$2/GB seems even less reasonable when they charge $0.20/GB if you buy 250GB in bulk.
This has gouging written all over it. I realize they had to set up a billing system... and someone has to pay for that... but $2/GB is ridiculous ($1/GB for some packages.) That said, I do not know what Telus offers for "bulk" bandwidth packages (if they do.) I would like to be optimistic... but, I can not imagine the two companies competing in this area to attract or keep customers... -Mark C. On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Gustin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am split about this. On one hand I have for a while been thinking > that the Internet should be metered, like water or electricity. It > should also be as smart (ie. nothing but a dumb pipe). If I want to > take a 2 hour shower, then I can do so as long as I am willing to pay > for it. > > The big problem is that the price needs to be reasonable, which $2/gig > is not. I have zero faith in the market to set reasonable price. > > I am not sure when Shaw will be charging, but they have posted their > current "guidelines" in the acceptable use policy (aka the AUP). You > can find this at: > http://www.shaw.ca/en-ca/AboutShaw/TermsofUse/AcceptableUsePolicyInternet.htm > > Of interest: > You must ensure that your activity while using the Services does not > improperly restrict, inhibit or degrade any other customer’s use of > the Services, nor represent (in the sole judgment of Shaw) an > unusually large burden on the network itself, such as, but not limited > to, peer to peer file sharing programs, serving streaming video or > audio, mail, http, ftp, irc, dhcp servers, and multi-user interactive > forums. The guidelines for Bandwidth Usage/month for each service > package are the following: Shaw High-Speed Lite — 15 GigaByte; Shaw > High-Speed — 60 GigaByte; Shaw High-Speed Extreme — 100 GigaByte; Shaw > High-Speed Warp — 175 GigaByte; Shaw High-Speed Nitro — 350 GigaByte; > Point of Sale Connect — 10 GigaByte; Hih-Speed — 70 GigaByte; > High-Speed (with Extreme) — 110 GigaByte; SOHO — 90 GigaByte; SOHO > (with Extreme) — 130; Business — 175 GigaByte; Business (with Extreme) > — 225 GigaByte (all bandwidth is based on combined download and > upload). > > While the limits are not terrible, they are not great either. I would > be happier with this scheme if I could bank the bandwidth I don't use, > but that is less likely than the moon disappearing. > > If Shaw was not competing with Netflix or YouTube I would be less > worried, but this seems like their response to the success of the > Internet based services that we have asked for repeatedly for years. > Instead of competing they are putting up pay walls. > > Ultimately what I would like to see is that ISPs are barred from the > content business. They should be in the business of selling Internet > access and nothing else. > > Now that I have pulled the pin on the grenade, let the flame war begin > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Dafydd Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been in and out of the loop on the matter of metered Internet billing. >> Does anyone know when Shaw's planning on starting this on residential lines? >> >> More info: >> http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2011/01/canada-wages-youtube-war-against-metered-internet-billing.ars >> >> -Dafydd _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
