In Korea and Japan they pay a smaller amount to surf the web than we do. In fact web cafes have become popular for this reason, its really cheap to surf the web. So stop with all these maintenence reason, Bell and Rogers doesn't even give us proper services. Im pretty sure everyone here dreads calling them and have spent hours screaming at them.
I have been told the speed is 10mb......... sorry its upto 10mb....... which means that the hours at which I am on internet............ the speed is going to be like 100kb. Ooops its congestion. and they are not gonna pay you back. A contractor quoting over 20% of estimate is committing fraud. But ISPs are not gonna get charge for providing service of 90% lower than initial estimate. If I am getting charge for the data, then I want the discount for lower utility.
considering the amount of speed we get here in the USA, I get 7mbps and it is fast and love it. A connection that is always on is good, its bullshit that some companies are doing this. High speed internet should be Unlimited, I know mine is!
@TheAngryAmericanwon I am on a 25 gb plan which costs me $39.95 plus tax per month. I wonder what my present Shaw plan will cost now... I also get Cable, so can see my present $135 bill go up, I guess. Who can I gripe to about this (I've signed the petition, but I fear those are always ignored.)
EMO FAG! FUCK BELL, ROGERS ALL THE FAGS WHO CONTROL THE INTERNET! We want unlimited. We pay big bucks for this shit. We want faster internet not slower.
What needs to be driven home to our elected officials is that the billing scheme will increase revenues for the companies who already make excellent profits on these services!! There is a reasonable level of profit in a truly competitive system and they are already above it compared to similar services in other countries, as close as the U.S.A. and as far as Australia.
All of the mainstream parties are in bed with the monopolies. Monopolies cannot exist with out government support, period. Remember the 64 billion dollars handed over to the banks, and the Canadian banks were never in trouble. The answer is simple, we cant support any of them, just don't vote. They will find it impossible to run things with .000001 percent of the vote, only then can things change.
For me personally. I download games I have purchased from steam and this comes to about 30 GB sometimes a month on top of that I am a software engineer so I am constantly using the internet for research and aid. This increase would about triple my cost of internet as I can easily go through 100 GB a month as this guy is doing.
When it comes down to it, these internet providers and also cable and sat providers and they know that medium is dying so they are trying to recoop their loses by increasing internet fees seeing as how it's the net they are loosing their business to.
@Dagens24 Not true, I'm using about 75Gb and its because we use a lot of youtube and gaming, Had university+ work and I go about 75 to 110 GB WITHOUT pirating anything.
This just makes me sad. I'm not a big user of internet, I mean, yes I use it but I'm not a video hopper. I visit mostly text-based sites that don't take up a lot of space. But I'm a university student, and most of my homework is found online. I have to watch documentaries on a regular basis, and that's where my internet is being eaten up. If I can't get online for those, how am I going to pass my classes?
A few weeks ago I did what some might deem impossible or unthinkable: I cancelled cable TV. In retrospect it was long overdue. With today’s technology and high speed internet connections, I can watch most of my favorite shows on-demand with little or no extra cost. Ditto for movies, news, and even some sports.
Thank god for SaskTel: They've never throttled, never capped, and always offered unlimited-usage DSL plans.
If Bell, Rogers and Shaw had their way, though, we'd all be paying by-the-second for the bandwidth PLUS another monthly fee for the "service" and another fee for some made-up bullshit, just like they did with cell phones.
Meanwhile in Seou,l South Korea, you can get 1000 MB/s internet for less than what 10MB/s costs here.
Seriously though, Like the guy in this video I use steam and many other services that can put me over 100gb per month. Already costs 50 something before they change me for overages.
I always get notices from Bell when I hit 75% of my alloted usage, I guess so I won't be shocked when I see that surcharge on my bill for exceeding my allotment. What do they expect!? Our entire world is online now. My kids even have to submit their course selections for the next high school semester online!!
Harper has already said he will look into this before March 1st and possibly overturn the CRTC's position. It's time to email your MP and Harper and demand that UBB be stopped.
Maybe other companies like big game companies or any that has a lot of users using bandwidth for example will even step in if this goes through because everyone will be affected in some way other than Rogers and Bell >_> If it becomes company/corporation fights it will go even farther against these crazy ideas.
So the CRTC is going ahead to give the companies the power to charge more for internet usage. I say let other corporations into Canada to bring some competition to this country. Enough with the money grab. However, I guess less people would spend so much time infront of the computer and do their "socializing" the way it is supposed to be...in person.
@unnoon And what your speed? We also have a few "unlimited" internet here for about the same price, but they are like 5Mbps. Though is this crap pass, I guess we will lose that too.
Platinum Communications already tried to switch everyones unlimited plans to 50gig ($2 per gig over) They sent out letters this month outlining the new plans with the Presidents contact info if anyone had any questions. The guy called me back and explained that the new usage caps are on hold and that he was currently in the process of returning calls from nearly 90% of the people that got the letters.
I currently pay $100/month for a slow 2Mbps unlimited wireless connection, that isn't enough?
Dude unless you live in the US you CAN'T boycott these companies. They own the infrastructure and going to another branded means you're going to a company that is reselling Bell and Rogers infrastructure. You can't get away from it and that's why we have to speak out. If the law is in place to protect us Canadians, it doesn't seem so with all these bullshit policies that the CRTC is implementing.
Demanding that prices be lowered????? What is this fucking bullshit? There shouldn't be prices for using the internet. It costs us enough per month to use it and now we're being charged because we use it? FUCK YOU BELL!!! FUCK YOU ROGERS!!! and if the CRTC doesn't do something then someone will. And governments wonder why people are resorting to violence to get their point across.
I will be OK with UBB but ONLY if fixed monthly fee is removed first. Bell can't have their cake and eat it too. They can either over-price my my bandwidth (speed) or my byte count (usage), not both. If they want UBB, they have to switch to pay-as-you-go first.
I believe in paying for content. I also consider myself a early adopter of technologies like Netflix and steam. That said metered connections are anticompetitive and slows progress of new technologies. What this highlights is that bell and rogers form a monopoly and that the CRTC either got tricked into this or individuals at the CRTC are somehow involved in some form of corruption. In any case I am not at all impressed and I will boycott these companies as a result.
With that said, Canada has one of the highest rate of broadband to the home and some of slowest throughput of the industrialized world. We also pay more for our throughput than others. I want fiber to my door now just like they have in many Japanese cities. Don't tell me I can get faster rates if I pay more. You've kept me at this speed since I've signed-on and I'm still paying the same amount and the global marketplace keep getting faster and spending less.
