USA & Canadian ISP's

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Why are internet plans and services so much better while always being cheaper in the states as opposed to what we here in Canada have?

I mean, in all seriousness, bundle plans in the states are very cheap and its residents usually get the added benefit of decent down/up stream and unlimited bandwidth. Here in Canada, Quebec specifically, there isn't a single ISP that offers unlimited bandwidth and the prices are ridiculously overcharged.

Compare US ISPs to the following Candian ISP rates:

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/PrsShpInt_Access.page

http://www.videotron.com/service/internet-services/internet-access

If you're still not sure what I'm talking about, read 'here'.
 
Lol, it depends all on your location in Canada, I mean where i live everyone is pretty high class. BC or Vancouver is a rich city and prices are a lot higher then in the states.
 
Techno said:
Lol, it depends all on your location in Canada, I mean where i live everyone is pretty high class. BC or Vancouver is a rich city and prices are a lot higher then in the states.
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I know. Which is why I said 'Quebec specifically'. It sucks though.
 
So why are Internet service providers charging consumers $1 or more per gigabyte of data used beyond their respective data caps? That’s a good question.

Bell will charge you an additional $2 per gigabyte to a maximum of $60 a month up to 300GB. After 300 GB, you'll pay a $1 a gigabyte. Shaw is charging $2.00 per GB on its popular high-speed package while Rogers is charging a whopping $5 per gigabyte on its Ultra Lite plan and $2 per GB on its popular 10 Megabits per second service.

Assuming an inflated cost of 10 cents per gigabyte, it means that Bell, Shaw and Rogers are charging consumers between 10 and 50 times what it costs them to deliver data. This on top of their regular monthly Internet pricing! While I agree that heavy users should be prepared to pay more once they have reached their bandwidth caps, a fair price would be much closer to 10 cents per GB than the inflated $1-to-$5-per-gigabyte charge sanctioned by the CRTC.
 
LOL'd at the pic.

To be honest, I've always wondered why Canada always has shitty internet. I'm from New York, and this is my speedtest:


And it's a shitty speedtest for me.

But I also have the best possible plan for my ISP.
 
KaNe said:
Not sure of my exact plan, but I have FiOS. All I know is it's the best available plan.
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I overheard that you need to redo the insolation in your home for FIOS because it uses fibre-optic wires? Is that true? How much do you pay? Where are you from? Are you with Verizon?
 
Crayo said:
I don't think caps exist in UK. We can download/upload and use however much we want.
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That's what you may think. There is no such thing as unlimited bandwidth. You always need to redefine print with telecommunication companies, which is why I've grown to despise most of them.

http://www.ravand.com/featured_article.cfm?id=13
 
I overheard that you need to redo the insolation in your home for FIOS because it uses fibre-optic wires? I don't really know to be honest, I had it installed before I moved into my house.
Is that true? ^
How much do you pay? I have my house phone, internet, and cable from the same company so it's something like $120 a month I believe.
Where are you from? New York
Are you with Verizon? Yeah.

There you go. Answered those for you.
 

Thanks for that.

As a matter of fact, I just subscribed to Bell television today and was as a result eligible for bundle discounts. I now save 10$ off my television, 5$ off my home phone and another 5$ off my internet, each month, for as long as I remain with Bell.

Not too shabby, although the cap still frustrates me beyond belief.
 
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