Bell throttles its Internet competitors
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This is the most read article from the toronto star yesterday...anyone heard about this??
I personally left bell due to them throttling their internet connection (when d/ling torrents between 4 and 2am, i can only hit 30kbs..typically with no throttle, i should be getting 300-400kbs. this represents .05% of what i'm paying for) and due to large numbers of customers leaving, they've started throttling the ISP's who purchase bandwidth from them.
Here is another website that may be of interest for people who want to know who's fighting this....
TekSavvy forum - dslreports.com broadband community
This is the most read article from the toronto star yesterday...anyone heard about this??
I personally left bell due to them throttling their internet connection (when d/ling torrents between 4 and 2am, i can only hit 30kbs..typically with no throttle, i should be getting 300-400kbs. this represents .05% of what i'm paying for) and due to large numbers of customers leaving, they've started throttling the ISP's who purchase bandwidth from them.
Here is another website that may be of interest for people who want to know who's fighting this....
TekSavvy forum - dslreports.com broadband community
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hmmm i'm not having any problems with rogers and havent for years -- i assume my d/ls arent as fast as they could be? but i'm still getting 300kb/s
They have implemented a cap (mine is 60Gb/month) and it's like only $2/GB after that. There are other plans that give you faster speeds and more usage cap room.
looks like different tiers get different caps, and different overage charges..and the overage charges get rebated until june?
All in all, it appears to be changing the way we use the internets! (or just getting us to pay out the nose for it)
•Lite – 1Mbps, 25GB monthly cap, $2.50 per additional GB
•Express – 7Mbps, 60 GB cap, $2.00 per additional GB
•Extreme - 10Mbps, 95 GB cap, $1.50 per additional GB
•Extreme Plus – 18Mbps, 95 GB cap, $1.25 per additional GB
I would have edited my last response, but pokerforum is having a hard time posting anything right now....weird...
You should be notified by the end of the week.
They show your usage for the past few months (me ~20GB/month). They are also rebating the next 3 months overages.
I'll say it before someone else does... THATSALOTTAPORN!!!!!!!
/g2
They only charge a max $25 for overages though.
/g2
I would have gladly paid some type of surchage for going over, but cutting my internet? Are they 10 years old and still believe in time outs?
At this time of the school year you can imagine the head aches this caused, not too mention causing withdrawl for my degenerate ass!
If they were not the only option out here, I would have had it canceled yesterday in a heart beat.
You shouldn't have given DrTyore your password.
/g2
Actually it was funnier than that.. The first side of the four sided display had 500 GB external drives.. I was like wow cool. Then I turned the corner and saw the 1TB.. and I was like wow cool.. then I turned the other corner and saw 2TB.. and I was like wow cool.. when I turned the last corner and saw cheapass webcams, I was disappointed.
Mark