I don't know about Canadian ISPs, but most so-called bandwidth caps in the US -- such as the one Comcast implemented -- are designed to ensure future profits for the ISP as internet usage increases and more and more folks use online video services.
It will, of course, lead Comcast into "suggesting" they use their own for-pay video-download service in the future.
But no one will ever tell you about the $200 billion fraud cable companies perpetrated against taxpayers:
Given that, we should all have unlimited bandwidth and fiber to the door.
It's funny how people will flagellate themselves about how bandwidth is so expensive and those poor ISPs shouldn't even, you know, provide what they advertise, when I can sign up for a hosting company for $12 a month and get one TB (yep, terabyte) of data transfer.
The corporations have framed the debate. I am amazed how many people actually swallow it all, hook, line and sinker.
It will, of course, lead Comcast into "suggesting" they use their own for-pay video-download service in the future.
But no one will ever tell you about the $200 billion fraud cable companies perpetrated against taxpayers:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_0026...
Given that, we should all have unlimited bandwidth and fiber to the door.
It's funny how people will flagellate themselves about how bandwidth is so expensive and those poor ISPs shouldn't even, you know, provide what they advertise, when I can sign up for a hosting company for $12 a month and get one TB (yep, terabyte) of data transfer.
The corporations have framed the debate. I am amazed how many people actually swallow it all, hook, line and sinker.