Canada does not have any ISPs with unlimited plans. In fact, of all my many choices of ISPs in my area, all of them have *lower* caps than USA's nefarious Comcast.
Wrong.
There are many places with unlimited plans.
Everyone here keeps talking about weight lifting or other types of exercise. There's a better way.
Shoplifting
Hear me out...
If you get away with it, your heart rate will be racing so fast. That's got to count as some kind of super workout (without the physical strain!).
If you do get caught, you'll have REAL motivation to RUN, RUN, RUN!
I am also being throttled by Bell. I have Execulink as my provider.
From what I can tell, there are different throttling periods.
I haven't worked out the exact times and speeds, but here they are roughly (downloading torrents):
Peak Hours - evenings 4PM - 12AM (ish) 20kb/s
After Peak - 12AM - 2AM 50kb/s
Night - 2AM - 4AM unrestricted (for me that means ~400kb/s)
4AM - 4PM - 50kb/s
Those numbers aren't exact, the times are probably off, but that is the general trend. Downloading an episode of a TV that just aired via torrents is impossible and you have to let it download over night.
Note: HTTP downloads are not affected at all and are unrestricted at all times.
The point of net neutrality is not to change who is running networks, it's to prevent network operators from effectively blocking or slowing down connections based on who or what the user is trying to connect to.
But would it be ok for them to prioritize packets? The same technology that slows down bittorent can be used to prioritize other types of traffic. For example, very low latency for online gaming. Or prioritized VOIP traffic for perfect calls.
This would create a better user experience and it doesn't need to come at the expense of other traffic. (prioritizing doesn't need to kill other traffic) but this wouldn't be a neutral network.
As another reader pointed out, the Canadian statistics seem very wrong. Canada is listed as having an 'Average Download Speed' of 7.6Mbps and a 'Lowest Price per Mbps' of $3.81.
This sounded way better than any offer I've seen. So I did some digging in to their methodology.
FTA:
Our methodology for calculating broadband speed in the ITIF Broadband Rankings involves averaging the speeds of the incumbent
DSL, cable and fiber offerings provided in the OECDâ(TM)s April 2006 âoeMultiple Play,â report...
Looking at their study "MULTIPLE PLAY: PRICING AND POLICY TRENDS", 2006.
In this report they look at only providers of "multiple play". So that would be providers that provide TV, Phone, and Internet. Of these providers they look at only 3. Incumbent ADSL (Bell Canada), Cable Provider (Cogeco), and Alternative DSL (Aliant). They say that Bell Canada provides internet @ 5Mbps. Aliant provides access @ 5Mbps. Cogeco provides access @ 10Mbs. There are hundreds of ISPs in Canada, so this is not a representative sample at all. Most are resellers of Bell's lines. Rogers Cable is the major Cable ISP at least in Ontario. Fiber to the home is essentially non-existent in Canada. (Please someone prove me wrong if that's the case; I'd love the option)
From the report mentioned in the article they say that 52% of the Canadian Broadband users use Cable and 48% use DSL.
To get their magic 7.6Mbps number they do (5Mbps)*0.48 + (10Mbps)*0.52 = 7.6Mbps.
I live in the heart of Canada's technology triangle and I can't get Cogeco cable. Of that 52%, Cogeco has a *very* small portion I'm sure.
Bell Canada now offers a 6Mbps service, their resellers offer 5Mbps. Just because you pay for 6Mbps service doesn't mean your line can support it, so you're often downgraded to a speed your line can handle. Average ADSL speed I would estimate being 3Mbps. Average cable speed I would estimate being 4Mbps.
The average download speed in Canada is no where near 7.6Mbps. To get the 3-4Mbps speeds I mentioned most people are paying $40-60 per month.
I wouldn't be surprised if their methodology for getting their other metrics were equally flawed.
It would also bring a few manufacturing jobs back to our shores.
I often hear people make the argument "Buy American!" or in my case "Buy Canadian!" as a solution to economic problems.
