How do you feel about data caps for internet usage?(Canadians)

They can give people problems and also gave me problems. I ended up going on a google hunt. Here's 2 good ISPs that have unlimited usage. Distributel or TekSavvy. Google them.

They are **** stupid. And I don't have the option to switch to anything else FML.

This has always shocked me that some internet providers do this to customers. I remember when visiting family in Toronto, my uncle was always on my case screaming "don't stay on the internet too long, don't use all my bandwidth for this month!" 

Luckily my internet provider (MTS) doesn't support this business practice. To me personally, I find band caps silly.

They are **** stupid. And I don't have the option to switch to anything else FML.

the_ChEeSe_mAn2

People is too easy on these company's. I will and never will put up with data caps. I rather go without then put up with Bull shit in this day and age as data limits is something I would expected back the early age.

this goes for internet and cell phones

And I don't have the option to switch to anything else FML.cesarrpha

People is too easy on these company's. I will and never will put up with data caps. I rather go without then put up with Bull shit in this day and age as data limits is something I would expected back the early age.

this goes for internet and cell phones

k2theswiss

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People is too easy on these company's. I will and never will put up with data caps. I rather go without then put up with Bull shit in this day and age as data limits is something I would expected back the early age.

this goes for internet and cell phones

chrisrooR

my household uses teksavvy; it may not be super-duper high-speed, but it's inexpensive and works just fine.

bell and the rest of em are plain crooks, charging like 50 bucks if you go over the measly data limit 

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People is too easy on these company's. I will and never will put up with data caps. I rather go without then put up with Bull shit in this day and age as data limits is something I would expected back the early age.

this goes for internet and cell phones

Fightingfan

They can give people problems and also gave me problems. I ended up going on a google hunt. Here's 2 good ISPs that have unlimited usage. Distributel or TekSavvy. Google them.

GameboyTroy

They are **** stupid. And I don't have the option to switch to anything else FML.

the_ChEeSe_mAn2

I'm not a Canadian but my ISP has data cap and it's horrible.

I dislike them, but think they are within a provider's rights. Not entirely the same, but similar; I'm old enough to remember when providers would charge you for a certain amount of time online. But that was back in the days of good ol' dial up modems and AOL.

how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

mrbojangles25

Edit: the extra charges can only go up to an extra 100$ though. 

i have relatives who live in Canada that don't run into that problem at all

how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

I dislike them, but think they are within a provider's rights. Not entirely the same, but similar; I'm old enough to remember when providers would charge you for a certain amount of time online. But that was back in the days of good ol' dial up modems and AOL.

dagreenfish

how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

mrbojangles25

how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

mrbojangles25

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how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

chrisrooR

Edit: the extra charges can only go up to an extra 100$ though. 

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how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

DeadMan1290

that is such a ****ing scam, then.

Well, it doesn't really affect me, so I'm pretty indifferent.  I'd be rather annoyed if the cap were as low as they were initially going to set it, though.

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how do caps work? Do you have normal bandwidth until you reach your cap, then they slow it down to like 128k speeds?  Or do they shut it off completely? Or do they start charging you more per MB used? (like phone carriers do)

mrbojangles25

that is such a ****ing scam, then.

Most people think it's being used to prevent people from replacing cable TV with Netflix and other internet-related media.  The companies that provide internet usually offer cable TV as well, and they don't want people paying for only one service where they used to be paying for two.

Terrible for the consumer, but hardly surprising from a corporation.

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[QUOTE="DeadMan1290"] They charge you per GB you go over.pianist

that is such a ****ing scam, then.

Most people think it's being used to prevent people from replacing cable TV with Netflix and other internet-related media.  The companies that provide internet usually offer cable TV as well, and they don't want people paying for only one service where they used to be paying for two.

Terrible for the consumer, but hardly surprising from a corporation.

it is lazy.  Instead of adapting and changing, theyre cheating the customer.

Hope stuff like this never comes to the US.  Wish Google built that prototype ISP in my town lol.

As a Rogers customer, I've had that problem for years. It was extremely frustrating, we even upgraded to Ultimate last year and we still went over the 250GB cap. We just recently switched our phones from Bell to Rogers and they offered us Unlimited bandwidth for our internet and some other deals.

So I now get 150mbps+ (seen it jump to 280) download speed and unlimited bandwidth. All I can say is, f'n FINALLY. We were even debating to switch to Teksavvy but their download speeds weren't that great.

It's a pain in the ass here in Canada due to our ISP's controlling everything.

So far as I'm aware I don't have a cap. However the idea of them is stupid, it's right up there with text message fees for scams. Ace6301

that and well texts are like expensive nowadays, you get charged for opening up a text sent to you, what the hell is up with that?