Apparently CRTC is using 2009 stats that only 6% of internet users are heavy users.... its 2011. Thats 2 years of exponential growth in HD movies and youtube popularity that are not being taken into account, nor is the exponential growth in the coming 2+ years being taken into account.
WTH canadian internet/ and bandwidth is NOTHING compare to japan and they want to increase the prices for something 1/10 of the potiental compare to japan's fiberoptics
on the CRTC website it says :Internet The CRTC does not regulate the rates, quality of service or business practices for Internet service providers. So we can’t pursue complaints about these services for you......
NOT SO TRUE ANYMORE ISNT IT?
everyone go to their website and file complaints. this is the link...
Start your own internet, we have the technonlgy in place, and everyone and their dog has a computer now a days. Having an alternative internet isnt an impossibility. Think about it This isnt about downloading content and maintainance of systems its about information control.
We as canadians cannot allow this. This is not about heavy downloaders vs light serfers, thats what they want you to think so it devides us. This is about information control, they dont want us to know whats going on in the world unless its through their controlled media. I have said this many times before, but its time for an alternative internet. Im starting a small network in my community, We have the technonlgy to do this, so its time to act.
i dont think the CRTC throught it thru just how serious a crime it is to restrict access of information. affordable communication/media is a fundamental right that every citizen holds. this could effectively cut off internet access to millions of people...just imagine the social and cultural implications
@OneManWolfPak Exactly. You hit the nail on the head my friend. Nothing would serve the govs and big corps better than limiting social, national and international information we have access to. Its a bigger WIN (for many reasons) for them overall then seeing DOLLAR signs right now.....
@Crz2B that was my first reaction, the internet (uncontrolled information) is the largest influence on human culture in history. Forget about the pains of paying an extra few bucks a month, how about slowing down social evolution! Corporations are just fat kids who cant keep their hands out of the cookie jar and ya know what i dont blame them, its their nature capitalism depends on it, they are just a symptom of the greater problem that is the monetary system, its time for it to go!
crtc = foreign people telling canadians wat to do go back to your own countries and dictate to your own people this is a suposed to be a free country also in the past 17 years dialup evolved into this what they got now 100+ megabytes per second they make theese krazy fasts connections to the net then the complain and say the nets slowing down what did they think , no household needs 100+mbps nor do most buisnesses they created theese fast connections cause they planned this debate to happpen
If the conservatives JUST prevent UBB before election time, and do not 1. Disband the CRTC 2. Use this moment to create laws that protect consumers in the future. Then they do not deserve anyone’s vote.
This is what happens when everyone expects free movies and music, I bet it's the Movie and Music biz putting pressure on our Gov because they aren't getting paid for the media they produce. They don't talk about that but I bet that's part of the reason.
@MrROTD I agree I see the Movie industry always always complaining about movies over the internet even more than the music industry, so I can see it being part of it, who knows.
As a Computer Engineer I'm going to tell you that the internet works on a per second basis and not a per month basis. The people who want more already pay for the bigger bandwidth. The rest of you are not subsidizing for them.
These fees are just a scam to make money. If Bell is unable to route me my 5Mb/s then they shouldn't have sold me 5Mb/s. It costs them so much per second not per month so don't charge me for BOTH.
You make a great point, I should work out over a month my Mb/s total month and ask for a rebate. I think the biggest crooks are the old fogey's at CRTC...don't even get me started on mobiles
doesnt anyone remember this is what it was like whenn we all first got internet over phone remember you only had a certain amount of internet time this is such a joke. what... our technology gets better but we take steps back what the hell. this is such a fascist idea. its all about control next it will be like the americans and harper will be asking for a internet killswitch,and/or controling our content this is a step to take away our freedoms and we are letting it happen
200 gb at 5 mb is a piece of crab compare to other country but atlease it is a better crab than what the crtc has been proposing. Other country alreadyin the process of bringing fiber optic in to home with one giga bit speed. We talk about Ubb piece of shit
Pro tip: It's cheaper to fill up a 160 GB SSD (which costs $300) and send it to someone with next day shipping than for them to download 160 GB worth of content from your FTP server.
Screw the CRTC, it is obvious that they want to send Canada back a decade in terms of our internet, we already pay the most, have some of the shittiest service wtf
maintain what system? the internet? their profits? the internet was paid for with taxpayer money, then was sold to bell. bell got 4.2 billion in profits last year and maintains a 20% profit margin. canadas internet is one of the slowest most expensive connections in the world. they don't seem to be putting much of that money into upgrading the infrastructure ... it mostly lines their pockets. i thought technology was supposed to become cheaper over time, not more expensive.
visit the CRTC if you want to see a dinosaur in person. The Bell lobbyists walked in and said 'We are in the business of moving data for our customers who are using more than ever! Our prices clearly need to rise exponentialy'. That makes sense.... until you realize that the costs for moving data are largely irrelevant to their business model and that it's the hardware that is actualy the bottom line and their profit margines cover that 200% and more already.
The weakest about this is that they claim to need the money TO MAINTAIN THE NETWORK.
So the government is laying down rules, in benefit of the provider. correct me if i am wrong.
The question is who invested in the network? Canada or the provider? This just looks like a scam to keep competition out and prices soring high all in what seems a whirlpool of corruption.
This is ridiculous. Canada had one of the most expensive internet fees for what we get in the WORLD, and now they are essentially going to double it? WTF?!?
We are NOT demanding the price be lowered. We are demanding the CRTC to overturn their decision to allow Bell and Rogers to "Meter" the ISP's so they can continue to offer unlimited packages. If Bell Is allowed to implement UBB on ISP's (even @ 300GB and $.2/ GB overusage) they still win. Little by little they will carve away at our internet untill it is fullu in their control.
Damn old fucks who only send an email a month. "why should you pay the same for a chocolate bar as me, when I only take a byte Or 2.. I demand the price of chocolate bars go up to $50 because I'm an old wrinkled piece of shit who doesn't know how to use technology and want to pay more for less. Get off my lawn!"
well, first I turned off my cell phone and stopped using it but carry it incase of an emergency, with cards. Then I gave up on $12 movies. The lame content expensive cable tv. Then books that are 30% more in Canada even though the dollar has been even for years.
They finally found where I'm hiding and downloading HIGH VALUE and they are going to teach us all for not bending over and taking it.
cost to bell= 1cent/gig............... taking MORE of your paycheque: priceless!
