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shaw reduces all speeds 40%What will this mean for teksavvy's cable packages in the west? » openmedia.ca/news/reveal ··· -service |
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TrevAcroVoice & DryVoIP Official Rep Premium Member join:2009-06-29 Victoria, BC |
Trev
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2014-Dec-17 12:49 am
It means it might slow down a bit as more users hop onto TekSavvy's service in light of this wonderful news |
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JC_ Premium Member join:2010-10-19 Nepean, ON |
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Already being talked about » Shaw in Retrograde.. |
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That doesn't clarify what happens to teksavvy packages.. |
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FTP join:2012-10-31 Chatham, ON |
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Well that's terrible news. |
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It looks to me like a price increase and a small speed *increase*, with the addition of a new 5 Mbps tier. » www.reddit.com/r/canada/ ··· t_is_40/Unless you wish to compare the old price with the new price across different tiers, in which case the title should say "10% higher fees or 40% slower on two out of four data points", not and. |
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nitzguy Premium Member join:2002-07-11 Sudbury, ON |
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said by bluenote73:That doesn't clarify what happens to teksavvy packages.. I feel like for 'Regulatory Symmetry' purposes, that TekSavvy's packages would be adjusted appropriately?... Isn't that what the CRTC said before....Regulatory Symmetry dictates these changes? |
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said by henry128 :Unless you wish to compare the old price with the new price across different tiers, in which case the title should say "10% higher fees or 40% slower on two out of four data points", not and. We can get into semantics, but all this equates to is shittiness, pure and simple. As far as regulatory symmetry, that should happen in 3+ years from now. |
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Yet, semantics are important. If it's not for OpenMedia's sensationalizing, this would be a fairly routine tinkering of the plans, where prices increase by ~12% and speeds increase by ~20%.
Sure, you may not like the new price-speed points, but this isn't surprising nor deserving of the attention it's getting, I think. |
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You're right, as much as I like openmedia, they jumped the gun just a little bit here.
However, I think you may be underestimating the sneaky connivingness of these big companies. If you think they aren't setting the stage to try and gouge everyone tooth and nail because of their unwillingness to previously innovate is now looking set to cost them some bucks because somebody else DID innovate and they want to use their near-monopoly to force revenue that they really haven't earned from OTT services then I think you may be surprised.
I note that the speed is less of an issue than the caps are, and the caps are really low. And we all know they've both been maneuvering on how to bring in overages just for this eventuality. Well, now the stage is set.
Broadband 10 or 15 plus Netflix plus whatever OTT flavor , plus overages = same or greater profit to them as if they were still cramming channel packages down your throat by force. |
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