The world is rapidly changing and international trade is the name of the game. Ever since World War II ended, trade barriers have been lowered and international trade has flourished as a result. The net result is that *everyone* gets richer. The basic idea is that every country produces what it produces best and they trade based on that.
In the name of progress...
Jobs will be lost! If it's more efficient to get something made out of the country, it will be made there. What does this mean? It means that the days of high-school dropout making $35/hr screwing in a fender are limited.
What does this lead to? A more educated society. America and Canada are moving towards service based economies. The high-level work is still here and as long as we are the most educated and competent, will remain here.
Your accountant doesn't need to waste time filling out tedious tax forms. Someone in Banglore does it for him. He can now spend his time working on an investment strategy for your portfolio. The routine work moves offshore and the specialized stuff stays here.
India is getting richer. China is getting richer. America gets richer and benefits from cheaper products.
This is the way things are going and the trend won't be reversed. It is a *good* trend. The scribes were angry when the printing press came around and the horse-n-buggy makers weren't too fond of the automobile. Their jobs were lost in the name of progress.
Competition - you can choose to hide from it or you can embrace it. Be competitive and thrive.
When I got my 1680x1050 wide screen laptop I thought it'd be great! I'd be able to have 2 apps on the screen at the same time, no problem. Right?
I gave up on that. Is there an easy way in Windows to manage the space? Maximizing takes up the whole screen (go figure). Dragging and re-sizing every app I want to use is a pain.
It's be really nice to be able to 'maximize' a window and it automatically take up half of the horizontal space. MS Word + Firefox would be great on the same screen.
I dual boot, so multiple desktops in linux solves this problem nicely. The 'PowerTool' app for XP's multiple desktops is not good.
FTA:
Second, Storm synchronizes the system time of the infected machine with the help of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). This means that each infected machine has an accurate clock. See, it's not all bad!
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The iPhone does use C++.
The iPhone OS is based on OSX which at its core is not coded in Objective-C.
iPhone apps are coded in Objective-C, but there is a lot of C++ code running on the phone under the hood.
It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company,"
Yes, a billionth of most things are microscopic in size. So shipping it is quite difficult. Great job logitec.
More like: Great logic, logitech.
Canada does not have any ISPs with unlimited plans. In fact, of all my many choices of ISPs in my area, all of them have *lower* caps than USA's nefarious Comcast.
Wrong.
There are many places with unlimited plans.
Teksavvy
$30 for 200GB/month
$40 unlimited
http://www.teksavvy.com/en/resdsl.asp?ID=7&mID=1
Execulink
$30 (without modem rental) Unlimited
http://www.execulink.ca/residential/internet/dsl.php
Those are just 2 examples of service available in my area. There are many more. Please don't spread lies.
Just patent the process of firing someone for refusing to file a patent.
Then they'll have to license the technology to be able to use it against you.
Frivolous patents are evil.
Everyone here keeps talking about weight lifting or other types of exercise. There's a better way.
...
Shoplifting
Hear me out
If you get away with it, your heart rate will be racing so fast. That's got to count as some kind of super workout (without the physical strain!).
If you do get caught, you'll have REAL motivation to RUN, RUN, RUN!
If an e-mail is dropped in the middle of a server and no one is around to read it, does it make a spam?
I am also being throttled by Bell. I have Execulink as my provider.
From what I can tell, there are different throttling periods.
I haven't worked out the exact times and speeds, but here they are roughly (downloading torrents):
Peak Hours - evenings 4PM - 12AM (ish) 20kb/s
After Peak - 12AM - 2AM 50kb/s
Night - 2AM - 4AM unrestricted (for me that means ~400kb/s)
4AM - 4PM - 50kb/s
Those numbers aren't exact, the times are probably off, but that is the general trend. Downloading an episode of a TV that just aired via torrents is impossible and you have to let it download over night.
Note: HTTP downloads are not affected at all and are unrestricted at all times.
I am really not happy with the situation.
But would it be ok for them to prioritize packets? The same technology that slows down bittorent can be used to prioritize other types of traffic. For example, very low latency for online gaming. Or prioritized VOIP traffic for perfect calls.
