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Title: CBC Explains Usage Based Billing
Added: Jan 8, 2011
Author: TheOpenmedia
Duration: 2:16
Description:
You can stop this here: http://www.StopTheMeter.caThe CRTC just decided to let your Internet Service Provider put a meter on the Internet! You can stop this here: http://www.StopTheMeter.caBell Canada and other big telecom companies can now freely impose usage-based billing on independent Internet Service Providers (indie ISPs) and YOU.This means we're looking at a future where ISPs will charge per byte, the way they do with smart phones. If we allow this to happen Canadians will have no choice but to pay more for less Internet. Big Telecom companies are obviously trying to gouge consumers, control the Internet market, and ensure that consumers continue to subscribe to their television services.This will crush innovative services, Canada's digital competitiveness, and your wallet.We need to stand up for the Internet. Sign the petition at http://www.StopTheMeter.caThe original video from CBC News can be found here: http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?category=News&clipid=1727320821
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Tags: usage-based billing ubb net neutrality internet metering crtc canada canadian media media internet internet service provider isp shaw bell rogers independent isp
usage-based billing ubb net neutrality internet metering crtc canada canadian media media internet internet service provider isp shaw bell rogers independent isp
Youtube Comments: 283
ve3tru Says:
Mar 22, 2011 - All of the mainstream parties are in bed with the monopolies. Monopolies cannot exist with out government support, period. Remember the 64 billion dollars handed over to the banks, and the Canadian banks were never in trouble. The answer is simple, we cant support any of them, just don't vote. They will find it impossible to run things with .000001 percent of the vote, only then can things change.
CanadianLPer Says:
Mar 23, 2011 - We canceled our TV service to save money because we get charged 50 extra dollars on the internet a month.
johnsampson03 Says:
Mar 23, 2011 - You make a great point, I should work out over a month my Mb/s total month and ask for a rebate. I think the biggest crooks are the old fogey's at CRTC...don't even get me started on mobiles
yagro1 Says:
Mar 23, 2011 - What needs to be driven home to our elected officials is that the billing scheme will increase revenues for the companies who already make excellent profits on these services!! There is a reasonable level of profit in a truly competitive system and they are already above it compared to similar services in other countries, as close as the U.S.A. and as far as Australia.
Lambert06Pasquale06 Says:
Mar 24, 2011 - 100 GB a month?? I think if people weren't such consumers this wouldn't be such a problem.
killy123456789 Says:
Mar 24, 2011 - Not true, I'm using about 75Gb and its because we use a lot of youtube and gaming, Had university+ work and I go about 75 to 110 GB WITHOUT pirating anything.
cyaard Says:
Mar 24, 2011 - hahaha nice hair what a loser
Hossified Says:
Mar 24, 2011 - EMO FAG! FUCK BELL, ROGERS ALL THE FAGS WHO CONTROL THE INTERNET! We want unlimited. We pay big bucks for this shit. We want faster internet not slower.
MacHamish Says:
Mar 30, 2011 - Amazing how many apologists/cable company employees lurk here. UBB SUCKS ASS.
TheAngryAmericanwon Says:
Apr 5, 2011 - considering the amount of speed we get here in the USA, I get 7mbps and it is fast and love it. A connection that is always on is good, its bullshit that some companies are doing this. High speed internet should be Unlimited, I know mine is!
kebbun1 Says:
Apr 7, 2011 - dang now thats emo, grew up with the wrong crowd oh well it is what it is
m00se321 Says:
Apr 10, 2011 - I AGREE!!!
sobank Says:
Apr 17, 2011 - I have been told the speed is 10mb......... sorry its upto 10mb....... which means that the hours at which I am on internet............ the speed is going to be like 100kb. Ooops its congestion. and they are not gonna pay you back. A contractor quoting over 20% of estimate is committing fraud. But ISPs are not gonna get charge for providing service of 90% lower than initial estimate. If I am getting charge for the data, then I want the discount for lower utility.
ig33ve Says:
Apr 19, 2011 - didn't the government overturn this?
ChR0n1ksGames Says:
Apr 23, 2011 - im still paying
lilian23910 Says:
May 2, 2011 - In Korea and Japan they pay a smaller amount to surf the web than we do. In fact web cafes have become popular for this reason, its really cheap to surf the web. So stop with all these maintenence reason, Bell and Rogers doesn't even give us proper services. Im pretty sure everyone here dreads calling them and have spent hours screaming at them.
gilknutson Says:
Jul 25, 2011 - I am on a 25 gb plan which costs me $39.95 plus tax per month. I wonder what my present Shaw plan will cost now... I also get Cable, so can see my present $135 bill go up, I guess. Who can I gripe to about this (I've signed the petition, but I fear those are always ignored.)
TheAngryAmericanwon Says:
Jul 25, 2011 - thats for cable though.... I have DSL which there is not limit of usage!
megamogx Says:
Aug 14, 2011 - UBB is a giant scam...Rise up and fight bell/rogers and any ISP that try to scam users with these insane limits and charges!
NoobsAreUsh Says:
Aug 23, 2011 - Gotta watch this in 240p before I go over the limit. Fucking UBB.
hi4411 Says:
Aug 30, 2011 - go to primus.ca for 36.95$ month you can get unlimted highspeed internet
JackHabbit Says:
Dec 23, 2011 - up next... CBC Explains Racketeering and Embezzlement :)
CodeMonkeyi Says:
Jan 6, 2012 - this is crap - just a stupid explanation to justify their greed.
SENTRY000 Says:
Jan 29, 2012 - Americans are laughing at us.Canada is a joke.
Rawful42 Says:
Mar 22, 2011 - COMPANION CUBEE~!