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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are about to impose usage-based billing on YOU.

This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay MUCH more for less Internet. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.

These Big Telecom companies are forcing small competing ISPs to adopt the same pricing scheme, so that we have no choice but to pay these punitive fees.

This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your wallet. (Netflix, Google TV, Hulu, iTunes, etc, etc will all cost you more money)

We urgently need to send a clear message to Ottawa, saying that we won't stand by while some of the most profitable companies in the country indiscriminately add new fees to our Internet bills. Enough is enough.

The CRTC is set to make a critical decision about Internet metering in a matter of days!

Jimmy wrote:Looks like we are too late..this is a terrible decision by the CRTC.

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2011/2011-44.htm
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/CRTC ... ocomment=1

Jimmy wrote:I can understand restricting piracy, but UBB isn't the fix for that. This will only make piracy more expensive than it currently is (but still cheaper than the legal alternative).

I like to use streaming services such as netflix, xbox live (has streaming hd & sd video), etc. The way of entertainment for the future is over the internet and the telcos know this and are simply trying to choke out these innovative options, and make consumers choose their service instead. By implementing UBB, Canada is effectively taking a step backwards and helping to ensure that new innovative products requiring bandwidth never make their way here.

The federal regulators decision means that starting in March, third-party Internet access providers will be required to cap internet usage for consumers in Ontario at 25GB. The regulator has set the cap in Quebec at 60GB.

derek wrote:Where'd you get that from? There's nothing about that in their decision.

As you may have heard, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has recently approved Bell Canada’s request to introduce Usage Based Billing on wholesale Internet services.

The CRTC’s decision directly affects the High-Speed Internet services that Primus provides using Bell Canada’s wholesale Internet services. The newly associated costs to Primus make the unlimited Internet service you are now enjoying no longer financially viable. To unify its products and services, Primus will be implementing usage-based billing on all of its Internet service offerings.

As a result, the following changes will apply commencing with your February invoice:

* Your existing High Speed Internet plan will now have 25GB (gigabytes) of monthly usage included
* For the minority of customers who exceed this amount, additional usage up to 300GB will be charged at $2.00/GB to a maximum of $60.00/month. Usage in excess of 300GB per month will be charged an additional $1.10/GB.
* Additional Usage Plans can be purchased starting at $5/month for an additional 40GB
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Usage-Based Billing is a scam because it’s sold at 100x times what it costs to make

According to research, data cost $0.02 per GB to transmit – and that number is getting lower and lower every year as optic fiber gets cheaper.
Bell wants to sell it at $2.00 per GB. This is an absolute scam. Would you agree to pay $700,000 for an entry-level car? Would you pay $35.00 for an apple?