I hope the crisis stays averted. I remain skeptical. If it happens here it could happen just about anywhere.

http://videosift.com/search?q=\crtc

It's been interesting to watch the growth of interest for the internet the government has shown in recent years.

http://videosift.com/video/Canadian-government-expresses-enthusiasm-for-Internet

Thanks for the Quality!
In reply to this comment by Tingles:
*quality parody on those f**kin Heritage Commercials that play 200000x a day, and on the whole CRTC gongshow.

*quality parody on those f**kin Heritage Commercials that play 200000x a day, and on the whole CRTC gongshow.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'kevin o leary, lang, george burger, Teksavvy, usage based billing' to 'kevin o leary, lang, george burger, Teksavvy, usage based billing, UBB, CRTC' - edited by notarobot

>> ^deathcow:

> No they're not. Bell/Rogers/CRTC would like everyone to think so, but they're not.
I'm telling you, with absolute 100% certainty, that a small percentage of people are using up the largest percentage of your ISP's bandwidth. That's a fact. Probably 80% of your ISP's costs (their costs), are due to 5% or 10% of the users. This stuff is all fact. Not everyone wants to download gigs of warez and movies. Perhaps everyone should get as much Netflix as they want, and the ISP should just be forced by law to continue to haul more bandwidth, and prevented by law from charging for it? Or, cap limits?
The general philosophy (by people who manage ISPs and administrate networks...) is that 5% of subscribers use 80% of bandwidth.


The telecomm people repeat that 5 year old stat like a mantra. It's fucking old. It's not 5% of users using 80% of the network. Bullshit.

2gb a day is two hours of hd on demand streaming video. What's at risk here? The average internet user updating facebook, or bell/rogers duopoly on T.V.

Do you work for Bell or somethin'? You're awfully sympathetic...

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

You can trust DC on this - he's in a position to know.>> ^deathcow:

> No they're not. Bell/Rogers/CRTC would like everyone to think so, but they're not.
I'm telling you, with absolute 100% certainty, that a small percentage of people are using up the largest percentage of your ISP's bandwidth. That's a fact. Probably 80% of your ISP's costs (their costs), are due to 5% or 10% of the users. This stuff is all fact. Not everyone wants to download gigs of warez and movies. Perhaps everyone should get as much Netflix as they want, and the ISP should just be forced by law to continue to haul more bandwidth, and prevented by law from charging for it? Or, cap limits?
The general philosophy (by people who manage ISPs and administrate networks...) is that 5% of subscribers use 80% of bandwidth.

> No they're not. Bell/Rogers/CRTC would like everyone to think so, but they're not.

I'm telling you, with absolute 100% certainty, that a small percentage of people are using up the largest percentage of your ISP's bandwidth. That's a fact. Probably 80% of your ISP's costs (their costs), are due to 5% or 10% of the users. This stuff is all fact. Not everyone wants to download gigs of warez and movies. Perhaps everyone should get as much Netflix as they want, and the ISP should just be forced by law to continue to haul more bandwidth, and prevented by law from charging for it? Or, cap limits?

The general philosophy (by people who manage ISPs and administrate networks...) is that 5% of subscribers use 80% of bandwidth.

>> ^deathcow:

Reality... most bandwidth is consumed by very few people, and they're fucking it up for the rest of you.

No they're not. Bell/Rogers/CRTC would like everyone to think so, but they're not. Quit drinking the Koolaid.

I've never experienced speed problems when downloading a file, so I don't buy that a select few are causing congestion issues. It costs the carriers a few cents per GB, but they want to charge up to $4/GB for overages. You can say, "Well take your business elsewhere then," but that's just it - there's nowhere else to take it to! If there were, Bell/Rogers would be fucked.

Canadian taxpayers pay/have paid for a large part of our telecom infrastructure, but Bell/Rogers get to make the rules and set the prices. It's a corrupt system.

George did a great job; TekSavvy is lucky to have him as a spokesman.

We're not talking $5 for 40GB here... TekSavvy's 200GB plan has been replaced with a 25GB plan that costs $32/month. You can add 40GB for $5 (and beyond), however. Still, 65GB for $37 is shit... fuck that. I really hope the CRTC/Bell/Rogers get their asses handed to them here.

It seems the crisis is averted:
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Harper+Conservatives+quash+CRTC+decision+killing+unlimited+Internet/4214166/story.html

For now.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/03/crtc-internet-clement.html

Move along everyone, nothing left to see here.

A heads up that the Federal Government overturned the CRTC's decision this afternoon.
Edit: To clarify, the Government expects the CRTC to immediately reverse their decision on their own and if they don't the Federal Government will.

Polio
In reply to this comment by blankfist:
What makes the CRTC any different from the FCC? Net Neutrality.

What makes the CRTC any different from the FCC? Net Neutrality.

More suckage courtesy of the CRTC. Seriously, why does the CRTC still exist? All they do is promote monopolies, limit consumer choice and generally make things crappy for Canadians.