if that was actually being implementation by Shaw there would be pages of people having the same problem as you, and Shaw has nothing to gain by doing this, in fact it makes no business sense for them to do it.
so the OP may want to try contacting Shaw and maybe try double checking his equipment because this is obviously just a technical issue.
No kidding... before I started foaming at the mouth about what Shaw has done now I think I'd investigate a bit further.
I'm not about to take a comment from an anonymous user about a comment supposedly made "on the street" about something Shaw may be doing in the future.
If it's true, fine, I'll get annoyed then, if it even affects me. But for now, if I was the OP I'd just call Shaw and get their side of things.