I'd love to see a comparative analysis of the Canadian and Japanese markets. Is it cheaper in Japan because of the high density, large population, and small area? Is it more competition? Government subsidies?
Jesse On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Robert Toole <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm against this.. it's all about competition (or the lack of it) It does > seem awful suspicious that just days after Netflix announced service to > Canada, The big four announced reductions in Usage caps. > > Canada is an Internet Ghetto. In Japan, you can get synchronous 100 Mbps > fiber to your house for 50 bucks a month. At my office we are paying $1,500 > for the same. > > I could go on, but others have said enough to convince me, have a look at > these links: > > Usage based billing - http://tinyurl.com/UBBExplained > > More about CRTC - http://tinyurl.com/WakeUpCanada > > Petition to stop UBB - http://openmedia.ca/meter > > > http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/fbtqa/well_reddit_my_weekend_just_turned_to_shit_im/c1erwdp > > cheers. > > > On 11-01-28 03:23 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> A question I have for you is why you need that kind of bandwidth and how >> can it be delivered? Can it be delivered via WiFi? Can it be broadcast? >> >> Most of the population is happy with DSL speeds and I'm one of them. >> About all I would like to see is IPTV but this is a poor use of bandwidth >> but then once the wires are in we should pay for the MAINTENENCE of the >> wires and not the USE of the wires. Internet cables are not like water >> pipes! >> >> As I see it the services a company like Telus should provide is hanging >> the wires and fixing them. But then I happen to have an account at Anixiter >> and they do happen to sell both copper communications cables as well as >> fiber communications cables. At this time fiber is so cheap there is no >> reason WHAT SO EVER to use copper! Bandwidth on fiber is basically >> unlimited! >> >> its not that the technology so not exist or that it is not affordable... >> the problem is we arn't allowed to use it and we are the ones who paid for >> it in the first place! So Telus just sits there and gouges where they can >> while they can! >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:12:39PM -0700, Gustin Johnson wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:22 PM,<[email protected]> wrote: >>> <snip> >>> >>>> Yes - nucleus resells Telus lines. So does Rogers. We Albertans put in >>>> those plines and we paid for them all via AGT. Telus inherited them in a >>>> sweetheart deal. The part of Telus that handles the lines IMHO is pretty >>>> good ... in many cases far better than ontehr companies. But the other >>>> parts stink. >>>> >>> >>> I have had pretty good experience with this part of telus in the past. >>> >>>> >>>> I don't know about Nucleus web hosting. I just have no complaints and >>>> no - I do not work for them and at this time I am not one of their >>>> representatives. >>>> >>> >>> That aspect of Nucleus is pretty bad. I do not personally use any ISP >>> hosted services (DNS, Web,Mail, etc...) as this allows me to switch >>> relatively pain free from one ISP to another. Of course the wife is >>> tied to Shaw so they get me in the end :) >>> >>> The real problem I have is that there is no competition. Neither >>> Telus nor Nucleus (or Tech Savvy for that matter) can come close to >>> the performance of the cable modem that I have. I would like to at >>> least try another ISP (heck, I would like to have two or more pipes >>> servicing my house) but none of the DSL or wireless providers here can >>> touch the 15 mbit *real world* performance. 15 mbit is not even the >>> top end of what Shaw can provide. We need to find a way for other >>> ISPs to provide that kind of bandwidth. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > -- > Robert Toole > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Jesse Kline, M.J. Freelance Journalist http://jesse.kline.ca/
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