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DarKangeL
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|  Subject: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision  Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:40 pm | |
| Backlash grows over Internet billing decision
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consumer backlash is growing against the recent decision by Canada's
telecom regulator to allow ‘usage-based' billing in place of unlimited
Internet services.
On Tuesday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission ruled that major Internet providers can charge smaller,
independent companies according to the amount of data they draw.
The decision could affect thousands of people who subscribe to
smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) and who engage in
data-intensive online activities like streaming movies.
Technology analyst Carmi Levy said the move is the first step toward
Internet usage being charged "like water, electricity and natural gas,"
rather than a flat-rate for unlimited data.
But the decision has led more than 85,000 Internet users to sign a petition in the hopes it will be reversed.
"People are drawing a line in the sand and decided they aren't going
to be pushed any further," said Steve Anderson, the founder of
non-profit group OpenMedia.ca.
Some MPS even say they are fielding complaints from angry constituents.
"They're phoning me and saying listen we're not going to continue on
if we have to pay for Internet use the way we are paying for our cell
phones," New Democrat MP Charlie Angus said.
Major providers like Bell Canada and Rogers already have bandwidth
limits in place, and charge customers extra when they exceed them. The
biggest impact will be on independent ISPs who do not have data limits.
TekSavvy Solutions is one of them. It piggybacks on Bell's network,
but offers unlimited services. Spokesperson Kate Doforno said the CRTC
ruling will mean the company's customers will see a bigger price
increase on their bills.
"Will it be double? It depends on the household," she said from Chatham, Ont.
But Mirko Bibic, Bell Canada's senior vice president of regulatory
affairs, says that his firm's digital network cost billions to set up,
and it deserves a return on that investment.
Meanwhile the CEO of Netflix, the U.S.-based movie streaming service
that launched in Canada in September, has said the ruling is something
he's "definitely worried about."
Critics say the ruling will only embolden big providers and hurt competition in a market that already has too few big players.
But the silver lining, according to the CRTC, is that major Internet
service companies will have to provide space in their pipeline for
smaller ISPs at a 15 per cent discount.
Teksavvy, however, says that isn't enough and it plans to make a decision on its unlimited plans soon.
With a report from CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife
http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110128/backlash-grows-over-internet-billing-decision-110128/20110128/?hub=MontrealHome
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DarKangeL
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Sat Jan 29, 2011 1:42 pm | |
| bunch of bull crap, i hate the big 3 with a passion, stupid triopoly...  | |
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Dead City
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:09 pm | |
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DarKangeL
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:46 pm | |
| *mwah*  | |
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buford
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:37 am | |
| - DarKangeL wrote:
- *mwah*
bunch of "bull crap???" yeah .... ok!!!! and to think that i've never heard such vulgar language before!!!!!  is that what site is about .... because if it is ..... then im gonna pack up my donuts and go elsewhere!!!! | |
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DarKangeL
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Mon Feb 07, 2011 8:05 am | |
| did i offend u?? sry if i did, i have a potty mouth, i find i was being polite by using"bull-crap", its a bad habit after years of working as a sous-chef.... its just me..... | |
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buford
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:48 pm | |
| - DarKangeL wrote:
- did i offend u?? sry if i did, i have a potty mouth, i find i was being polite by using"bull-crap", its a bad habit after years of working as a sous-chef.... its just me.....
well, ive never been so offended before in my life!!! but there was this time when d/c told me to ....... oh ........ never mind!!!!!  | |
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LessThanZero
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:24 am | |
| Aww come on buf...that toilet mouth of yours, and you were offended? lol, jk | |
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buford
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| | Subject: Re: Backlash grows over Internet billing decision Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:30 am | |
| - LessThanZero wrote:
- Aww come on buf...that toilet mouth of yours, and you were offended? lol, jk
well ...... i COULD have been??????????  | |
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