mrstickball said:
richardhutnik said:
mrstickball said:
disolitude said:
Fellow Canadians...switch to Tekksavy for your ISP!
Seriously though, Bella nd Rogers can go suck it. They are the only players (one owns the phone lines and other cable lines) so they think they can bully the consumer.
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The CRTC will directly effect Tekksavy. I don't believe affiliates like Tekk will be able to re-sell unlimited bandwidth.
Its very sad they are doing this, but bandwidth usage is increasing due to Netflix and YouTube among other things. This is why Net Neutrality isn't all its tracked up to be - treat every byte the same, and then they will charge according to simply how many bytes are being used.
Hopefully, these companies that may cap bandwidth will get smart and invest heavily into the infrastructure to increase the maximum thresholds. I hope TWC and others don't start doing this in the US :-
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Why should bytes not be treated the same? A byte is a packet of 1s and 0s, that is all. It is how computers translate it that determine otherwise. By saying that one can show favortism, an ISP can then show partiality to their own programming over others. Like Comcast, and others would have a vested interest in blocking Netflix or Hulu, for example. This goes against the nature of what the Internet has been built upon.
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If/when bytes are treated the same (no matter the content), then they will simply charge based on the amount of 1's and 0's that are being transferred - capping. Net neutrality doesn't really change that problem. If a service like Netflix is taking up 20-30% of all bandwidth in an entire country, it is safe to assume that the cable providers - the ones having to lay down the data trunks - will do what they can to ensure profits are coming in to a degree that will allow them to continue expansion, and/or reduce usage on the high-bandwidth services.
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Thing is that the 1s and 0s tax the system just the same. The net neutrality argument is that, unless it is treated the same, the access provider to the Internet will end up showing favoritism to their content of choice. They may also end up making any other rival content so unusable, that no one can access it and it isn't worth the time.
The issue here is amount, from a technological standpoint. Nature of the content becomes relevant from a business perspective, if an internet access provider wants to be able to get a competitive advantage for their own content.
