crtc says big telcos can charge wholesalers per gig...there goes unlimited band width plan

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Primus and Teksavvy to plead their case in front of House committee:

Independent Internet companies will have their chance to testify Tuesday before a Commons committee examining the federal telecommunications watchdog's recent decision on Internet service provider billing practices. Among the witnesses slated to appear are Teksavvy CEO Rocky Gaudrault and Primus's vice-president of network services, Matt Stein.

Last week, the committee grilled Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission chairman Konrad von Finckenstein over the regulator's contentious decision that effectively killed unlimited Internet plans in Canada. The Jan. 25 ruling allows large Internet providers like Bell to begin metering bandwidth to independent providers who bought it wholesale and resold it to consumers at a discount. It also forces the companies to cap Internet data plans at 25 GB.

The decision sparked an outcry from customers, with one online petition gathering 250,000 signatures in a matter of days. Prime Minister Stephen Harper demanded a review of the controversial decision. Industry Minister Tony Clement later announced the government wouldn't let the CRTC's decision stand.

During his testimony, Von Finckenstein said the CRTC's decision to review the ruling was taken independently

 

[scotty]

https://www.thestar.com/business/article/935382--crtc-asks-public-for-views-on-internet-pricing

stall stall stall
and why werent these questions asked first....oh yeah rogers and bell have crtc in their deep deep pockets

come on crtc keep acting like you care what we think you already tried to railroad us
dont worry bide your time ...you ll get another chance

 

[Auggie]

Now they've done it, they've pissed off the wrong guy! :shock:

 

[Cycleguy007]

Now they've done it, they've pissed off the wrong guy! :shock:

There are HOW MANY versions of this floating around now?

Too funny! :great:

 

[scotty]

I live in a cave with slow internet from rogers so that was the first time i have seen that one

cracked me up

 

[Cycleguy007]

I live in a cave with slow internet from rogers so that was the first time i have seen that one

cracked me up

You say that like its a bad thing!

ME TOO! LOL

But it has all the creature comforts! :tongue:

 

[scotty]

mine caves more of the stalagtite/stalagmite, pizza box (proper pepperoni mush and extra cheese, not nonpasteurized goat cheese and sundried tofu on 12 grain-CG) empty tims cup and a cork board that actually has something under the push pins(inside joke for CG) couple porno mags in the bottom desk drawer...internet and big tv

you know man cave.

 

[Cycleguy007]

mine caves more of the stalagtite/stalagmite, pizza box (proper pepperoni mush and extra cheese, not nonpasteurized goat cheese and sundried tofu on 12 grain-CG) empty tims cup and a cork board that actually has something under the push pins(inside joke for CG) couple porno mags in the bottom desk drawer...internet and big tv

you know man cave.

No pizza boxes for me... or candy bar wrappers etc (unless my kids invade the man-cave! LOL) And I pay all my bills as soon as I get them, so rarely is there anything under push-pins pending attention. Hee hee :tongue:

No porn mags... (that's so 80's dude! :roll, all my porn is secretly stored on one of 3 TB hard drives, and/ or burned to DVD and cleverly hidden.

 

[scotty]

^^^^^ spoken like a true AI. (real men of HUBGFE know what is un natural)

 

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Bandwidth hogs a myth - Clement:

Bandwidth hogs a myth - Clement:

You were right, CycleDude.

Bandwidth hogs a myth - Clement:

There's no evidence bandwidth hogs are slowing down the Internet in Canada, says Industry Minister Tony Clement, and nothing to prove usage-based billing would control network congestion if the problem did indeed exist. "No one's proven to me that there is congestion," he said. "Canadians would be concerned if bandwidth hogs are affecting their use of the Internet. But no one's proven that's the case."

In testimony Tuesday to the Commons industry committee probing the controversial pricing policy, Clement maintained that usage-based billing, or UBB, would instead stifle competition and innovation in the telecommunications marketplace.
"The CRTC decision on UBB on wholesale ISPs is simply the wrong way to proceed," he said.

Clement's comments contradict those CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein made to the same committee in February.
The head of Canada's telecommunications watchdog told MPs he was concerned a small number of consumers gobble bandwidth with their heavy web activity -- such as video streaming -- slowing the Internet during peak hours.
It was that concern that prompted the CRTC to rule earlier this year that large Internet providers such as Bell and Rogers could force small companies that leased their bandwidth wholesale to place caps on the plans they sold to consumers.
Last month, the government ordered the CRTC to go back to the drawing board on its UBB ruling following an outcry from consumers and small Internet companies affected by the billing changes.

Clement said Tuesday the government is mulling a number of ways to boost competition in the telecommunications marketplace, including opening it up to foreign investment. UBB was slated to come into effect March 1 but was put on hold as the CRTC reviews the ruling

 

[Cycleguy007]

You were right, CycleDude.

You say that like it doesn't happen often? :shock:

 

[scotty]

Clement said Tuesday the government is mulling a number of ways to boost competition in the telecommunications marketplace, including opening it up to foreign investment.

oh that will put the fear of gawd into rogers and bell!:whip: If they believe Ottawa.

 

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You say that like it doesn't happen often? :shock:

You're reading WAY too much into my post :na:

Clement said Tuesday the government is mulling a number of ways to boost competition in the telecommunications marketplace, including opening it up to foreign investment.

oh that will put the fear of gawd into rogers and bell!:whip: If they believe Ottawa.

WTF took em so long??!! Govt shouldve let foreign investors in from day one, we wouldnt be in this broadband mess we're in today

 

[Cycleguy007]

WTF took em so long??!! Govt shouldve let foreign investors in from day one, we wouldnt be in this broadband mess we're in today

I blame these guys:

https://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm

:grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: