ISP's in Canada are struggling now with who owns what and
just what the cost of telecommunications should be. I hope
it'll all shake out in a workable way for the guy at the end
of the wire.
ISP's in Canada are struggling now with who owns what and
just what the cost of telecommunications should be. I hope
it'll all shake out in a workable way for the guy at the end
of the wire.
What's the news on the struggle?
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal of
automatic overbilling after an established data quota was
reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply throttle
data users down, and promote data "unlimited".
The three major players are doing that. The player' "discount"
versions of their services (Chatr, Lucky, Public) do that too.
But what would be nicer is lower prices overall. Topping-up
with 200MB for $5 at a time is robbery.
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal
of automatic overbilling after an established data quota
was reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply
throttle data users down, and promote data "unlimited".
Is that mobile data you speak of? I'm not a big consumer of
mobile data so I'm not up on what is happening around that
these days.
I've heard it applies to the hardwired domestic customers too.
From what I've read, not all packages are truly unlimited at
full speed. In the not too distant past, after a monthly quota
was reached, either the service would stop or only provide
sufficient speed to get mail. The satellite version for internet
was/is notorious for that.
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal of
automatic overbilling after an established data quota was reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply throttle data users
down, and promote data "unlimited".
ISP's in Canada are struggling now with who owns what and
just what the cost of telecommunications should be. I hope
it'll all shake out in a workable way for the guy at the end
of the wire.
ISP's in Canada are struggling now with who owns what and
just what the cost of telecommunications should be. I hope
it'll all shake out in a workable way for the guy at the end
of the wire.
What's the news on the struggle?
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal of
automatic overbilling after an established data quota was
reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply throttle
data users down, and promote data "unlimited".
The three major players are doing that. The player' "discount"
versions of their services (Chatr, Lucky, Public) do that too.
But what would be nicer is lower prices overall. Topping-up
with 200MB for $5 at a time is robbery.
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal
of automatic overbilling after an established data quota
was reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply
throttle data users down, and promote data "unlimited".
Is that mobile data you speak of? I'm not a big consumer of
mobile data so I'm not up on what is happening around that
these days.
I've heard it applies to the hardwired domestic customers too.
From what I've read, not all packages are truly unlimited at
full speed. In the not too distant past, after a monthly quota
was reached, either the service would stop or only provide
sufficient speed to get mail. The satellite version for internet
was/is notorious for that.
The most recent thing that I learned about was the removal of
automatic overbilling after an established data quota was reached. Instead, there emerged the approach to simply throttle data users
down, and promote data "unlimited".
| Sysop: | CyberNix |
|---|---|
| Location: | London, UK |
| Users: | 22 |
| Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
| Uptime: | 02:51:51 |
| Calls: | 892 |
| Files: | 4,436 |
| Messages: | 669,109 |