Re: mts or shaw capping download limits?

im on extreme with shaw and your limit is 100 gig up and down a month for 
about $50.00 a month and for $50.00 more a month is called small business
or 
something you get 150 gigs of traffic,,,and YES they will cut your 
connection if you keep going over 100 gigs a a month for like 2-3 months. 
They cut it so that you call in and they give you a lecture about your 
usage.  They have and will totally cut your service too if you are a 
delinquent tn going over
"The Wizard of Oz" <Wizard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Geronimo wrote:
>> in the last 2 months i must have download like over 120 gb, never had
any 
>> problems. with shaw.
>
> Depends what level of account you have. I have one of the original Shaw 
> accounts. They complain at 120GB and say my limit is 60GB. So much for 
> watching streaming video... Other levels of accounts have different 
> limits.
>
> There was an article a couple of weeks ago in the Saturday paper where
MTS 
> said they wouldn't bother people who were "excessive downloaders". Shaw 
> shouldn't bother either. I heard third hand both Shaw and MTS are paying

> for the SPEED of their connection not the VOLUME. The last I heard there

> was so much over-capacity here in town, Shaw could handle a city three 
> times that of the greater Toronto area with ease.
>
> Later
> Mike
>
>
>
>> "Jen" <smitty73@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:qJkTj.242432$pM4.2413@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> For as long as I can remember, like 7 years, Shaw has been capping 
>>> upload and download limits.  I can't remember what the cut off is.
>>>
>>> "B.T." <britye1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>>>> Is either ISP capping downloads these days.
>>>>
>>>> Most of the larger Canadian ISPs, including the two biggest - Rogers 
>>>> Communications Inc. and Bell Canada Inc. - have capped their most 
>>>> popular internet plans at 60 gigabytes.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/story/money/national/2008/05/02/tech-downloads.html
>>>
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