01-28-2011 at 04:27 PM
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Usage Based Billing
I received this e-mail from my ISP today:
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You may have already heard of the new ruling recently approved by the CRTC
(Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission). On January
25, 2010 the CRTC has approved Bell Canada’s request for implementation
of UBB (Usage Base Billing). All wholesalers of Bell Canada’s broadband
service will be affected.
What this means is beginning on March 1st/2011 your High Speed Internet
service will be changing. This new decision is affecting all
third party providers, not only Velcom. Please keep in mind we did not make
this decision ourselves, it was forced upon us. There is
much controversy on this dilemma.
This e-mail is serving as our 30 day notice that beginning on March 1st,
2011 your services with Velcom will be changing.
Residential Lite Service
2GB Cap
$26.95/Monthly
Anything above your allotted cap will be billed at $2.18/GB to a maximum of
$60.00. Anything above 300GB will be billed at $0.90/GB.
Residential 5.0MB Service
25GB Cap
$29.95/Monthly (If you are on a Dry Loop, this remains unchanged)
Anything above your allotted cap will be billed at $1.75/GB to a maximum of
$60.00. Anything above 300GB will be billed at $0.90/GB.
Please take a look at additional option to upgrade your plan to allow
additional data transfer:
•You have the ability to purchase insurance blocks. Each block allows you
40GB of transfer for $5.00 per month.
Up to a maximum of 3 blocks per month. Unused blocks from current months do
not move over to following months.
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That means that my house's internet costs will, at minimum, DOUBLE.
Discuss.
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01-28-2011 at 04:32 PM
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2012 is fast approaching D:
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01-28-2011 at 04:36 PM
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Yup. Cant wait for TSI cable..
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01-28-2011 at 04:39 PM
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Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink!
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Discuss?
Where's the rage?
If this was Egypt, we would be on the street already!
kldv
says thanks to PHLN for this post.
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01-28-2011 at 04:40 PM
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our government has failed as us today.
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01-28-2011 at 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by thedog123123
our government has failed as us today.
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The rules this back in December actually. It just takes them this long to go through the proceeding.
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01-28-2011 at 05:09 PM
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Wow... someone is making a mighty fine profit... I wonder what it actually costs them to supply your internet service.
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01-28-2011 at 05:17 PM
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Not surprised, someone always gets wise and plays the little people...
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01-28-2011 at 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by REPLEKIA/.
Wow... someone is making a mighty fine profit... I wonder what it actually costs them to supply your internet service.
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...and how much will go back to the government as tax?
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01-28-2011 at 06:02 PM
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I like how the little people can't do anything about our own internet contracts but the "govt" can do whatever the **** they want, whenever the **** they want, and not have to accommodate us whatsoever.
I use CRTC loosely, I know they aren't government. But they might as well be with the amount of power we let them have.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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01-28-2011 at 10:21 PM
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01-28-2011 at 11:13 PM
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**** what am I going to do without Pr0n now ?
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01-28-2011 at 11:26 PM
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**** what am I going to do without Pr0n now ?
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Gotta use pictures instead of video.
Worst comes to worst, buy adult magazines.
Worst comes to worst worst, use those Sears catalogs. Bras and panties... Ohh ahh....
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01-28-2011 at 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PHLN
Gotta use pictures instead of video.
Worst comes to worst, buy adult magazines.
Worst comes to worst worst, use those Sears catalogs. Bras and panties... Ohh ahh....
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Good Housekeeping.
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01-28-2011 at 11:32 PM
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Here is a recent CTV's coverage of the UBB
Mr. Marlow is in a lot of trouble though for writing this. I think he forgot that Bell owns CTV. Uh oh!
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