 RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | Awfully Low... Bye bye Sympatico. Caps/throttling were a primary reason I dumped Rogers. And now, they're once again, better than Bell.
Going to lose a fair number of users I think. 30GB is low. The whole only the super hog users will care argument is severely weakened with such a low cap. I can't believe it's so low. No more queuing up an ISO/DVD or two to download when I goto work. I'll come home to a spent cap.
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 DeadpoolGo Sens GoPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-29
Canada
kudos:17 | Is everyone missing the part where this affects NEW customers only? Existing customers are NOT affected by this change!
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RaptorNot a Dumptruck
join:2001-10-21
London, ON | I move around every 4 months between university and co-op. I've opened at least 4-5 new service accounts since I've been at University. I got it, don't you worry. I was speaking in general. I don't plan on canceling tomorrow (actually I do since I'm moving in a month), but when I return to school in January it'll be back on the Rogers train.
And hey, there's always quitting based on principle 
However, it is an interesting point you make. Unless Bell takes a better approach to marketing this 'service improvement' people are going to cut services as soon as they hear the word cap, closing their ears to the 'new' customer part. But that doesn't matter, eventually, they'll kill any grandfather promise.
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 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | reply to Deadpool
said by Deadpool:Is everyone missing the part where this affects NEW customers only? Existing customers are NOT affected by this change! Not to be overly cynical, but...
Do you really think existing customer will long be maintained in a grandfathered state?
Then again, you also seem to assume that they won't try to "double dip" on the net-neutrality front, either.
Market dominance (especially to the point of monopoly) are only ever good for one entity: the one that has that dominance. Customers with little to no choices always end up boned.
-tom
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DeadpoolGo Sens GoPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-29
Canada
kudos:17 | They haven't actually taken a stance in regards to net-neutrality, and I did make any assumptions at all.
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Do you not understand when I tell you people are already being charged for bandwidth overages currently? |
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Yeah, so therefor i'm not gonna refer anyone to Sympatico anymore. Caps suck.
Adi |
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DeadpoolGo Sens GoPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-29
Canada
kudos:17 | reply to symsucks
said by symsucks :
Do you not understand when I tell you people are already being charged for bandwidth overages currently?
I never said otherwise, but they weren't across all the offerings compared to what's being put into place on December 3rd.
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The point is that it WILL be extended to current customers if it works. It's inevitable. You dont understand corporate behavior, do you |
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DeadpoolGo Sens GoPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-29
Canada
kudos:17 | said by Fatal Vector:The point is that it WILL be extended to current customers if it works. It's inevitable. You dont understand corporate behavior, do you I do. But you don't know the history the last time they did this. It completely back fired.
I'm not going to debate assumptions and speculation.
Based on the history of the last time this was tried, I could make a stronger case for them removing the caps in 6 months from now.
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Deadpool said:
"Is everyone missing the part where this affects NEW customers only? Existing customers are NOT affected by this change!"
Show me Sympatico documention that shows:
-Quebec will have the same unlimited contracts
-Ontario will have the same unlimited contracts
So far all we saw is Ontario may honor contracts, but nothing official for both Quebec and Ontario, Making Videotron 10-meg Unlimited the best consumer choice. |
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Well considering my Cell plan has been Grandfathered in for 7 years now.
And I have a grandfathered $5 a month for 1000 minutes Long distance for 2 years since it was width drawn....
Bell Canada is actually a bit famous for using Grandfather Clauses to try and cut down on the churn.
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 DKSDamn Kidney StonesPremium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
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said by nixen:Do you really think existing customer will long be maintained in a grandfathered state? As a matter of fact, Bell Canada is well-known for their grandfathering of customers. I've been with Sympatico since 1995. I still have the HSLD package of several years ago (1000 minutes of free long distance and $5.00 service discount).
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