My co-worker pointed out that this is an expected move by those ISPs.
Shaw, Bell and Rogers has acquired TV and sports cable network companies in recent years. That means they aren't the monopoly operating in the ISP industry but also TV now. They are putting caps on internet usage because they want to protect their investments and make their customers more difficult to switch to Netflix and other online media providers.
He said that their next move would be upgrading the upstream and downstream speed which makes people even easier to go over the limit without knowing. Just wait and see.
Having a cap is absolutely fine with me. Just that it has to be placed at a reasonable level. Yes ISPs should go after the 10% user who abuse the network by hogging more than 80% of the traffic. However they should NOT lower the bar just because they want to increase revenue from the surcharge/penalty.
發表於 2011-1-31 12:53
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