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I now understand why Roger's has capped our Internet
09/01/09
I just saw an ad for Roger's internet where they tout the "fastest internet". My question for Roger's is, Why tout how fast your Internet is when they cap my traffic at 60 GB a month? I don't need fast because if I take advantage of it I'm sure to hit my cap. The only reason Rogers can offer the "fastest Internet" is because they set their transfer levels artificially low. They try to pretend that this is to protect their network from heavy users but the real reason is to protect their cable business.
This month I had to tell my kids not to use the internet because we were on track to busting through the cap about two weeks through the month. It wasn't because of bit torrent it was because my kids started to use the internet to watch streaming video. Watching streaming video threatens Rogers cable business so that last thing they want people to do is to get used to watching their video online. Why don't most sporting events stream live in Canada? TSN would rather you watch it on TV, Why no Hulu in Canada? The media companies want to maintain their cable revenues.
My plan is to ditch cable TV entirely and use the money I save, which is currently larger than my cable internet bill, to play for my families internet overages. I'll get over the air broadcasts for the network shows I want to watch and though I will miss some of the specialty channels they just aren't worth keeping cable for. To bad Rogers doesn't offer a la carte pricing. The days of ripping off consumers with overpriced bundles can't last forever.
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I ditched Rogers about a year ago. It just seemed silly to be spending more on cable (essentially “renting” the shows) than it would have cost to buy the DVD sets at the end of the season for the shows I watch regularly.
I’m limited to the HD channels that I can pull in over my antenna, but that covers all of the major network programming. And don’t believe the Rogers guy when he tells you the antenna will stop working at some point. That’s only true for the non-HD analog channels.
there’s a friend of mine thinking about an online petition in that regard. in the meantime, you should check with Shaw if you’ve got that available in your area.
my buddy is djcrisb on blogspot. I’m not putting the url here, I don’t really want it to look like spam. you can find him.