I guest only one man can help us as he help so many other with vehicle registration tax...guest who is it...mayor Rob Ford...may be he can help with this....just may be....heheheh
@ravenq360 there is already an inquiry has to why crtc approved this crap, the conservitives announced today that they looking into why crtc gave in soo easily to bell. check the news tonight and you will know more
@darkblood626 Didn't Canada just get NextFlix recently within the past couple months or so? You are right, a lot of companies are probably going to loose many Canadian consumers, Blizzard & Steam for example. If this goes through, my roommates and I are cancelling our internet services... I wonder how this will affect Wi-Fi accessibility in schools etc...
Can anyone provide a citation for the one to three cents per Gig of data that it costs the provider. I keep hearing that it only costs Bell/Rogers a couple of cents per Gig but cannot find anything to support this claim.
Hey. He has Steam. Of course he is not stupid and he is right about the bandwidth cap. Long live the dedicated game servers (if xbox users want to host black ops servers and piss their ISP upload more and get them pissed...screw u). PC > Consoles.
You will exceed 25GB in exactly 5000 seconds using Bell's highest speed plan. That's 1 hour and 23 minutes.
In less than an hour and a half, Bell will be charging you $2.
They are killing innovation and small businesses who want to host their own serves in Canada. The bill was passed by old morons who are too stupid to use a computer, idiots who are out of touch with the needs of a modern society because their generation didn't have technology.
i like how propaganda works.. she says it is going to get more expensive like it will happen regardless what we do. Guess again. ANON has ways of righting wrongs..go ahead try and do this ..let's see what happens shall we. ps this is more about control..they will then censor which they are starting to do..crtc dictates canadian content need i say more. . im mad as hell and i won't take it anymore
What the hell? Who said anything about "having a fridge in your house"? LOL!
Channel the hostility into something productive instead of using up your Internet trolling people. I'm not attacking you, I'm not stupid, and I'm not the enemy. You wanna get people on board with your cause? You can start by treating them fairly, not like idiots. You've lost a potential signee to the petition. You could have convinced me, not attacked me. Be PERSUASIVE, not divisive.
I used to work for Bell. Believe me, it is an evil, evil corporation, that doesn't give two shits about its customers. It sees them as walking piles of cash who are too stupid to realize that it's screwing them over for everything they're worth or too lazy to do anything about it.
Prove them wrong. Sign the petition. Write your MPs. Make it clear that your votes in the next election (which might be very soon) will go to the politicians who most strongly oppose this.
@ElJulioso I also worked for a Bell mobility call center. I've worked for about 20 companies.. many of them shady but nothing as bad as Bell. Rogers isn't much better.
People should sign the partition online. Make this hard for them in any way you can. The internet is one of the real last freedoms we have left and we are on the verge of losing it.
This is actually the first part in a much bigger plan which is to totally control and regulate the internet - turning it into something like TV.
@SteelRocker Yes, control of the internet is a huge concern. Think of all the things we do online... banking, social media, e-mail, obviously YouTube, news... many people even need the internet for their work. Corporations are pushing to make the internet super-expensive, governments are pushing to be able to monitor people's internet activity, and it's primarily the small ISPs fighting back. If the internet becomes more controlled, monitored, and restricted, we are in for some dark days indeed.
@lonewolf2852 Demand HAS increased and continues to increase. I'm not talking about the petition; I agree that these corporations' pricing methods are exploitative and wrong. Free market capitalism as it exists here and now, though, is undeniably geared toward monopoly and anticompetitive behaviour. It's wrong but it's how big business works. I just wish Canadians would get as up in arms over REAL necessities - like food, shelter, and medical care.
@samolylrac Believe me, if a group forced grocery stores to double my cost of food while limiting my food choices, or forced my landlady to double my rent while reducing the size of my apartment, or somehow forced me to use medical care twice as much, I'd be up in arms about that as well.
I'm surprised at the outrage... this is plain old capitalism folks... demand increases, so the price does, too. Also, isn't it kind of freaky that people consider having a huge amount of bandwidth "a necessity"?
@samolylrac We're not demanding more, we're demanding things stay the same. They're asking more money for a reduced service. As a matter of fact what is REALLY going on is one company is demanding that another charges more money on its behalf for a reduced service. This isn't capitalism it's anticompetitive behaviour.
@samolylrac is it kind of freaky that you consider having a fridge in your house "a necessity"? thats what progress is bud. You know it seems there are 2 types of people arguing this, those that understand the issues of net neutrality and competition, and those that are content to blurt out "DURRR PAY FOR WHAT YA 'FOLKS' USE OR WE'LL RUN OUT OF INTERNET DURRRR..."
@samolylrac No, this is capitalism with regulation, and a regulation that's controlled by the biggest corporations in order to prevent competition, which in effect enables them to avoid the healthy competition that's an essential part of capatalism. Also, no, the amount of bandwidth that now triggers overage charges is not huge, and it's easily exceeded by uses that are not at all freaky - such as working from home or using online media - do those freak you out? Does Youtube freak you out?
@samolylrac we all know it doesn't cost much to make a chocolate bar, its a deceit price comparing what it takes to get it to you but they dont charge $5 for a bar. we are already the most expensive country in the world to have internet and cellphone service, why do will need to screw the little guy even more
It's time for us to declare war against Bell (and Rogers too) and choke their revenue streams. If you get a call from a telemarketer representing Bell, don't let them say a word and say "Because of UBB, you are dead to me" and hang up right away. Look for alternatives for landline, internet, and wireless services or least find ways to minimize their profits. Educate everyone you know why UBB will hinder the prosperity of Canada. WE CANNOT LET DOWN!
WOAH! Did I read that right? Bell charge $65/month for a 4GB cap? If that's the case, why would ANYONE EVER use Bell? I'm paying $50/month with a 60GB cap. I usually use about 40GB, so I'm not too bad off, but who knows what will happen when this goes through, and it will. CRTC don't give a shit about anyone but the people who line their pockets, and that sure as shit isn't us.
Sign the petition if you wish but its not going to change anything. The only way to get what we want is by the use of numbers and guns. That's right, I'm advocating that we storm the offices of Rogers and hold the corporate fatcats hostage at the point of a muzzle! Of course I'm not advocating that, I'm an internet junky which means I'm fat, lazy and overall inept at everything that encompasses the so called real world. I'll just drown my sorrow in a bottle of tequila, and more surfing now.
@djkramnik Well, replace "offices of Rogers" with "headquarters of CRTC", and I'll meet you there. CRTC needs to be fucking abolished. It does NOTHING to help Canadian individuals anymore, which it was intended to. It's just a tool of big corporations to screw those it was initially created to help.
This is disgusting move by our treacherous internet providers. They have a monopoly and they use that to collude against us for their personal benifit.
People are just talking about movies. But what about games bought online? 4.5-11 gb each. What about HD live streams? What about constant surfing from more then one person in the household at a time?
