Dan
Hamilton Tigers?
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join:2002-12-17
Eh?
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
1 edit | Kick in the boules.
Rogers has decided to offer less to paying customers, and infact charge them more? WTF LESS FOR MORE? Rogers, apparently thinks they are the only high speed provider.
Already torrents are shaped, now they are lowering the cap. What's next? Realigning speeds to 1.5 mbps to reflect "outstanding customer service"? Man, one step forward two steps back.
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
| This is like a spastic race to be the most hated provider in North America...will it be Comcrap, will it be the Death Star...will it be Rogers....tune in next week to see how many people Verizon ticks off!
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Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
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join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by S_engineer  :....tune in next week to see how many people Verizon ticks off! That would be every single person that calls in for support. |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11
·Velcom
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Radioactif
·Videotron
·Look Communications
| reply to Dan
AHHAHAHA, Robbers is pulling a Videotron !
Just 2 months ago, Videotron put a 100GB cap on their 10/1 extreme "unlimited" service even for pple ON A CONTRACT. Pple could break their contracts withought any penalty due to this. I know i did.
Looks like Robbers are just following their cable buddies in Quebec. Aren't they cute : cable monopolies raping/robbing their users ?
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| said by adisor19 :Looks like Robbers are just following their cable buddies in Quebec. Aren't they cute : cable monopolies raping/robbing their users ? Cable companies protecting their networks from P2P users who abuse the network non-stop and raise everyone elses costs.
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Snickerdo
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join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
| reply to Dan
said by Dan :Rogers has decided to offer less to paying customers, and infact charge them more? WTF LESS FOR MORE? Rogers, apparently thinks they are the only high speed provider. Meh, Cogeco did the exact same thing just recently. They turned the caps hard with no option for overages - basically, they just cut you off at 75GB - and then they jacked up the rate for service by $5-$10/month. Pretty ballsy if you ask me.
said by Dan :What's next? Realigning speeds to 1.5 mbps to reflect "outstanding customer service"? Man, one step forward two steps back. Hahaha, isn't that exactly what they did back in 2003? From 3Mbit/s to 1.5Mbit/s overnight? I know the people in the GTA who were Shaw territory prior to Rogers' buyout were pretty pissed with that, they dropped from ~7 to 1.5.
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Ignite
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join:2004-03-18
UK
clubs:
·BlueYonder Interne..
·Be There
| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :Cable companies protecting their networks from P2P users who abuse the network non-stop and raise everyone elses costs. Didn't realise that using a particular protocol on a network constitued abuse. Clearly anyone using P2P is abusing, how dare they use the service they pay for. |
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Jovi
join:2000-02-24
Mount Joy, PA
·T-Mobile US
| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :said by adisor19 :Looks like Robbers are just following their cable buddies in Quebec. Aren't they cute : cable monopolies raping/robbing their users ? Cable companies protecting their networks from P2P users who abuse the network non-stop and raise everyone elses costs. If one person in your town gets this "superbug" staph virus going around, should they kill the whole town to stop the bug? No. You treat the one that does and educate the others to stop it from spreading. Same should apply with your argument. Find those that are abusing the network and terminate them or cap 'em.
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| said by Jovi :said by TKJunkMail :said by adisor19 :Looks like Robbers are just following their cable buddies in Quebec. Aren't they cute : cable monopolies raping/robbing their users ? Cable companies protecting their networks from P2P users who abuse the network non-stop and raise everyone elses costs. If one person in your town gets this "superbug" staph virus going around, should they kill the whole town to stop the bug? No. You treat the one that does and educate the others to stop it from spreading. Same should apply with your argument. Find those that are abusing the network and terminate them or cap 'em. I agree. Those users should be should be capped or shut off.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to Dan
This is what i hate about "pay for overages". the company decides the profits aren't high enough so they drop the threshold cap to snag more people in the profit nets. this isnt about hogs its CORPORATE GREED!
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Tikker_LoS
join:2004-04-29
Regina, SK
·SaskTel Saskatchewan
| reply to TKJunkMail
said by TKJunkMail :said by adisor19 :Looks like Robbers are just following their cable buddies in Quebec. Aren't they cute : cable monopolies raping/robbing their users ? Cable companies protecting their networks from P2P users who abuse the network non-stop and raise everyone elses costs. i'm not a big fan of the pirates, but I'm wondering how they differentiate between pirated stuff, and people who are patching WoW, downloading legit stuff, etc etc? |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
·Fairpoint Communic..
| reply to Jovi
How about they try something exotic, like PROVIDING WHAT YOU PAY FOR. You are not paying for a 'web browser' or an 'e-mail downloader', you are paying for a PIPE to the internet. Unless they stop advertising as an (I)nternet (S)ervice (P)rovider, then THEY are the ones breaking the terms of the contract. If you just want to browse the web, and check e-mail, then you should sign up for AOL, or compuserve, or genie. Otherwise, you are paying for an IP ADDRESS, which allows you to use PROGRAMS which use the INTERNET.
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neko
All Hail Canada
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join:2006-08-11
canada
 ·Callcentric
·Cogeco Cable
·Future Nine Corpor..
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| reply to Snickerdo
said by Snickerdo :Meh, Cogeco did the exact same thing just recently. They turned the caps hard with no option for overages - basically, they just cut you off at 75GB - and then they jacked up the rate for service by $5-$10/month. Pretty ballsy if you ask me. Next up for Cogeco will be to charge for excessive usage; it's in their TOS. I wanna see the reaction when this sh*t happens in the US. |
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albundyhere
join:2000-10-26
New York, NY | reply to Ignite
dude, you don't have to respond to a cable company employee. I am sure he gets his net uncapped. |
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UnrealArcher
join:2005-01-21
Scarborough, ON | reply to Tikker_LoS
They don't. All BT is throttled down. |
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