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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp
Do you use NETFLIX, watch youtuve video, watch TV shows through programs like PBS, download games (wow update alone for the latest expansion alone over 4GB NOT TO mention all the other major patch they have up).
Please face reality. People are moving towards Digital TV. SHAW saw this and they know it will hurt their over price TV package. Instead of trying to improve their service they simply restrict the INTERENT so people have to stay with them for their crappy cable service.
Peter Bissonnette who runs SHAW personality said " The reason NETFLIX can offer their service at $8.99 is because they have no cost other than acquiring the content." That just made me LOL. First Netflix will need a very very good upstream provider to stream all the HD service to you, they will need huge server running to store and send the data to the upstream provider and to store their movies/TV shows, they will need a database to keep track of their customer...........
One of the reason why SHAW doing this now is becasue we all know maybe in the next few years more and more people will using the Internet for their TV content rather than through cable. So rather then trying to stop the issue in the future SHAW is stopping the whole thing now.
But honestly the CRTC is to blame for this as well. They allow bell to do this and they don't allow any non Canadian company to enter into the whole Communication market which created this whole mess. Not to mention SHAW and Rogers sing a contract in which SHAW will not operate in the eastern side of Canada while Rogers will not operate in Western side. Guess what lol. SHAW bought out Mountain cable which is in the Eastern side and Rogers went to court to sue them them. The Better Business Barue got invole and pretty say what ROGERS and SHAW did is illegal and both could get sue for it as it does not create a competition in the market.
SHAW will try to put any competitor out of business. Remember last year 995 deal where SHAW offer their absolute TV with free HD PVR rental, High speed Interent and SHAW home phone with long distance included and each service would only cost $9.95 each for one year? This offer is only given to building where there is NOVUS service. If you call or talk to a SHAW the will either outright lie to you saying there is no such promo, or the promo is only offer is certain area, or even straight out tell you to fuck off.
Sure it doesn't affect you now but it will in the future and when it comes that time don't QQ.
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Nothing in this post explains why metered bandwidth is not a good idea, you just made a big rant about Shaw playing monopoly.
I don't use netflix (Nor do I ever plan to, I didn't buy a 52" 1080P TV to watch compressed downloaded shit that I have pay for) or play Wow, why should I have to pay the same amount for my usage as someone who DOES use those services?
I'm don't have the anti-piracy hard-on that Dangonay does, but my bill would still go down significantly if I only had to pay for the bandwidth I used.
And if I did decide to use netflix or play Wow in the future, I would be fine with my bill going up because I'm using a service, it takes more bandwidth, and I know that.
Right now a good analogy to your complaint is like you're plugging in a couple of electric space heaters and then complaining to BC Hydro that your power bill went up.