I think Reza was referring to the fact that the price per megabit of internet access in Canada is among the worst in the developed world.
The reasons for this are mostly what James described earlier. The Berkman Center at Harvard has done extensive research on this. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephan Monette [mailto:monet...@unlimitel.ca] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:45 AM > To: Reza - Asterisk Consultant > Cc: Asterisk Users Group > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk & 1 Gigabit Internet. > > Reza, > > I found a few providers that offers what you are looking for (not at > 1Gbps), but you may not be in their serving area: > > Videotron (province of Quebec only) 120Mbps download, 20Mbps upload: > http://www.videotron.com/service/internet-services/internet- > access/ultimate-120 > > Bell FIBE 25: 25Mbps download and 7Mbps upload. > http://www.bell.ca/shopping/jsp/pageblock_styles/includes/quickview.jsp > ?quickView=true&wlcs_catalog_item_sku=DSLTIMONNewMassNCOMX25&lang=en&re > gion=ON > > But both providers offer cap on internet transit. I feel the caps are > too low using such high speed connections. > > I don't see anything from Rogers that offers similar upload speeds. > > It may not help you, but it shows that we (as Canadians) will have > something similar available in the near future. > > Stephan Monette > Unlimitel Inc. > > Tel.: 1-877-464-6638 > Fax: (613) 482-1077 > > > > > > On 2010-12-20, at 5:35 AM, Reza - Asterisk Consultant wrote: > > > Ok... I'm VERY disappointed in Canada as a country that claims to > have one > > of the highest rate of internet users on the globe per population. > > > > The average cost of Cable/DSL for somewhat of the so called High > Speed > > (10mbps down and 1mpbs up) is in the range of ~$60 CDN per month. > > > > Just got news from two friends: > > > > 1. Friend in Kyoto is having a full blast of amazing 1gbps ** > synchronous** > > internet for less than $150 CDN. > > 2. Friend in developing nation Moldova former USSR, is paying $15 > USD for > > his 20 Mpbs down and 10 Mbps up. > > > > Basic testing with Video via H264 in Asterisk is demonstrating > flawless > > crisp video calls. With speeds such as above in Kyoto and Moldova > every > > household could be an ITSP. > > > > To be quite frank, I wouldn't mind paying $250 / month for the > capability of > > 20 Mbps upstream. > > > > Can anyone shed some light as to whether we in Canada (in Toronto to > be more > > specific) could reach this speed at this moment at the technical > level with > > the current cable & dsl infrastructure? Or is it just the greed and > self > > imposed limitation set by the incumbent internet carriers that are > > unnecessarily preventing us from greater potential speed? > > > > Would appreciate some insight. > > > > Best regards, > > Reza. > > > > -- > > Toronto based VoIP / Asterisk Trainer, > > I.T. Consultant and Hosted PBX Solutions Provider. > > +1-647-476-2067. > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/seminar > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org > For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