Americans are laughing at us.
Canada is a joke.
SENTRY000 1 month ago
this is crap - just a stupid explanation to justify their greed.
CodeMonkeyi 1 month ago
up next... CBC Explains Racketeering and Embezzlement :)
JackHabbit 2 months ago
go to primus.ca for 36.95$ month you can get unlimted highspeed internet
hi4411 6 months ago
Gotta watch this in 240p before I go over the limit. Fucking UBB.
NoobsAreUsh 6 months ago 4
UBB is a giant scam...
Rise up and fight bell/rogers and any ISP that try to scam users with these insane limits and charges!
megamogx 6 months ago
In Korea and Japan they pay a smaller amount to surf the web than we do. In fact web cafes have become popular for this reason, its really cheap to surf the web. So stop with all these maintenence reason, Bell and Rogers doesn't even give us proper services. Im pretty sure everyone here dreads calling them and have spent hours screaming at them.
lilian23910 10 months ago
im still paying
ChR0n1ksGames 10 months ago
didn't the government overturn this?
ig33ve 10 months ago
I have been told the speed is 10mb......... sorry its upto 10mb....... which means that the hours at which I am on internet............ the speed is going to be like 100kb. Ooops its congestion. and they are not gonna pay you back. A contractor quoting over 20% of estimate is committing fraud. But ISPs are not gonna get charge for providing service of 90% lower than initial estimate. If I am getting charge for the data, then I want the discount for lower utility.
sobank 10 months ago
dang now thats emo, grew up with the wrong crowd oh well it is what it is
kebbun1 10 months ago
considering the amount of speed we get here in the USA, I get 7mbps and it is fast and love it. A connection that is always on is good, its bullshit that some companies are doing this. High speed internet should be Unlimited, I know mine is!
TheAngryAmericanwon 11 months ago
@TheAngryAmericanwon I am on a 25 gb plan which costs me $39.95 plus tax per month. I wonder what my present Shaw plan will cost now... I also get Cable, so can see my present $135 bill go up, I guess. Who can I gripe to about this (I've signed the petition, but I fear those are always ignored.)
gilknutson 7 months ago
@gilknutson thats for cable though.... I have DSL which there is not limit of usage!
TheAngryAmericanwon 7 months ago
Amazing how many apologists/cable company employees lurk here. UBB SUCKS ASS.
MacHamish 11 months ago
EMO FAG! FUCK BELL, ROGERS ALL THE FAGS WHO CONTROL THE INTERNET! We want unlimited. We pay big bucks for this shit. We want faster internet not slower.
Hossified 11 months ago
hahaha nice hair what a loser
cyaard 11 months ago
100 GB a month?? I think if people weren't such consumers this wouldn't be such a problem.
Lambert06Pasquale06 11 months ago
What needs to be driven home to our elected officials is that the billing scheme will increase revenues for the companies who already make excellent profits on these services!! There is a reasonable level of profit in a truly competitive system and they are already above it compared to similar services in other countries, as close as the U.S.A. and as far as Australia.
yagro1 11 months ago
We canceled our TV service to save money because we get charged 50 extra dollars on the internet a month.
CanadianLPer 11 months ago
All of the mainstream parties are in bed with the monopolies. Monopolies cannot exist with out government support, period. Remember the 64 billion dollars handed over to the banks, and the Canadian banks were never in trouble. The answer is simple, we cant support any of them, just don't vote. They will find it impossible to run things with .000001 percent of the vote, only then can things change.
ve3tru 11 months ago
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Rawful42 11 months ago
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Rawful42 11 months ago
For me personally. I download games I have purchased from steam and this comes to about 30 GB sometimes a month on top of that I am a software engineer so I am constantly using the internet for research and aid. This increase would about triple my cost of internet as I can easily go through 100 GB a month as this guy is doing.
guamTheFear 11 months ago
When it comes down to it, these internet providers and also cable and sat providers and they know that medium is dying so they are trying to recoop their loses by increasing internet fees seeing as how it's the net they are loosing their business to.
Dagens24 11 months ago
In all fairness if that dude is using 100gb a month there is NO WAY he's not pirating shit.
Listen, I'm against UBB but the average consumer would not notice an increase in expense, it's the pirates who would mostly.
Dagens24 11 months ago
@Dagens24 Not true, I'm using about 75Gb and its because we use a lot of youtube and gaming, Had university+ work and I go about 75 to 110 GB WITHOUT pirating anything.
killy123456789 11 months ago
This just makes me sad. I'm not a big user of internet, I mean, yes I use it but I'm not a video hopper. I visit mostly text-based sites that don't take up a lot of space. But I'm a university student, and most of my homework is found online. I have to watch documentaries on a regular basis, and that's where my internet is being eaten up. If I can't get online for those, how am I going to pass my classes?
Suppystar 11 months ago
CBC is the only one covering this. You won't see CTV (owned by bell) or Global (owned by shaw) covering these issues.
Tapewormz 11 months ago
A few weeks ago I did what some might deem impossible or unthinkable: I cancelled cable TV. In retrospect it was long overdue. With today’s technology and high speed internet connections, I can watch most of my favorite shows on-demand with little or no extra cost. Ditto for movies, news, and even some sports.
wpniabbc 11 months ago
oui cest vrait
MegaJackyman 1 year ago
internet will bee like petrol in 2020
reeteep 1 year ago
Thank god for SaskTel: They've never throttled, never capped, and always offered unlimited-usage DSL plans.
If Bell, Rogers and Shaw had their way, though, we'd all be paying by-the-second for the bandwidth PLUS another monthly fee for the "service" and another fee for some made-up bullshit, just like they did with cell phones.
Meanwhile in Seou,l South Korea, you can get 1000 MB/s internet for less than what 10MB/s costs here.
FuckYouLetMeLogIn 1 year ago
Seriously though, Like the guy in this video I use steam and many other services that can put me over 100gb per month. Already costs 50 something before they change me for overages.
nitrox255 1 year ago
I see a companion cube! woo
nitrox255 1 year ago
I always get notices from Bell when I hit 75% of my alloted usage, I guess so I won't be shocked when I see that surcharge on my bill for exceeding my allotment. What do they expect!? Our entire world is online now. My kids even have to submit their course selections for the next high school semester online!!
1959annieo 1 year ago
Harper has already said he will look into this before March 1st and possibly overturn the CRTC's position. It's time to email your MP and Harper and demand that UBB be stopped.
rockinguys 1 year ago
Maybe other companies like big game companies or any that has a lot of users using bandwidth for example will even step in if this goes through because everyone will be affected in some way other than Rogers and Bell >_> If it becomes company/corporation fights it will go even farther against these crazy ideas.
