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Shaw actually reduced their cap last month.. It used to be 125gb..
Then they shrunk it to 100gb, and will now start charging a per gb overage in April...
They want to continue making money with their 'pay per movie' and cable tv service, and reduce the temptation to use netflix (which was just introduced in Canada a few months ago...).
I don't think the average user knows how big a netflix movie is, and will worry that they might blow through their limit after watching a few downloads...
It's completely a cash grab - last quarter they had record profits:
"Shaw beat expectations on headline earnings before taxes and other expenses as well as revenue, which topped $473 million and $1.08 billion each for the quarter."
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