| Bell should be renamed Hell(tm). I hope to god that the CRTC has the balls to squash Hell(tm) on this one. What the resellers are doing, as mentioned by TekSavvy, is paying for a slice of the pie - what the reseller chooses to do (or not do) is the reseller's business. I actually respect TekSavvy and have been contemplating switching from Hell(tm) to them as they have great tech support and offer a great product.
For Hell(tm) to just turn around and say, more or less, we have the right to reshape internet traffic AFTER you've paid for your bandwidth is absurd. I liken this, in a way, to a record company coming into my house after I've bought an album by an artist and telling me I can only listen to specific tracks on the album. Sorry, I've paid for it so I can do as I please.
The only reason that Hell(tm) is doing this is because Robbers(tm) already has. The difference here is that Robbers isn't reselling bandwidth to anybody (that I know of). Hell(tm) just sees this as a way of cutting people back on P2P transfers; even if I was capped at xx GB/month, I should be able to do what I want with that and not be told what I can and can't do. The worst part of this is a lot of P2P content available that in the public domain so to group everything under one umbrella is a very pathetic plan of Hell's(tm).
All I know is that I'm going to be canceling both my home phone and internet service will Hell. I already switched my cellular service to Telus as a result of Hell's piss-poor customer service and billing issues. Unfortunately, I can't get either service with Telus in Ontario.
Good luck to all of the ISPs who are rallying together in attempt to fight the Giant. I really hope you win for everybody's sake. |