DarkR27 1 year ago
leave it up to CBC to interview the last emo kid in canada and mr.clean
MiddleClothing 1 year ago
@MiddleClothing
Emo kid and Mr Clean lol they do look like that all this vid needed was a guy who resembles Mr T.
avmf8 1 year ago
I don't think anybody in Canada wants that to happen.
snowsfater 1 year ago
the guy has Steam! nice :)
rebelyell1983x 1 year ago
canada is a third world country when it comes to internet. they should remove content rules so canadians can watch more american programming.
lvll138inrs 1 year ago
So the CRTC is going ahead to give the companies the power to charge more for internet usage. I say let other corporations into Canada to bring some competition to this country. Enough with the money grab. However, I guess less people would spend so much time infront of the computer and do their "socializing" the way it is supposed to be...in person.
greggerf 1 year ago
I have unlimited internet for 15€ a month.
Now I made you guys jelouse :D
unnoon 1 year ago
@unnoon Where do you live? I bet its government isn't as corrupt and dominated by big corporations as Canada...
ElJulioso 1 year ago
@ElJulioso
The netherlands / holland
unnoon 1 year ago
@unnoon And what your speed? We also have a few "unlimited" internet here for about the same price, but they are like 5Mbps. Though is this crap pass, I guess we will lose that too.
atersky 1 year ago
@atersky
I don't really know, but I think somewhere between 20-50mbps.
unnoon 1 year ago
Friends you need to wacth this
nathansstudios 1 year ago
I knew this would.happen only the Wealthy will be able to afford Internet!!!...
m00se321 1 year ago
Platinum Communications already tried to switch everyones unlimited plans to 50gig ($2 per gig over) They sent out letters this month outlining the new plans with the Presidents contact info if anyone had any questions. The guy called me back and explained that the new usage caps are on hold and that he was currently in the process of returning calls from nearly 90% of the people that got the letters.
I currently pay $100/month for a slow 2Mbps unlimited wireless connection, that isn't enough?
Chopchopchop 1 year ago
Shaw Communications announced Tuesday it is suspending its plan to charge customers for going over their Internet usage limits.
And company president Peter Bissonnette suggested flat-rate, unlimited Internet service is an option that could be considered in new plans.
The company will consult with the public for two months, then weigh its options and announce a new service plan later this spring.
wpniabbc 1 year ago
@ thecount,
Dude unless you live in the US you CAN'T boycott these companies. They own the infrastructure and going to another branded means you're going to a company that is reselling Bell and Rogers infrastructure. You can't get away from it and that's why we have to speak out. If the law is in place to protect us Canadians, it doesn't seem so with all these bullshit policies that the CRTC is implementing.
pabloottawa 1 year ago
Demanding that prices be lowered????? What is this fucking bullshit? There shouldn't be prices for using the internet. It costs us enough per month to use it and now we're being charged because we use it? FUCK YOU BELL!!! FUCK YOU ROGERS!!! and if the CRTC doesn't do something then someone will. And governments wonder why people are resorting to violence to get their point across.
pabloottawa 1 year ago
I will be OK with UBB but ONLY if fixed monthly fee is removed first. Bell can't have their cake and eat it too. They can either over-price my my bandwidth (speed) or my byte count (usage), not both. If they want UBB, they have to switch to pay-as-you-go first.
gullumia 1 year ago
I believe in paying for content. I also consider myself a early adopter of technologies like Netflix and steam. That said metered connections are anticompetitive and slows progress of new technologies. What this highlights is that bell and rogers form a monopoly and that the CRTC either got tricked into this or individuals at the CRTC are somehow involved in some form of corruption. In any case I am not at all impressed and I will boycott these companies as a result.
thecount25 1 year ago 2
Is the UBB stopped now? or do i have to pay now if i use internet to much?
StarcraftHybrid 1 year ago
With that said, Canada has one of the highest rate of broadband to the home and some of slowest throughput of the industrialized world. We also pay more for our throughput than others. I want fiber to my door now just like they have in many Japanese cities. Don't tell me I can get faster rates if I pay more. You've kept me at this speed since I've signed-on and I'm still paying the same amount and the global marketplace keep getting faster and spending less.
wpniabbc 1 year ago
Apparently CRTC is using 2009 stats that only 6% of internet users are heavy users.... its 2011. Thats 2 years of exponential growth in HD movies and youtube popularity that are not being taken into account, nor is the exponential growth in the coming 2+ years being taken into account.
twadsy 1 year ago 2
@twadsy What about the increase in bandwidth AVAILABLE from technology improvement? Or are you ignoring that part?
Spotpuff 11 months ago
Am i the only one who noticed the companion cube behind the guy at 0:28?
Funny thing is, i actually HAVE that plush too lmao...
iBenedetto 1 year ago 2
WTH canadian internet/ and bandwidth is NOTHING compare to japan and they want to increase the prices for something 1/10 of the potiental compare to japan's fiberoptics
asdasd699 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
on the CRTC website it says :Internet The CRTC does not regulate the rates, quality of service or business practices for Internet service providers. So we can’t pursue complaints about these services for you......
NOT SO TRUE ANYMORE ISNT IT?
everyone go to their website and file complaints. this is the link...
crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/warning.a sp?page=internetEng.htm&lang=E
fusedblue 1 year ago
Start your own internet, we have the technonlgy in place, and everyone and their dog has a computer now a days. Having an alternative internet isnt an impossibility. Think about it This isnt about downloading content and maintainance of systems its about information control.
evildevinity 1 year ago 2
LOL. Bell says that money is used to maintain its system?
It costs them 1 CENT for every gig.
ben3600 1 year ago
We as canadians cannot allow this. This is not about heavy downloaders vs light serfers, thats what they want you to think so it devides us. This is about information control, they dont want us to know whats going on in the world unless its through their controlled media. I have said this many times before, but its time for an alternative internet. Im starting a small network in my community, We have the technonlgy to do this, so its time to act.
evildevinity 1 year ago 23
@evildevinity I AGREE!!!
m00se321 10 months ago
i dont think the CRTC throught it thru just how serious a crime it is to restrict access of information. affordable communication/media is a fundamental right that every citizen holds. this could effectively cut off internet access to millions of people...just imagine the social and cultural implications
OneManWolfPak 1 year ago 2
@OneManWolfPak Exactly. You hit the nail on the head my friend. Nothing would serve the govs and big corps better than limiting social, national and international information we have access to. Its a bigger WIN (for many reasons) for them overall then seeing DOLLAR signs right now.....
