XPost: can.internet.highspeed, can.general   
   From: gwelsh@spamcop.net   
      
   Mirko Bibic wrote in the Financial Post:   
   > Between 2006 and 2009, Internet usage more than doubled,   
      
   Is that because average usage went up?  If that's the case, then how long is   
   it going to be before the *average* user goes over 25 GB per month and has   
   to pay Bell for overages?   
      
   Is it because more customers signed up?  Then that means more revenue to pay   
   for the upgrades required to support them.  Duh.   
      
   Is it because Bell introduced 12, 16, and 25 Mbps services (which it did not   
   make available to wholesale customers) with correspondingly higher monthly   
   transfer allowances and at correspondingly higher prices?  Then that means   
   more revenue to pay for the upgrades required to support those services.   
   Duh.   
      
   Every ISP on the planet has faced the exact same issue as Bell Canada and   
   they all handled it without dramatic price increases, low monthly transfer   
   allowances, or steep overage fees.  If Bell is such an innovative company,   
   why can't it even keep up with everyone else on the planet?!?   
      
   > Yet at the same time, the CRTC has found that the average price   
   > per gigabyte downloaded has actually declined by 20%.   
      
   The price for *what*?  Does that figure represent transit costs, which is   
   NOT included in the service Bell provides third party DSL ISPs like TekSavvy   
   and Primus?  Do not let Bell pull a bait and switch!   
      
   > But we must face the reality of the super-heavy user,   
      
    ... which the current UBB tariff completely fails to do.  It penalizes   
   those who run a little bit over their monthly allowance while charging a   
   customer who download 300 GB the same as it charges a customer who downloads   
   65 GB!  It charges someone who runs 3 GB over their monthly allowance more   
   than it charges someone to buy a 40 GB increase in their allowance.   
      
   How can anyone look at the details of the tariff and believe that it could   
   possibly be a 'fair' way to deal with the "super-heavy user"?!?   
      
   >We estimate that these   
   > users represent less than one in 50 of the total Internet customer   
   > base in Canada. In other words, it's almost certainly not you.   
      
   Bell: Don't worry, we're not gunning for *you*.   
    ... yet.   
      
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