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Rogers Shrinks Download Limits As Netflix Arrives
Meshach writes "Hot on the heels of Netflix coming to Canada, Rogers (one of the biggest ISPs in Canada) has shrunk download limits. 'As of Wednesday, new customers who sign up for the Lite service will be allowed 15 gigabytes, a drop from the 25 GB limit offered to those who signed up before July 21. Meanwhile, any new Lite user who goes over the monthly limit will have to pay $4 per GB up to a maximum of $50 — a spike from the previous $2.5 per GB surcharge.' Officially, there is no connection between the two events, but it seems an odd coincidence, especially when Rogers charges customers who exceed their bandwidth allowance."
$50CDN/month for unlimited Internet at cable speeds? Sounds fair. Cheaper if you only check mail and do light surfing. Nice.
ISPs don't owe you anything you haven't paid for at the price they are willing to sell to you. Nor do they owe it to Netflix to deliver their content.
If you want IP service to be a utility where the public helps set the rates then get your local government to provide it under a public utility district or something. If there is already a franchise agreement the cable company operates under, then get your local government to regulate it better (although you may have to wait for the next contract round, where were you during the comment period the last round?)
-- I have a private email server in my basement.
Comcast's cap is perfectly reasonable. Very, VERY few people will ever hit it. Period. You've been torrenting like a madman if you actually hit that. I do torrents, Netflix, and many other things, and I've never hit the 250GB cap or come close.
fucking crying cunt. internet access is not a right. stealing via bittorrent is not a right. go fuck yourself in the arse.
FUCK YOU, DSL can at best offer me 1500kbps, that is barely enough to stream a low quality youtube video.
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE AND GO FUCK YOURSELF IN THE ASS YOU FAGGOT MORON.
I'm sorry but someone needs to say that to you you piece of human filth.
Millions and Millions of people are trapped if they want high speed internet its rogers or basically glorified dailup. You do not understand this. So shut your fucking mouth or at least stick your dads cock in there so people can no longer hear you.