Crz2B 1 year ago
@Crz2B that was my first reaction, the internet (uncontrolled information) is the largest influence on human culture in history. Forget about the pains of paying an extra few bucks a month, how about slowing down social evolution! Corporations are just fat kids who cant keep their hands out of the cookie jar and ya know what i dont blame them, its their nature capitalism depends on it, they are just a symptom of the greater problem that is the monetary system, its time for it to go!
OneManWolfPak 1 year ago
'Results of on-line petition', now transfered to desktop 'Recycle Bin'
Pressed delete.
Message:
'Are you sure you want to delete 'Results of on-line petition'.
Selected 'Yes'.
*scrunchy sound.
OzzyPatriot 1 year ago
Another scam....bandwith cost nothing in actuality
RP4409 1 year ago
crtc = foreign people telling canadians wat to do go back to your own countries and dictate to your own people this is a suposed to be a free country also in the past 17 years dialup evolved into this what they got now 100+ megabytes per second they make theese krazy fasts connections to the net then the complain and say the nets slowing down what did they think , no household needs 100+mbps nor do most buisnesses they created theese fast connections cause they planned this debate to happpen
IpeoplerthepowerI 1 year ago
PLEASE EVERYONE, GO SIGN THE PETITION!
kleenyyy 1 year ago 3
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If the conservatives JUST prevent UBB before election time, and do not 1. Disband the CRTC 2. Use this moment to create laws that protect consumers in the future. Then they do not deserve anyone’s vote.
Enlight3nd 1 year ago
This is what happens when everyone expects free movies and music, I bet it's the Movie and Music biz putting pressure on our Gov because they aren't getting paid for the media they produce. They don't talk about that but I bet that's part of the reason.
MrROTD 1 year ago
@MrROTD I agree I see the Movie industry always always complaining about movies over the internet even more than the music industry, so I can see it being part of it, who knows.
DarkR27 1 year ago
As a Computer Engineer I'm going to tell you that the internet works on a per second basis and not a per month basis. The people who want more already pay for the bigger bandwidth. The rest of you are not subsidizing for them.
These fees are just a scam to make money. If Bell is unable to route me my 5Mb/s then they shouldn't have sold me 5Mb/s. It costs them so much per second not per month so don't charge me for BOTH.
Kirkulez 1 year ago 46
@Kirkulez Good explanation.
gpooj 1 year ago
@Kirkulez
You make a great point, I should work out over a month my Mb/s total month and ask for a rebate. I think the biggest crooks are the old fogey's at CRTC...don't even get me started on mobiles
johnsampson03 11 months ago
doesnt anyone remember this is what it was like whenn we all first got internet over phone remember you only had a certain amount of internet time this is such a joke. what... our technology gets better but we take steps back what the hell. this is such a fascist idea. its all about control next it will be like the americans and harper will be asking for a internet killswitch,and/or controling our content this is a step to take away our freedoms and we are letting it happen
TheRealmetal666 1 year ago
200 gb at 5 mb is a piece of crab compare to other country but atlease it is a better crab than what the crtc has been proposing. Other country alreadyin the process of bringing fiber optic in to home with one giga bit speed. We talk about Ubb piece of shit
ravenq360 1 year ago
@freethetruthIarry
how mature
LifesSoSweet 1 year ago
Hey, support the efforts to repeal UBB, or Brody might start cutting himself again.
CPRailRTC 1 year ago
SOMEONE SHOULD BE FIRED FOR MAKING CANADIANS ANGRY FOR NO REASON! SINCE THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS PASSING, WHO PULLED THE FIRE ALARM?
Enlight3nd 1 year ago
@Enlight3nd Don't kid yourself this will pass watch and see.
evildevinity 1 year ago
Pro tip: It's cheaper to fill up a 160 GB SSD (which costs $300) and send it to someone with next day shipping than for them to download 160 GB worth of content from your FTP server.
Adriankat 1 year ago
Hot tip: If you hold shift while you are pressing volume up/down it won't make the quack sound on your OSX.
deftoners 1 year ago
@deftoners hot tip, you can disable the sound permanently
MrROTD 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
What a bunch of douche bags..
ojibwayjayceon2 1 year ago
well i guess writting to our MP'S and signing the petition worked, today the government is overturning CRTC'S decision
we won :)
mejw1 1 year ago
@mejw1 We didnt win anything the decision is up for revew for 60 days, we will be getting these new rules in may
evildevinity 1 year ago
This is unacceptable. Sign the petition.
zev007 1 year ago
This is like telling the people that from now on they'll only get so much oxygen to breathe, and better stop all that running.
bodryn 1 year ago
that fucking sad :( what about playing games on steam like counter strike source... that bull shit
Xfirenova2 1 year ago
Screw the CRTC, it is obvious that they want to send Canada back a decade in terms of our internet, we already pay the most, have some of the shittiest service wtf
Zyphyr104 1 year ago 2
I thought my mac f12 button was stuck lol
TornTech 1 year ago
Yeah, we should have invade Canada...
If not that, at least some of us yanks should firebomb this vile scum.
SamPD2 1 year ago
@SamPD2 you tried to in 1812 we came back and burned down your white house.... but feel free to take extreme measures against the CRTC.
megabeaver23 1 year ago
maintain what system? the internet? their profits? the internet was paid for with taxpayer money, then was sold to bell. bell got 4.2 billion in profits last year and maintains a 20% profit margin. canadas internet is one of the slowest most expensive connections in the world. they don't seem to be putting much of that money into upgrading the infrastructure ... it mostly lines their pockets. i thought technology was supposed to become cheaper over time, not more expensive.
Montork 1 year ago
All i want is internet service comparable to Europe! how is that too much to ask?
ISP's place us in the 3rd world country of the internet.
leerman22 1 year ago
visit the CRTC if you want to see a dinosaur in person. The Bell lobbyists walked in and said 'We are in the business of moving data for our customers who are using more than ever! Our prices clearly need to rise exponentialy'. That makes sense.... until you realize that the costs for moving data are largely irrelevant to their business model and that it's the hardware that is actualy the bottom line and their profit margines cover that 200% and more already.
wingsofinsanity42 1 year ago
The weakest about this is that they claim to need the money TO MAINTAIN THE NETWORK.
So the government is laying down rules, in benefit of the provider. correct me if i am wrong.
The question is who invested in the network? Canada or the provider? This just looks like a scam to keep competition out and prices soring high all in what seems a whirlpool of corruption.
