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Originally Posted by dangonay
You ever stop to consider that you're the problem (or someone like you downloading far more than they need)? Shaw networks have no trouble keeping up with normal demands (including streaming HD content) to all their customers. Same with Telus, or their Optik service couldn't work.
Anything like what? Complain to a company selling a commodity that you should get unlimited use (or very high limits) without paying anymore than the next guy?
Why not tell your cell phone company that even though you signed up to 500 minutes per month, that if you go over you shouldn't be charged? Or tell BC Hydro that you should be able to use unlimited electricity without getting charged?
If you need more bandwidth than your neighbor, then you should pay more. Shaw and Telus have always had bandwidth caps - they just never really enforced them until now. Why are you complaining? You knew Shaw had a limit - did you think you could get away with going over forever?
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LOL if SHAW can't keep their promise with their package (15mbps download and 1mbps up) to all the customers who were assign to that node at any given time then it is their fault. Image you bought a ticket for a concert and it sells 10k tickets but only have enough room for say 8k people because they expect the other 2k will not show up. Is silly isn't it? SHAW is doing the same thing. Say each node can only support 5000 customer at their package speed(15mbps down 1mbps up) however SHAW decides to sign 9000 customer to that node hopping that 4000 customer will either no use their Internet or that the 9000 people won't be online at the same time or that 9000 customer will not download anything big or stream anything.
Really if they say they are able to offer you at the speed you package is on I should be able to get that speed no matter what time of the day it is and that is not happening with SHAW coz their nodes is congested with over signups and not enough upgrades. So to counter this SHAW lower everyone bandwidth and introduce these bandwidth packages and bandwidth uesage hoping to scare everyone off so they stop downloading/uploading, therefore SHAW can contiune to sign up even more people on the same node and don't have to spend a penny in upgrading their hardware.
Let's give a easier ecample say you are Fido and you got the 5GB data package, 200min daytime, UNLIMITED evenings and weekends starting at 6pm for $40. Now FIDO sign way too many customer and people are using up thier 5GB data uesage and is also using their cell phone to talk more and more after 6pm since it is free. All of a sudden FDIO drops your data plan to 2GB, 100daytime min and unlimited weekends and eveings starts at 9pm. If you want your same service before you have to pay FIDO an extra $20 EACH month. How would you feel then? Wait SHAW just did that to you and feel fine and in fact you fully support it. Good Job!