jeremfg
join:2008-04-09
Saint-Alphonse-De-Granby, QC
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Re: Un-Offical Stop the Traffic Shaping Petition
There is a TV Show of Public affairs in Quebec looking for people to be interviewed in front of the camera. You must speak french, since it's a french TV show.
Interested to tell your bad story about .torrent throttling? email me and I'll give you more information.
That would be a great step, to get a TV Show talk seriously about it... Hope they find someone, or they wont make the show...
By the way, add my name to the petition... |
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UT_CK
Premium
join:2008-01-28 | reply to DownWithShaping
Add my name to the petition.
Regards,
CK
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BooForBell
@host36-server.com
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Here's another thread petitioning Bell's Internet Shaping. This one is to actually file a complaint on the CRTC website.
»www.redflagdeals.com/forums/show···t6680374 |
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phily316
join:2006-01-31
Montré | reply to DownWithShaping
Add my name to the petiton please
Thanks, Phily
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jonana
join:2000-08-05
Saint-Laurent, QC
 ·Bell Sympatico
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When I signed with Bell 9 years ago ! They told me that the DSL connection is more reliable than the cable (Videotron!), So there will be no congestion that may interfere or may cause any Connection Speed Degradation !
I do not understand What has changed over all these years?
Well, I fully support this petition!
Regards |
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Mark Z
Premium
join:2002-10-14 | reply to DownWithShaping
Mark in Ottawa
Open pipes please, voluntarily or by regulation.
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br34k5
Premium
join:2008-03-18
Lakefield, ON
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Bell WiMax is also affected.
I use bit-torrent (utorrent) maybe once or twice a month so i don't really notice an issue with throttling there...
...What i can't understand is why i get choked out while trying to stream CBC's Hockey Night in Canada (272kbps)while downloading a game from Steam (150-500kbps).
It doesn't happen all the time and just started to occour recently. I actually submitted a ticket here at the direct sympatico forum just after the infamous mid-march shenanigans, not knowing about the issues at the time. That's when my trouble really began.
Most times my connection, which is rated at 3mbit, sails through whatever i throw at it. As long as my total downstream throughput remains under 1mbit everything stays groovy. (which is unacceptable in itself, but i've learned to accept it, for shame.) Exceed that spec and BAM, my HNIC stream is unwatchable and my Steam download caps at 15kbps. And it's not like it's just for a second, I actually have to call tech support and complain before the situation is rectified. Of course, all they tell me to do is to unplug my modem and plug it back in, which i've done 25 times already before contacting them... all the while completely denying any sort of traffic shaping. No solution over the phone, rep tells me to just wait, a team of ten are looking into it... 30 seconds later, bam. Connection restored. Unbelievable.
CRIMINAL!
Of less concern for me, WoW updates now take forever and the GUI mentions that there's a connection problem every time. All pings to all games are up as well.
shame on bell.
Derek Heyworth
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DeHackEd
Bill Ate Tux's Rocket
join:2000-12-07
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Re: Un-Offical Stop the Traffic Shaping Petition
I was throttled to ~30 KB/sec... for a non-bittorrent data transfer - DCC over IRC - to another Bell customer who lives in pretty much the same city as me. BitTorrent was NOT running and has not been running for days or maybe even weeks. How's that for screwed up?
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Anon_13
@bell.ca
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As soon as I lose this stupid contract they have on my Internet and Cell, I'm out like bread in a toaster. This is total BS. I've been calling them for months about my slow (supposed to be 16mbps) speed and random outages... Speed test works great, but as soon as I try to do stuff my speed drops on all 3 computers in the apartment. WTF is this Bell. Stop trying to be the pirate police, it's not your job and your screwing EVERYONE'S internet. Meanwhile IMA CHARGIN' MAH LAZAH. Sharing my interweb tubes off to show these corporate pigs this Throttling thing is making me worst (if last months 300GB share didn't get the message through).
P.S.: Most of my internet usage is (was) "legal" I still don't consider downloading television shows illegal, I pay for cable like anyone else so if I miss a show I can download it... I paid for it already! Right? |
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root9
join:2005-04-08
Kitchener, ON
2 edits | reply to R0CKY
Thanx Rocky,
Truth from the horses mouth sure does make it good and clear 
You might wana check out:
»I have my sign ready for protest ... do you?