WUYTS5 1 year ago
This is ridiculous. Canada had one of the most expensive internet fees for what we get in the WORLD, and now they are essentially going to double it? WTF?!?
assassin801 1 year ago
We are NOT demanding the price be lowered. We are demanding the CRTC to overturn their decision to allow Bell and Rogers to "Meter" the ISP's so they can continue to offer unlimited packages. If Bell Is allowed to implement UBB on ISP's (even @ 300GB and $.2/ GB overusage) they still win. Little by little they will carve away at our internet untill it is fullu in their control.
STOP THE METER... not control it.
kenrogue 1 year ago
Damn old fucks who only send an email a month. "why should you pay the same for a chocolate bar as me, when I only take a byte Or 2.. I demand the price of chocolate bars go up to $50 because I'm an old wrinkled piece of shit who doesn't know how to use technology and want to pay more for less. Get off my lawn!"
bumr055 1 year ago
well, first I turned off my cell phone and stopped using it but carry it incase of an emergency, with cards. Then I gave up on $12 movies. The lame content expensive cable tv. Then books that are 30% more in Canada even though the dollar has been even for years.
They finally found where I'm hiding and downloading HIGH VALUE and they are going to teach us all for not bending over and taking it.
cost to bell= 1cent/gig............... taking MORE of your paycheque: priceless!
hapelliotte 1 year ago
LOL the Mac Sounds at the beggining from someone turning up the volume =D
TheVideosWePost 1 year ago
I guest only one man can help us as he help so many other with vehicle registration tax...guest who is it...mayor Rob Ford...may be he can help with this....just may be....heheheh
ravenq360 1 year ago
This reminds me of that new T-Mobile Commercial. "It costs you more for less... makes sense if you don't think about it".
whimsicalcharm1 1 year ago
'he'
86108610 1 year ago
Man!!!! We need a public inquiry at the crtc. This is a serious
ravenq360 1 year ago
@ravenq360 there is already an inquiry has to why crtc approved this crap, the conservitives announced today that they looking into why crtc gave in soo easily to bell. check the news tonight and you will know more
mejw1 1 year ago
Charging you more for less
Good by net fliX good by online gaming downloading games through steam no way
MMO’s like world at war craft will die if this will is allowed to fly
darkblood626 1 year ago
@darkblood626 Didn't Canada just get NextFlix recently within the past couple months or so? You are right, a lot of companies are probably going to loose many Canadian consumers, Blizzard & Steam for example. If this goes through, my roommates and I are cancelling our internet services... I wonder how this will affect Wi-Fi accessibility in schools etc...
Obuzzerbee 1 year ago
on the news right now, harper and the conservitives announced they will look into why crtc approved the decision and they may over rule
mejw1 1 year ago
Bell says their high prices are to maintain their equipment. I wonder how ISP's in the States can maintain their equipment with such minimal costs?
jstamand 1 year ago
Can anyone provide a citation for the one to three cents per Gig of data that it costs the provider. I keep hearing that it only costs Bell/Rogers a couple of cents per Gig but cannot find anything to support this claim.
eastendtony 1 year ago
Hey. He has Steam. Of course he is not stupid and he is right about the bandwidth cap. Long live the dedicated game servers (if xbox users want to host black ops servers and piss their ISP upload more and get them pissed...screw u). PC > Consoles.
0cTeT 1 year ago
BELL ET ROGERS EST MERDE
MACKBOOK123456 1 year ago 38
Fuck BELL.
You will exceed 25GB in exactly 5000 seconds using Bell's highest speed plan. That's 1 hour and 23 minutes.
In less than an hour and a half, Bell will be charging you $2.
They are killing innovation and small businesses who want to host their own serves in Canada. The bill was passed by old morons who are too stupid to use a computer, idiots who are out of touch with the needs of a modern society because their generation didn't have technology.
FUCK BELL. FUCK HARPER.
BOYCOTT!
67576856666478964567 1 year ago 4
@67576856666478964567 harper just announced that they will investigate crtc's decision and may stop it. check the news now
mejw1 1 year ago
This is the pay off to the Media providers for the silence on 9/11
9/11 was an inside job... and the media went along with it...
I told you fool'z not to fck with me... I'll wiki-leak my doc's on line now...
London Bridge is falling down!
frogman2010 1 year ago
What's the difference between Egypt and Canada!
Global warming haha 40c to -40c ...Who is going to protest when it's -40c on Parliament Hill !
frogman2010 1 year ago
I think this is just pure greed.
xnowellx 1 year ago 3
If they do this people will eventually stop using the internet and then they'l be broke!
bobcatnickrocks 1 year ago 2
what a monopoly that has gone to far
formin9 1 year ago
Companion cube plushie! I like this guy.
ShantiAumShantiAum 1 year ago
@ShantiAumShantiAum I was just about to comment on that myself :)
endocondor 1 year ago
Maintain? You're destroying the country Bell!
moatartareque 1 year ago 2
FUCK CTRC FIND AN UNDER THE TABLE SERVICE>> CONSERVATIVE? MY ASS LOOKS LIKE WE"RE RUN BY COMMUNIST MOTHERFUCKERS
hawtringtonz 1 year ago
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FUCK YOU BELL AND ROGERS, DIE IN A FIRE! I
Enlight3nd 1 year ago
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FUCK YOU BELL AND ROGERS, DIE IN A FIRE! I
Enlight3nd 1 year ago
Up to almost 190,000 now.
Ardnived 1 year ago
i like how propaganda works.. she says it is going to get more expensive like it will happen regardless what we do. Guess again. ANON has ways of righting wrongs..go ahead try and do this ..let's see what happens shall we. ps this is more about control..they will then censor which they are starting to do..crtc dictates canadian content need i say more. . im mad as hell and i won't take it anymore
yappertrap 1 year ago
What the hell? Who said anything about "having a fridge in your house"? LOL!
Channel the hostility into something productive instead of using up your Internet trolling people. I'm not attacking you, I'm not stupid, and I'm not the enemy. You wanna get people on board with your cause? You can start by treating them fairly, not like idiots. You've lost a potential signee to the petition. You could have convinced me, not attacked me. Be PERSUASIVE, not divisive.
Good luck.
samolylrac 1 year ago
I used to work for Bell. Believe me, it is an evil, evil corporation, that doesn't give two shits about its customers. It sees them as walking piles of cash who are too stupid to realize that it's screwing them over for everything they're worth or too lazy to do anything about it.
Prove them wrong. Sign the petition. Write your MPs. Make it clear that your votes in the next election (which might be very soon) will go to the politicians who most strongly oppose this.
ElJulioso 1 year ago 82
@ElJulioso I also worked for a Bell mobility call center. I've worked for about 20 companies.. many of them shady but nothing as bad as Bell. Rogers isn't much better.
