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Shaw reconsiders usage-based billing for Internet service
Shaw Communications is taking another look at its plans to bring in usage-based billing for Internet service.
In a news release today (February 8), the Calgary-based company said it will not implement usage-based charges until it consults with its customers.
According to the release, customers will have the chance to tell “senior Shaw leaders” what they think about Internet metering during “customer discussion sessions” in February and March.
“Bandwidth is not unlimited and that is the crux of the issue,” Peter Bissonnette, president of Shaw, states in the release. “There are many potential solutions to this challenge and we’re asking for our customers’ help to build a solution that works for everyone.”
Shaw’s move comes in the wake of a public outcry over the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s approval of usage-based billing.
Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein announced separate reviews of the decision will take place.
An online petition against Internet metering, spearheaded by Vancouver-based OpenMedia.ca, has been signed more than 420,000 times.
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Now lets reflect on what we've learned
1)they have lied
2)Jim shaw still makes $12,000 per month on his pension that we pay for
3)we still have a crappy backwater internet service
4)there are still incompetent people running the telecoms
5)there needs to be a lawsuit as soon as possible
6)there are no data hogs and the networks have not been updated
think thats covered the basics, anyone else care to contribute?