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| why have data caps been the feat for many isps these past few years? |
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| Shift Kitty:
--- Quote from: KoopaScooper on July 09, 2017, 07:33:53 PM ---I've never had anything like this happen to me in my 6 years of being with Cogeco. You might actually be using terabytes of data and not knowing it. My suggestion to you is to monitor your network traffic. Router firmwares like DD-WRT have this capability running stock, and there are existing user-scripts that monitor how much data individual MAC addresses are using. Even if it's not to solve the problem, it's nice to have assurance (and proof) that you're not actually using that much data. --- End quote --- I've already switched to Start years ago and haven't had an issue at all with them. I've known other people having issues with Cogeco too. --- Quote from: Ipquarx on July 09, 2017, 08:00:33 PM ---Manitoba My point was just, no, this is not a "canada" thing, please don't make people think our selection is THAT stuffty, because it's not nearly as bad as the US. It's still horrible, but the US is on a whole other level of horridness. --- End quote --- Yeah, fair point. |
| SeventhSandwich:
Basically there are data caps and other BS fees because internet cables are an expensive investment and ISPs are often local monopolies. What this means is that for an ISP to break-even, they really need to be concerned about trying to squeeze as much profit from their business as they can. This is aided by the fact they're a monopoly a lot of the time, which means instead of charging internet at the market equilibrium price, they set their prices at the value that maximizes their profit, which is usually exorbitant and unfair. I'm not gonna go off on a tangent here, but this is why net neutrality and similar policies are so important. And why you really forgeted yourself if you value the internet and simultaneously supported people who wanted to scrap these safeguards. Not directed at hillkill but just people in general. |
| hillkill:
if you oppose net neutrality, is that supporting the idea of paying more on your bill to access certain websites? i'm kind of uneducated on this whole issue. |
| Shift Kitty:
--- Quote from: hillkill on July 09, 2017, 11:01:38 PM ---if you oppose net neutrality, is that supporting the idea of paying more on your bill to access certain websites? i'm kind of uneducated on this whole issue. --- End quote --- Not exactly like that but that's pretty much the end result, so yeah. |
| Steve5451²:
--- Quote from: hillkill on July 09, 2017, 11:01:38 PM ---if you oppose net neutrality, is that supporting the idea of paying more on your bill to access certain websites? i'm kind of uneducated on this whole issue. --- End quote --- gives ISP's the freedom to block or throttle whatever sites they want. but yeah the key factor is that some will scum it up and make websites like youtube for example either a payed package or throttle its bandwidth to save a few bucks. |
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