TigerLord
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I do not understand why as the technology evolves so fast, ISP downgrade in service quality and has been doing so for a few years now. 50mbit connections with a 50GB cap? Throttled connections that are already slow by other countries standards... sure, we can't compare America with Europe, but Docsis 3.0 is already rolling out, they can't handle the load? Are they too cheap tp upgrade the network, too greedy, or simply cannot?
HD is now a common thing in households. OpenSource is also getting more and more popular. The filesharing, be it legal or not, is only going to raise.
I own 15 games on Steam. Portal alone is 6GB. Does it make sense for me to have to use 1/8 of my cap to get a game I legally purchased? I think abusers, doing 400GB-500GB each month, should be shut down. Since they all go at ISPs that advertise unlimited bandwith, shouldn't be too hard.
My average for the last 3 months is 83GB each month. I think a 100GB-200GB monthly cap, unthrottled connection would be fair for high-end connections that already cost 100$+tx/month. It's simply ridicoulous to ask 130$/month like Videotron does for a 50mbit connection and restrict it with a 50GB cap.
Videotron for that matter is one of the only ISP in Canada that does not throttle. How long will it get before they do, though? With crappy alternative like Bell, that have now succesfully crippled their competitors significantly, why shouldn't they? They would simply jump on the bandwagon. Good service means nothing today, and no major companies hold a candle to keeping high standards.
I'm saddened by this. Technology evolves, our ISPs go backward. Is it greed? |
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ShadPTR
join:2008-01-23
Markham, ON | Greed. |
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Snickerdo
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join:2001-02-28
Niagara Falls, ON
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said by TigerLord  :Videotron for that matter is one of the only ISP in Canada that does not throttle. ... no, but they're the only major ISP in Canada that will make you mortgage your house to pay for bandwidth usage fees. They're also the only ISP that will willingly hand over your personal information to any recording association that requests it, and then say what they did was a wonderful thing.
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TigerLord
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join:2002-06-09
Montreal | Extreme still has a 50$ overcharge cap... theorically you get an unlimited 10mbit connection for 108$/month.
I didn't know they handled personnal information though. |
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