Name: Anonymous 2011-01-28 5:48
I routinely move a 1GB per day over svn and git alone, plus another 5-6GB in basic web browsing, programming documentation queries, numerous online services and VPN tunnels. Then another 1-2GB on Youtube and streaming music/radio. Throw in the occasional 10-20GB Steam purchase and a few 2GB-4GB HD movies a month. Not a big deal, right?
Well all of the major ISPs in Canada (who are also all of the cable television/telecommunications providers) are mad that their customers are waking up and realizing that they don't need a $90+/month repackaged TV deal when Netflix offers unlimited new-release HD movie streaming for $8/month. Who the fuck wants to watch the same shitty made-for-TV movie six times per month on different channels? So now they're punishing all of their users across the board by lowering the bandwidth caps and enforcing overage costs with outrageous prices.
I used to get have a 200GB/month soft cap that was never enforced, it was just there in the agreement to stop the worst offenders. I never once was punished, and I would go over that limit by a lot all of the time.
Now I'm forced into 100GB/month and have to pay $1 per GB over for the same fucking base cost. Fucking insane seeing as how it only costs then a couple of cents per GB, if that.
They're just trying to stop people from using Netflix, iTunes, etc. to protect their dead/dying business model. They're all doing it in collusion, the government is in on it, and there is no one else to turn to for nominally priced internet access--there is no hope.
What the fuck are us programmers and power users supposed to do now? I already got fucked when HST came in and I had to charge my customers I do contract work for an extra 5% in taxes, which I ate out of my own pocket. Fuck this dump, it's worse than a third world country when it comes to the Internet and modern business models. Can I immigrate to your dungeon, XARN?
Well all of the major ISPs in Canada (who are also all of the cable television/telecommunications providers) are mad that their customers are waking up and realizing that they don't need a $90+/month repackaged TV deal when Netflix offers unlimited new-release HD movie streaming for $8/month. Who the fuck wants to watch the same shitty made-for-TV movie six times per month on different channels? So now they're punishing all of their users across the board by lowering the bandwidth caps and enforcing overage costs with outrageous prices.
I used to get have a 200GB/month soft cap that was never enforced, it was just there in the agreement to stop the worst offenders. I never once was punished, and I would go over that limit by a lot all of the time.
Now I'm forced into 100GB/month and have to pay $1 per GB over for the same fucking base cost. Fucking insane seeing as how it only costs then a couple of cents per GB, if that.
They're just trying to stop people from using Netflix, iTunes, etc. to protect their dead/dying business model. They're all doing it in collusion, the government is in on it, and there is no one else to turn to for nominally priced internet access--there is no hope.
What the fuck are us programmers and power users supposed to do now? I already got fucked when HST came in and I had to charge my customers I do contract work for an extra 5% in taxes, which I ate out of my own pocket. Fuck this dump, it's worse than a third world country when it comes to the Internet and modern business models. Can I immigrate to your dungeon, XARN?