So Canada doesn't have any of these tariffs, but somehow I have a feeling we'll be paying them anyways but the money just goes to greedy companies and not the government. Yay, Canada!
The worst part of this is all that tax money is going to go to Ireland which accounts for next to none of Apple's sales. The only winners in this are the Irish people (over $3000 per Irish citizen), everyone else loses.
If I said to someone. I'll give you $100 to drive as fast as possible, they did and killed someone then I could be held criminally responsible. How is this any different?
I hate frivolous lawsuits too... but this isn't one. Do they not have anyone vet ideas before they implement them? Anyone with common sense would agree that an app that encourages the reckless breaking of laws is a terrible idea.
This is probably a great thing for lesbian couples trying to conceive. No more going to sperm bank and picking out some random stranger to be the father of your kids. Now just make sperm from your partners stem cells.
a city trying to increase their tax pool by setting up cameras to catch people j-walking then mailing them tickets on mass. I don't think the citizens of that city would be happy, yet somehow I think were just gonna take it:S
If user generated "new media" content is going to be regulated... and there charging a levy on "new media", then I want my cut!... Tell ya what I'll accept the 3% of my internet bill you took as payment and well call it even;)
Is it just me or are the statistics for canada wrong?
First they list the average high speed account to be 7.6Mbps... I know some companies offer 7Mbps and there are a few wich have very expencive plans whihc are more than that. Most i would say are only 5Mbps especialy at peak hours. Aswell there are all those "light" accounts which are only about 1Mbps. I find it very hard to beleive that the average is higher than what I have LOL.
Next is there $/Mbps. They quote $3.81/Mbps Average. One of the cheapest companies i know of are teksavvy (www.teksavvy.com) which charges $29 for a 5Mbps account. Thats $5.8/Mbps and i'd say thats on the cheap side.
So... where did they get there canadian statistics... and can they point me in the direction of their "average" canadian ISP?
David
No actually it has everything to do with encryption. The way bell throttles is to intercept your packet on the way to its destination. They then open the packet and look at its contents (yes this bothers me). In a packet caring compressed data, there will still be an uncompressed header that will identify the protocol of the packet. In an encrypted packet everything including the header is encrypted and garbled. The P2P and garbled packets are throttled the rest are let through.
David
However an encrypted packet is would just contain garbled data because its encrypted. When bell sees a packet like that they throttle it as if it were a P2P packet, regardless of the packet content.
David
Essentialy they look in the packet and if they can identify the protocol being used i.e. HTTP packet then they let it go un-throttled. If they cant identify the protocol or its identified as a P2P protocol then its throttled.
Apparently this is causing problems with other encrypted protocols. For instance encrypted remote desktop traffic and VPN traffic is being throtteled aswell.
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So Canada doesn't have any of these tariffs, but somehow I have a feeling we'll be paying them anyways but the money just goes to greedy companies and not the government. Yay, Canada!
Hoping for true gigabit networking and USB 3.0.
It's now illegal to sell a locked cellphone. Funny how as Canada moves one way the US seems to be moving the other.
Can I go with fewer packs for my everyday driving, but if I'm going on a road trip "rent" a few extra packs for the added range?
The worst part of this is all that tax money is going to go to Ireland which accounts for next to none of Apple's sales. The only winners in this are the Irish people (over $3000 per Irish citizen), everyone else loses.
If I said to someone. I'll give you $100 to drive as fast as possible, they did and killed someone then I could be held criminally responsible. How is this any different?
I hate frivolous lawsuits.
I hate frivolous lawsuits too... but this isn't one. Do they not have anyone vet ideas before they implement them? Anyone with common sense would agree that an app that encourages the reckless breaking of laws is a terrible idea.
Actually.. Randall Munroe (xkcd.com) discusses the genetic implications of this in his book What if? https://whatif.xkcd.com/book/ . Kinda scary.
This is probably a great thing for lesbian couples trying to conceive. No more going to sperm bank and picking out some random stranger to be the father of your kids. Now just make sperm from your partners stem cells.
Maybe next time they'll invest a bit more in security before hand.
So i guess that means here in Canada we have a zero strike scheme. You get caught once and they can take you to court right away.
I use teamview on all my computer. It's free for non comercial use and works GREAT.
Yes but don't forget, Canada is VERY sparely populated http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/as-sa/97-550/vignettes/m1-eng.htm Canadian ISP's don't provide service to anywhere with less that 10 people/km^2. So really that argument is rather moot.
I know bell advertises "up to" 7 mbps but the technology only goes up to 6 mbps.
With an energy density of 1/4 to 1/5 that of a lithium ion battery (in terms of volume and weight), I don't see this going too far.
Sounds like an Ad for CLR to me...?
Leo Laport! LOL
a city trying to increase their tax pool by setting up cameras to catch people j-walking then mailing them tickets on mass. I don't think the citizens of that city would be happy, yet somehow I think were just gonna take it :S
Actually if you include the new WIND mobile that's 5.
If user generated "new media" content is going to be regulated... and there charging a levy on "new media", then I want my cut! ... Tell ya what I'll accept the 3% of my internet bill you took as payment and well call it even ;)
Is it just me or are the statistics for canada wrong? First they list the average high speed account to be 7.6Mbps... I know some companies offer 7Mbps and there are a few wich have very expencive plans whihc are more than that. Most i would say are only 5Mbps especialy at peak hours. Aswell there are all those "light" accounts which are only about 1Mbps. I find it very hard to beleive that the average is higher than what I have LOL. Next is there $/Mbps. They quote $3.81/Mbps Average. One of the cheapest companies i know of are teksavvy (www.teksavvy.com) which charges $29 for a 5Mbps account. Thats $5.8/Mbps and i'd say thats on the cheap side. So... where did they get there canadian statistics... and can they point me in the direction of their "average" canadian ISP? David
Well trust me they are. I'm a computer engineering graduate student so i know what i'm talking about. If you want more proof then how about this http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1289999~9f6b07adff86c09bab21eaf8fd445826/Throttling.png Better yet check out the tecksavvy DSL reports forum. They have several of there tech support people on explaining exactly how this is happening. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/teksavvy David
No actually it has everything to do with encryption. The way bell throttles is to intercept your packet on the way to its destination. They then open the packet and look at its contents (yes this bothers me). In a packet caring compressed data, there will still be an uncompressed header that will identify the protocol of the packet. In an encrypted packet everything including the header is encrypted and garbled. The P2P and garbled packets are throttled the rest are let through. David
Essentialy they look in the packet and if they can identify the protocol being used i.e. HTTP packet then they let it go un-throttled. If they cant identify the protocol or its identified as a P2P protocol then its throttled.
Apparently this is causing problems with other encrypted protocols. For instance encrypted remote desktop traffic and VPN traffic is being throtteled aswell.
David