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Article #41772Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision
From: Dave Smith
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 19:32
Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 19:32
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Augustus wrote: > It all boils down to: for legit use, you should have no problem at all... if > you are pirating video games and movies off the net, then yeah, you got a > reason to complain cuz you'll be limited in how much you can download a > month... but then, you don't have any ground to really stand on... maybe > everybody does it, but nobody sympathizes with a pirate. Actually, what it boils down to is that Bell is putting the screws to its customers once again. I signed up for Sympatico's high speed because the cost was less than I was paying for unlimited access and a separate phone line, and when I signed up, it was for UNLIMITED. Now they have raised the price and put a limit on it. That's not what the original agreement was. As technology advances, they should be able to handle more, and as their service expanded, they have more paying customers. This is bait and switch marketing. It is unethical. But then, Bell is notorious for bait and switch tactics.
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