[kwlug-disc] UBB comes to Teksavvy
Raul Suarez
rarsa at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 30 21:23:12 EST 2011
If she is 60 MB she is well under the cap.
for 60 GB you must use 2 GB average per day which it is usually media
consumption (Video streaming).
The power/non-power usage is a mute point now that there is video on-demand.
Watching 1 Standard definition movie / day takes you over the 60 GB
If you watch enough HD, then even 120 is not enough.
Raul Suarez
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----- Original Message ----
From: "unsolicited at swiz.ca" <unsolicited at swiz.ca>
To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
Sent: Sun, January 30, 2011 9:16:49 PM
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] UBB comes to Teksavvy
And if you take out You Tube and CTV?
Rogers has to love this decision.
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:06:14 -0500, "R. Brent Clements"
<rbclemen at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine just posted on her blog that basic internet usage
> that includes some Youtube and CTV.CA streaming--no gaming or
> downloading of media at all--is around 60MB on her Mac. You cannot
> view her as a power user, yet she is well over the 25G cap
>
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Rashkae <rashkae at tigershaunt.com>
wrote:
>> On 11-01-30 08:08 PM, Rashkae wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Woah, I must have misunderstood something. As I remember when I first
>>> read about the CRC decision, The UBB Bell is allowed to charge was to
be
>>> capped at something reasonable up to 300GB Usage. (about $30, though
I'm
>>> pulling that from memory)...
>>>
>>> TekkSavvy, OTOH, seems ready to charge hundreds of dollars unless you
>>> prepay monthly "Insurance".. Unless I missed something important, I
>>> think
>>> they are taking advantage of blaming Bell and CRC for a massive cash
>>> grab.
>>>
>>
>> Here is the article I was referencing.. Unless this has changed, then
>> TekkSavvy and Execulink are getting away with Highway robbering and
>> blaming
>> the CRTC.
>>
>>
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/28/crtc-usage-based-billing-internet.html
>>
>> $22.50 Maximum surcharge for up to 300GB!!!! (less than half the cost
of
>> TekkSavvy prepaid "Insurance".. and 75C per GB over 300, which is still
>> ridiculously expensive, but TekKSavvy is bumping that to 90c....
>> completely
>> insane. They need to be dumped soonest.
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