Bandwidth Caps

A member of the chat room at live.combs.tv mentioned a few days ago, that he has to deal with bandwidth caps. He lives in Canada, and in Canada the only reliable service in his area is Rogers for DSL. What is just sad about this is Rogers sells internet service in bandwidth packages.

For example, 30GB per month for 30 dollars, or 60GB for 60 dollars etc… I’m not sure if I’m the only person who thinks this, but that is just wrong. The internet is not meant to be limited in any capacity at all. You may ask, what happens if you go over your 30GB per month? The internet slows down to ungodly slow dial up like speeds and you pay per megabyte over your specified amount.

When I heard this, I didn’t even know how to react. I simply could not imagine dealing with that myself, I know I will use 30GB In a week between uploads and downloads, plus E-mail and regular browsing. I could not live on that; it’s just not right do limit internet access like that. If you don’t think Comcast or Cox or Time Warner will do that, they will. They already have in some areas.

Across the world we are starting to see this happening, we have got to do something about it. The question is: What can be done? Comment, rate, subscribe etc… and pass this along to your friends.
©Dylan Combs 2008