This would create a better user experience and it doesn't need to come at the expense of other traffic. (prioritizing doesn't need to kill other traffic) but this wouldn't be a neutral network.
This sounded way better than any offer I've seen. So I did some digging in to their methodology.
FTA: Our methodology for calculating broadband speed in the ITIF Broadband Rankings involves averaging the speeds of the incumbent DSL, cable and fiber offerings provided in the OECDâ(TM)s April 2006 âoeMultiple Play,â report...
Looking at their study "MULTIPLE PLAY: PRICING AND POLICY TRENDS", 2006.
In this report they look at only providers of "multiple play". So that would be providers that provide TV, Phone, and Internet. Of these providers they look at only 3. Incumbent ADSL (Bell Canada), Cable Provider (Cogeco), and Alternative DSL (Aliant). They say that Bell Canada provides internet @ 5Mbps. Aliant provides access @ 5Mbps. Cogeco provides access @ 10Mbs. There are hundreds of ISPs in Canada, so this is not a representative sample at all. Most are resellers of Bell's lines. Rogers Cable is the major Cable ISP at least in Ontario. Fiber to the home is essentially non-existent in Canada. (Please someone prove me wrong if that's the case; I'd love the option)
From the report mentioned in the article they say that 52% of the Canadian Broadband users use Cable and 48% use DSL.
To get their magic 7.6Mbps number they do (5Mbps)*0.48 + (10Mbps)*0.52 = 7.6Mbps.
I live in the heart of Canada's technology triangle and I can't get Cogeco cable. Of that 52%, Cogeco has a *very* small portion I'm sure.
Bell Canada now offers a 6Mbps service, their resellers offer 5Mbps. Just because you pay for 6Mbps service doesn't mean your line can support it, so you're often downgraded to a speed your line can handle. Average ADSL speed I would estimate being 3Mbps. Average cable speed I would estimate being 4Mbps.
The average download speed in Canada is no where near 7.6Mbps. To get the 3-4Mbps speeds I mentioned most people are paying $40-60 per month.
I wouldn't be surprised if their methodology for getting their other metrics were equally flawed.
I often hear people make the argument "Buy American!" or in my case "Buy Canadian!" as a solution to economic problems.
The world is rapidly changing and international trade is the name of the game. Ever since World War II ended, trade barriers have been lowered and international trade has flourished as a result. The net result is that *everyone* gets richer. The basic idea is that every country produces what it produces best and they trade based on that.
In the name of progress... Jobs will be lost! If it's more efficient to get something made out of the country, it will be made there. What does this mean? It means that the days of high-school dropout making $35/hr screwing in a fender are limited.
What does this lead to? A more educated society. America and Canada are moving towards service based economies. The high-level work is still here and as long as we are the most educated and competent, will remain here.
Your accountant doesn't need to waste time filling out tedious tax forms. Someone in Banglore does it for him. He can now spend his time working on an investment strategy for your portfolio. The routine work moves offshore and the specialized stuff stays here.
India is getting richer. China is getting richer. America gets richer and benefits from cheaper products.
This is the way things are going and the trend won't be reversed. It is a *good* trend. The scribes were angry when the printing press came around and the horse-n-buggy makers weren't too fond of the automobile. Their jobs were lost in the name of progress.
Competition - you can choose to hide from it or you can embrace it. Be competitive and thrive.
When I got my 1680x1050 wide screen laptop I thought it'd be great! I'd be able to have 2 apps on the screen at the same time, no problem. Right?
I gave up on that. Is there an easy way in Windows to manage the space? Maximizing takes up the whole screen (go figure). Dragging and re-sizing every app I want to use is a pain.
It's be really nice to be able to 'maximize' a window and it automatically take up half of the horizontal space. MS Word + Firefox would be great on the same screen.
I dual boot, so multiple desktops in linux solves this problem nicely. The 'PowerTool' app for XP's multiple desktops is not good.
Any suggestions?