Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision

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From: Dave Smith
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 23:49

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Marko Jotic wrote:

> > Say What You Want - Debate What You Want.
> > Fact Is UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED Period.
> You obviously cannot read the agreement in question

I read the agreement. It is unlimited access. The terms that can be changed
for that service is the pricing.

> > Other Services Are Entering The Market. Even If Not
> > All Are Cheaper - At Least They Are Honest.
> And You think (lol) they can afford to give you totally unlimited
> service forever without somebody paying for it

They offered *unlimited access to the Internet* at a set price. One would
hope that a company as big and as old as Bell would be able to calculate a
price that would give them a decent price.  The reason stated for the new
limits on bandwidth is that a small number of users are causing the system
to slow down.  Oddly, they have continued to offer this service for some
time and are continuing to offer unlimited access. It doesn't take a rocket
scientist to figure out that if the system is clogging up now, it will slow
down even more with more users being signed up.

> > Clients Walking Into my Store, Are Doing The Same -
> > And, That's Even Without My Advice.
> Your insolence and advice has probably turned off thousand of potential
> customers

Hopefully, his comments will have alerted enough of Bell's potential
customers so that they can look at other providers. If enough people opt
not to go with Sympatico, it might relieve the strain on the system so they
do not have to raise our rates.

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