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Re: Throttling will continue with Rogers' new usage plans And there is one thing Sbrook and a few others have forgotten about.... Yes the upstream bandwidth is shared among all the modems.... BUT only PER channel/frequency. Rogers uses one channel/frequency for modems and the other for the packetcable phones.. (so anyone that tells you high usage will interfere with the phones is full of whoey! BUT each CMTS is capable of having 4 (yep 4) different upstream channels!!!
Rogers received quite a few tax breaks and grants to develop their infrastructure. And like all high tech equipment gets to depreciate it at a faster rate on the books for even more tax breaks.
I have proof that Rogers has purposely interfered with 3web, they like bell don't like being forced to allow competition and will make anyone using their/our (I say our as a lot of tax payer $$ went into building that infrastructure) system besides them a nightmare.
The ONLY hope we have is to contact your local MP and MPP and bitch like hell to them. Let them know that you will be a single issue voter and that if they don't start doing what we pay them for we all will all have MUCH more expensive internet. And you will make sure to vote them out of office.
And yes the Java injection of your usage into your webpages WILL lead to paid advertising in a short while. And since there is no regulations there will be nothing you can do about it.
I can't give you all too many more details as this forum is monitored and I don't want my manager to figure out who I am and get fired. VERY strict rules about letting the common folks know what is really going on.
BTW Sbrook.... your commenting that $1.25 per gig is close to the true cost of transfer is not even close....
To give you an idea of how much markup there is... Motorola sells the modems to Rogers for under $10... Why do you have to buy them for $100? 10:1 markup.... hmmmm one example of many.
Call, write, email your politicians before it is too late! It's only going to get worse! MUCH worse! |
