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Internet downloading costs to rise


Tech | 206961 hits | Jan 08 10:21 am | Posted by: wildrosegirl
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Surfing and downloading from the internet is about to get more expensive for many Canadians as internet companies Shaw and Primus have announced plans to impose new fees and caps on internet usage.

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  1. by Anonymous
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:42 pm
    Primus and Shaw have said they will begin passing on higher fees to their customers beginning Feb. 1. Primus, for example, rents bandwidth on Bell's networks and said Bell is inflating the costs for everyone, including them.


    Thanks CRTC.

    Profits up 11% at Shaw

    Bell Canada Enterprises profit up 84 per cent

    The CRTC refuses to protect consumers from price fixing, therefor it serves no purpose anymore.

  2. by avatar Gunnair Gold Member
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:44 pm
    It ever had a purpose?

  3. by Anonymous
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:48 pm
    "Gunnair" said
    It ever had a purpose?


    Yeah. Over the air broadcast needed a regulator to decide who could broadcast on what frequency, the new digital OTA broadcast does too. It doesn't do a thing for regulating wired ISPs though. Ever.

  4. by avatar BeaverFever
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:21 pm
    Rogers has had a cap for a couple years now, but I've never hit it, even when I used to download a lot of bit torrents.

  5. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:26 pm
    :|

  6. by Anonymous
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:32 pm
    "Mr_Canada" said
    Time to go play with other ISPs I guess. Go screw yourself Shaw.

    I like this 'most agreed' comment on CBC:
    Everything, and I mean everything, in our family budget has increased over the last year.

    Damn shame my pay hasn't.


    Where will you find an ISP who doesn't purchase internet access from Bell Canada though?

  7. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:32 pm
    :|

  8. by avatar Public_Domain
    Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:15 pm
    :|

  9. by avatar Newsbot
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:51 am
    Prepare to get dinged for going over internet data limit

    Posted By:
    2011-01-27 17:26:04

  10. by avatar saturn_656
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:51 am
    Shaw has served me well for the past several years... but if they pull nonsense with my account they will be turfed from my household so fast heads will spin.

  11. by avatar BeaverFever
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:48 am
    "saturn_656" said
    Shaw has served me well for the past several years... but if they pull nonsense with my account they will be turfed from my household so fast heads will spin.


    Ditto for Rogers. Satisfied with the service, but it's not unnoticed that they always seem to be the most expensive game in town as it is.

  12. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:27 am
    Well, got a notice from Roger's today. My bill is going up a whole $3/mo in March.
    Zero mention of usage based billing yet.

  13. by avatar BeaverFever
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:30 am
    "PublicAnimalNo9" said
    Well, got a notice from Roger's today. My bill is going up a whole $3/mo in March.
    Zero mention of usage based billing yet.


    Ya saw that one too

  14. by avatar PostFactum
    Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:08 am
    Here we have an opposite situation, in my city there are 9 internet companies who are fighting for their clients. 3 of them are controlling most part of the market providing cheaper and better services, so as a result we have a very wide choice with good prices. 90grn(11,25 $) per month for 10 mbt. In compare with everything else internet and cable tv are the cheapest products here.



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