I have only had problems with my ISP (Shaw Cable) once. That was a month when I went on a downloading spree and downloaded over 90GB of stuff and uploaded nearly 40 GB via Bit Torrent. My speed is capped at 650kb/s, and I pay $30 CAD somewhat dollars for this service. It seems as if unless someone in my neighborhood complains, or they notice extreme amounts of uploading being done on a line, then they send in their people to crack down on you. Looking at my graph of usage over the years, I average about 30~45 GB of downloads every month - never complaints or worries over that.
Otherwise, compared to Telus, Shaw's only rival around here in sunny and fair Vancouver, they treat us pretty good. Though I've heard stories that disagree with my personal opinion. The funny thing, is that Shaw's TOS doesn't specify a download limit per month (last I checked).
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I have only had problems with my ISP (Shaw Cable) once. That was a month when I went on a downloading spree and downloaded over 90GB of stuff and uploaded nearly 40 GB via Bit Torrent. My speed is capped at 650kb/s, and I pay $30 CAD somewhat dollars for this service. It seems as if unless someone in my neighborhood complains, or they notice extreme amounts of uploading being done on a line, then they send in their people to crack down on you. Looking at my graph of usage over the years, I average about 30~45 GB of downloads every month - never complaints or worries over that.
Otherwise, compared to Telus, Shaw's only rival around here in sunny and fair Vancouver, they treat us pretty good. Though I've heard stories that disagree with my personal opinion. The funny thing, is that Shaw's TOS doesn't specify a download limit per month (last I checked).