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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
The problem is the heavy users are already being covered by current charges. They have admitted that the overage charges that are in place now are nothing but pure profit for them.
I don't understand why people are so willing to bend over and spread their ass cheeks far apart for no other reason than to increase the already huge profits for corporations that basically have a monopoly.
This has nothing to do with out of control expenses for the ISP's or even network congestion caused by torrents. Bell already throttles torrent traffic down to about 20 kb during peak hours.
This has to do with them trying to control how we access digital content and them trying to force competitors out of business to keep their monopolies in place. And the CRTC trying in vain to hold onto their antiquated minimum "Canadian content" rules.
But hey, let's just open our wallets and keep paying more.
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Many years ago I worked for the second cable company in the nation to offer internet access through cable (the first was in Boulder, CO and the second was Lawrence, KS and both were originally owned by the same company). I was one of the first who was trained to install and maintain infrastructure in the field through Scientific Atlanta.
Recently at home between the hours of 4-9 PM my download speeds used to take a massive dump. Conventional coax plant (cable and amps) have bandwidth limitations and we had reached that limit. After a couple of months of whining Time Warner extended fiber into our area and split the feed for our neighborhood.
It's true that network congestion isn't an issue at the headend but neighborhood-level plant congestion is a huge issue still. Upgrading plant is more expensive than you can fathom. Why shouldn't those that use so much bandwidth that it necessitates redesigning a neighborhood's cable system help offset the cost of the upgrades?