As someone asked, "Would it make sense to pay electricity by the kilowatt if electricity cost nothing to produce and all the cost is in the fixed transport infrastructure?"
I just signed the petition at Stop The Meter petition at: http://StopTheMeter.ca
Here is what they say:
There's a more in depth explanation here: http://tinyurl.com/6gxazyt
Of course ars technica has a great article with some funny videos:
http://tinyurl.com/5vxlno8
This one is especially funny to me.
Actually it would be funny if it really was a parody, but it's not a parody, and it's not funny.
When you consider bandwidth, the price of internet in Canada and the US is already the highest in the world. Here is a great study about that: http://tinyurl.com/yk66bn5 Now it looks like Canada is going to drop right off the charts. I might be going back to Fidonet for 56k unlimited.
BTW: I just looked at the contract with my ISP. I pay $34.95 per month (10 gig traffic limit; overusage charge at $10.00 per gig.) This is for a (kinda) 1.5Mbps service. Taking up my calculator I see that downloading a DVD costs about $14. After about 2 and half DVDs the next one costs me $40. Internet radio (128kbps) costs $0.20 per hour for the first 173 hours and $0.57 per hour after that. This is already completely unacceptable. Luckily at the moment they don't bother metering. Hopefully they never will.
I just signed the petition at Stop The Meter petition at: http://StopTheMeter.ca
Here is what they say:
The CRTC just decided to let your Internet Service Provider put a meter on your
Internet!
Bell Canada and other big telecom companies can now freely impose usage-based
billing on independent Internet Service Providers (indie ISPs) and YOU. Big Telecom
companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and
ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.
This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they
do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but
to pay more for less Internet.
This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your
wallet.
We need to stand up for the Internet.
Internet!
Bell Canada and other big telecom companies can now freely impose usage-based
billing on independent Internet Service Providers (indie ISPs) and YOU. Big Telecom
companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and
ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.
This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they
do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but
to pay more for less Internet.
This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your
wallet.
We need to stand up for the Internet.
Of course ars technica has a great article with some funny videos:
http://tinyurl.com/5vxlno8
This one is especially funny to me.
Actually it would be funny if it really was a parody, but it's not a parody, and it's not funny.
When you consider bandwidth, the price of internet in Canada and the US is already the highest in the world. Here is a great study about that: http://tinyurl.com/yk66bn5 Now it looks like Canada is going to drop right off the charts. I might be going back to Fidonet for 56k unlimited.
BTW: I just looked at the contract with my ISP. I pay $34.95 per month (10 gig traffic limit; overusage charge at $10.00 per gig.) This is for a (kinda) 1.5Mbps service. Taking up my calculator I see that downloading a DVD costs about $14. After about 2 and half DVDs the next one costs me $40. Internet radio (128kbps) costs $0.20 per hour for the first 173 hours and $0.57 per hour after that. This is already completely unacceptable. Luckily at the moment they don't bother metering. Hopefully they never will.
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