The biggest problem with UBB is the way the incumbents measure traffic. It's patently broken. 100% borked.
On the DSL side, traffic is measured at the BAS.
On the cable site, traffic is measured at the node.
It's quite simple to demonstrate how broken their measurement methodology is.
Fire up a cable or DSL internet account, set the modem up, then connect nothing to it. Then, send me your IP address. I can assure you, at the end of the month you're going to get a whopping bill for usage - whatever the max is, that's the bill you're going to get. Just let me know how much usage you want the bill to show. 200G? No problem. 1.5TB? No problem. The usage on the bill will show whatever I want it to show.
The fact is, this has been going on since UBB's inception. Bell, Rogers, Cogeco, Telus... all of them... know the metering is borked. They know it and do nothing because its raking in millions and millions of dollars for each of them, every month.
The concept of UBB is reasonable, IMHO. I have no problem paying for something I use. The more I use, the more I pay. I have no problem with this. But if you're going to charge me XX dollars for XX usage, that XX usage better be MY usage, and it better be at least half-assed accurate.
Right now, it's not even that.
Mike
You mean... there's still people out in the world that do business with that outfit?
Excuse my lack of sympathy.
Mike
Unfortunately, the government has now approved Usage Based Billing (UBB), which will allow Bell to start charging TekSavvy per GB used, which essentially removes all need to go with an independent ISP altogether, even though TekSavvy was paying for its own backbones, separate from Bell.
The UBB decision has not been made yet by the CRTC, and neither has the decision been made on Bell's R&V (asking the CRTC to force UBB on cable subscribers).
I guess the CRTC needs a little more time to ensure the proper pockets get lined and the right pork gets lifted into the barrel.
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Realized the iphone didn't have a drive I could mount, Safari didn't have flash, no voice recognition... a battery that can't get through The Dark Knight...
Laid it down on the basement floor and pissed on it.
Still running. Didn't help at all.
Mike
The Japanese aren't worryied about monetizing every inch of their infrastructure. Here in Canada we're 2 - 3 years behind in technology because the telcos are busy harnessing broadband, wired and otherwise, so they can add to shareholder value, and they have the wonderful auspices of Canada's oldest whorehouse, the CTRC, to protect them while they do.
Government protected, oligopolized hyper-capitalism is the new telecommunications mantra here. The end is nowhere in sight.
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