ROFL
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ScytheNoire
join:2008-04-08
Windsor, ON
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traffic and anti-competitive actions that Bell have taken are considered illegal in most countries around the world. yet the Canadian government sites idly by while Bell continues their monopoly empire that was built up on the taxpayers dollars.
Bell should be disassembled, they should be forced to give control of all telecommunications lines to the government, who can then sell them out individually, and reimburse all taxpayers out of Bell's wallet. |
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evil_gusgus
join:2008-04-14
London, ON | ugh im thinking about switching... youtube is blocked =/ |
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glaz
join:2006-09-07
Montreal, QC
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I've had so many problems with Bell since 2003 it's not even funny (or worth relisting everything), Bell sucks but monopolies suck worse.
When are we going to have legislation against competition-choking business behavior? That's definitely what Bell is doing to third parties...
(I know... I know... when pigs fly...) |
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UofT23
@primus.ca
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said by ScytheNoire  :traffic and anti-competitive actions that Bell have taken are considered illegal in most countries around the world. yet the Canadian government sites idly by while Bell continues their monopoly empire that was built up on the taxpayers dollars. Bell should be disassembled, they should be forced to give control of all telecommunications lines to the government, who can then sell them out individually, and reimburse all taxpayers out of Bell's wallet. I couldn't agree more. I read CIAP's (most of it anyway) complaint to the CRTC and no matter how you spin it, Bell broke commitments to both 3rd party ISP's and to the CRTC itself.
I wonder if Bell will even get so much as a wrist slap. I doubt it, while our tax dollars are spent on bureaucrats at the CRTC trying to keep Bell in line.
I say make an example of Bell that the rest of Canada's corporate empires will take notice of. Constant CRTC nonsense to keep them in check is nothing short of government waste. They wouldn't need to be kept in check if they were gutted from the inside out. Sell off their assets and force them to compete. |
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do it now
@shawcable.net
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Very simple system to submit your comment to the CRTC here:
»tinyurl.com/4yn8tv
Join the Campaign!
»tinyurl.com/4yn8tv
In the most significant legal development yet in the effort to ensure Net Neutrality for all, the Canadian Association of Internet Providers has asked the CRTC to instruct the big telecoms to cease and desist in traffic-shaping that is throttling access to the Web. Please join your fellow Canadians in sending a letter to the CRTC to insist that it Stops The Throttlers!
»tinyurl.com/4yn8tv |
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Bell Customer
@bell.ca
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Yes this is not fair to all Bell customers. Contacts or services are not respected. Bell should respect a no rules access to internet. Bell is shaping usage and speed (offered by contract or publicity) and by this will police the internet. Who wants that ? Certainly not the public or the ISPs using Bell infrastructure. From a 180KB/s I passed to a 105KB/s and sometimes less speed, this is not for what I paid.
Customer Protection groups where are you ?
Montreal, QC Canada |
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Kyle775
join:2007-03-09
Brampton, ON | reply to DownWithShaping
Why don't we petition governments or governing bodies to influence legislation. Maybe one day it will be illegal to throttle bandwidth.
Count me in on the bell canada petition against throttling. |
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mike1511
join:2008-01-15
Orangeville, ON | reply to DownWithShaping
I'm sick and tired of bell... i think I'm gone to breach my contract and move on |
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moffa
join:2007-10-14
canada | reply to DownWithShaping
It takes days to download legal linux images using P2P services. While trying to work from home the transfers are extremely slow especially when transferring large amounts of data, and synchronizing my drives. |
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John R
@bell.ca
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I use to get my full 5 Mb/s. Then I was throttled down to 2.4 Mb/s. I am now throttled down to 1 Mb/s... I've called them numrous times complaining about my slow speeds. I have difficulty browsing ebay and many other sites. I hate looking at pages and seeing 49 items remaining... I'm to receive a call from bell tomorrow morning... If this isn't resolved by the end of this month I'm switching to roger's or 3web. I've had it with bell.$55.00 a month for a 1 Mb/s connection no thanks. John R, Cambridge |
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