 DrugSkill
join:2005-11-14
Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC
2 edits | reply to Me3423423
said by Me3423423 :
You keep forgetting that CapEx for Canada per person is WAAAAYYY higher than in other countries.
Given the large land mass and dispersed population, Bell's investment is much less efficient than in the US (where the same geography has 10x the population). As a result, Bell should be allowed to keep more revenue if they're going to wire the country end-to-end.
Why don't the small ISPs start laying cable instead of bottom-feeding and complaining?
You are right if you take rural regions into account, but urban zones are not that dispersed. By saying US has 10x the population for the same geography, you also take allot of un-occupied territory into account. Those zones don't need and don't have any wiring at all. In the end, that doesn't really make sense.
Back 4-10 years ago, the ISPs were actually offering a better service and there were less users. No cap, no throttling, just a little less speed. Does that cost more in wiring for more users in urban centers that already had broadband anyway? I don't think so. Does it cost more in server equipment? Surely. But that didn't stop them from investing even more in electronic equipment and technology that actually undermine the quality of the service for their customers.
Technology is probably the reason why they didn't put restrictive measures at the start. I remember Videotron not being able to monitor traffic usage for some types of modem back then. The same goes for throttling.
The Speed competition between the ISPs probably helped to create that. 'We have more speed, we are the fastest.' But written in very small characters on the bottom of the screen it says, 'Your restricted to only 20gig a month, but probably don't give a fuck since your only an average user that only wants his webpages to load as fast as possible.' More speed, less usability. I'm just speculating, but that's pretty much what it looks like.
Back some years ago, you had the choice to have the fastest capped shit, that offers special features, like being able to watch secret webcams in reality shows like Star Academy and Loft Story(let me laugh) with Videotron, or have less speedy, uncapped service, without special features from Bell. The choice was clear, Bell all the way. That was the good old days, now it sucks everywhere you look. |
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