCEPT WITH P2P APPLICATIONS.
So what if there is a lot of BT traffic in Vancouver? Is their justification of implementing this P2P traffic shaper based upon their bandwidth usage abuse policy? If it is, doesn't that mean that the policy requires reshaping?
Well whatever, enough. It's not much skin off my back to just switch to a provider which doesn't shape their P2P traffic, though I'd kind of hate to lose my email address. Hopefully those other providers don't decide to jump on the bandwagon and implement this P2P traffic shaping device as well. |