People should sign the partition online. Make this hard for them in any way you can. The internet is one of the real last freedoms we have left and we are on the verge of losing it.
This is actually the first part in a much bigger plan which is to totally control and regulate the internet - turning it into something like TV.
SteelRocker 1 year ago
@SteelRocker Yes, control of the internet is a huge concern. Think of all the things we do online... banking, social media, e-mail, obviously YouTube, news... many people even need the internet for their work. Corporations are pushing to make the internet super-expensive, governments are pushing to be able to monitor people's internet activity, and it's primarily the small ISPs fighting back. If the internet becomes more controlled, monitored, and restricted, we are in for some dark days indeed.
ElJulioso 1 year ago
bandwidth usages last month .5tb+/-
plasmar1 1 year ago
@lonewolf2852 Demand HAS increased and continues to increase. I'm not talking about the petition; I agree that these corporations' pricing methods are exploitative and wrong. Free market capitalism as it exists here and now, though, is undeniably geared toward monopoly and anticompetitive behaviour. It's wrong but it's how big business works. I just wish Canadians would get as up in arms over REAL necessities - like food, shelter, and medical care.
Best of luck with the petition (truly).
samolylrac 1 year ago
@samolylrac Believe me, if a group forced grocery stores to double my cost of food while limiting my food choices, or forced my landlady to double my rent while reducing the size of my apartment, or somehow forced me to use medical care twice as much, I'd be up in arms about that as well.
OakAged72 1 year ago
I'm surprised at the outrage... this is plain old capitalism folks... demand increases, so the price does, too. Also, isn't it kind of freaky that people consider having a huge amount of bandwidth "a necessity"?
samolylrac 1 year ago
@samolylrac We're not demanding more, we're demanding things stay the same. They're asking more money for a reduced service. As a matter of fact what is REALLY going on is one company is demanding that another charges more money on its behalf for a reduced service. This isn't capitalism it's anticompetitive behaviour.
lonewolf2852 1 year ago
@samolylrac is it kind of freaky that you consider having a fridge in your house "a necessity"? thats what progress is bud. You know it seems there are 2 types of people arguing this, those that understand the issues of net neutrality and competition, and those that are content to blurt out "DURRR PAY FOR WHAT YA 'FOLKS' USE OR WE'LL RUN OUT OF INTERNET DURRRR..."
evilfishtank00 1 year ago
@samolylrac No, this is capitalism with regulation, and a regulation that's controlled by the biggest corporations in order to prevent competition, which in effect enables them to avoid the healthy competition that's an essential part of capatalism. Also, no, the amount of bandwidth that now triggers overage charges is not huge, and it's easily exceeded by uses that are not at all freaky - such as working from home or using online media - do those freak you out? Does Youtube freak you out?
OakAged72 1 year ago
@samolylrac we all know it doesn't cost much to make a chocolate bar, its a deceit price comparing what it takes to get it to you but they dont charge $5 for a bar. we are already the most expensive country in the world to have internet and cellphone service, why do will need to screw the little guy even more
mejw1 1 year ago
Steam at 0:46
jimmayl1 1 year ago
ANYONE that tries to convince u that boycotting or petitioning is useless is undermining our cause to have the recent changes revoked
rkky 1 year ago
Wtf... Is this real? In year 2011?! Cmon
QPOproZaC 1 year ago
Canada has never had good internet but now it's even worse that before. Sucks to be Canadian.
dingumfCallofDuty 1 year ago
this is fucking pathetic. why are we going backwards? all that potential...
TheBappul 1 year ago 2
It's time for us to declare war against Bell (and Rogers too) and choke their revenue streams. If you get a call from a telemarketer representing Bell, don't let them say a word and say "Because of UBB, you are dead to me" and hang up right away. Look for alternatives for landline, internet, and wireless services or least find ways to minimize their profits. Educate everyone you know why UBB will hinder the prosperity of Canada. WE CANNOT LET DOWN!
bbruzzes 1 year ago 2
Brody = bro.
He has a campanion cube plushie and plays games. (steam)
Centribo 1 year ago
We need to get medieval on CRTC and BHell's asses!
Hold a mass protest against this INJUSTICE!!
JDubs878 1 year ago
this is terrible... btw on a side note anyone see the companion cube from portal?
vultwaz 1 year ago
Meanwhile in hong kong:
1000 MBPS download speeed !
Unlimited download !
Over 30 GB upload a day ! (i think)
All for around 30/M cndn!!!
And over here 25GB cap for same price YAY GO CANADA.....
NBABALLER88 1 year ago
i signed the petition then refreshed then used diffrent email and info like 10 times everyone do this it will get us 10x more votes!!
NBABALLER88 1 year ago
WOAH! Did I read that right? Bell charge $65/month for a 4GB cap? If that's the case, why would ANYONE EVER use Bell? I'm paying $50/month with a 60GB cap. I usually use about 40GB, so I'm not too bad off, but who knows what will happen when this goes through, and it will. CRTC don't give a shit about anyone but the people who line their pockets, and that sure as shit isn't us.
zedchuva 1 year ago
@zedchuva lol i pay 25$ a month for unlimited but that going to be ruined after the new fucking law
NBABALLER88 1 year ago
Sign the petition if you wish but its not going to change anything. The only way to get what we want is by the use of numbers and guns. That's right, I'm advocating that we storm the offices of Rogers and hold the corporate fatcats hostage at the point of a muzzle! Of course I'm not advocating that, I'm an internet junky which means I'm fat, lazy and overall inept at everything that encompasses the so called real world. I'll just drown my sorrow in a bottle of tequila, and more surfing now.
djkramnik 1 year ago
@djkramnik Well, replace "offices of Rogers" with "headquarters of CRTC", and I'll meet you there. CRTC needs to be fucking abolished. It does NOTHING to help Canadian individuals anymore, which it was intended to. It's just a tool of big corporations to screw those it was initially created to help.
zedchuva 1 year ago
@djkramnik yess exactly lets start a riot or something to show were not pussys like USA and that were not sheep
NBABALLER88 1 year ago
This is disgusting move by our treacherous internet providers. They have a monopoly and they use that to collude against us for their personal benifit.
People are just talking about movies. But what about games bought online? 4.5-11 gb each. What about HD live streams? What about constant surfing from more then one person in the household at a time?
lulzcoaster 1 year ago
LOOK COMPANION CUBE!!! ON TV!!!
martinthew 1 year ago
Just Boycott internet...
Oh wait no... No one is going to do it...
idricool 1 year ago
It costs these greedy criminal Mafia internet companies 0.01 a gig and they are going to charge us more then 10$ a gig now!
tokyozee 1 year ago