BELL DICTATING HOW MUCH INTERNET YOU CAN USE

ITS 4:35PM FEB 03,2011 AND AN UPDATE ON THIS STORY.THE CRTC IS REVIEWING THIS DECISION OF BEING CONTROL FREAKS WITH THE INTERNET.AND CHARGING PEOPLE WAY MORE FOR UNLIMITED INTERNET USE.

Harper Conservatives to quash CRTC decision killing unlimited Internet
By Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News February 3, 2011 11:56 AM - The Harper government is expected to quash a CRTC ruling forbidding flat-fee unlimited Internet.

OTTAWA — The Harper government will overrule a recent decision by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission that effectively kills unlimited Internet-pricing packages — unless the telecommunications regulator backs down first, Postmedia News has learned.The CRTC should be under no illusion. The prime minister and the minister of industry will reverse this decision unless the CRTC does it itself, a senior government source, speaking only on condition of anonymity, said Wednesday evening.Industry Minister Tony Clement confirmed that the government will overrule the CRTC late Wednesday night on his Twitter account, saying that the CRTC must go back to the drawing board.The ultimatum sets the stage for an awkward appearance before a parliamentary committee Thursday by Konrad von Finckenstein, chairman of the CRTC, who will now be making his public remarks with a threat hanging over his head.

Last week, the CRTC ruled that usage-based billing, the model used by large Internet providers such as Bell Canada and Rogers Communications to charge customers extra for exceeding monthly download limits, will apply to smaller providers too. Until now, those smaller providers could offer unlimited Internet packages; the ruling means they no longer can. Clement had previously hinted that the federal government may quash the controversial ruling, and the prime minister has asked for a review of it. But the government’s blunt ultimatum to the CRTC suggests any review would be pro forma.It’s also another slap to the face for von Finckenstein’s agency delivered by the Tory government. In 2009, the government decided to let Globalive Wireless Management Corp. set up cellphone service in Canada even the CRTC blocked the bid because of foreign-ownership rules. Von Finckenstein and CRTC vice-chair Len Katz were slated to appear before the House of Commons industry committee Thursday to answer questions about the CRTC ruling.Large companies that employ usage-based billing say customers who stream movies or games on the Internet use too much extra bandwidth and the billing model helps the companies manage this use.Opponents of usage-based billing say preventing companies from offering unlimited access stifles competition and innovation.(c) Postmedia News -Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/Harper+Conservatives+quash+CRTC+
decision+killing+unlimited+Internet/4214199/story.html#ixzz1CvyzKGQn

CRTC backtracks on controversial Internet-billing decision
Steven Chase Globe and Mail Update Thursday, Feb. 03, 2011 4:20PM EST

Increase text size Canada’s embattled telecom regulator has announced it will review its controversial decision to effectively end unlimited access Internet plans in the wake of complaints from consumers and the Harper government threat to reverse the ruling.In light of these requests and the evident concerns expressed by Canadians, the Commission has decided to delay the implementation of usage-based billing for wholesale customers by at least 60 days,CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein told a Commons committee on Thursday.CRTC to review Net-billing ruling [We will] launch, of our own motion, a review of our decision.His announcement comes less than one day after the Industry Minister delivered an ultimatum to the CRTC, warning Ottawa will scrap its decision if the regulator doesn’t rescind it itself.Tony Clement made the surprise announcement late Wednesday night via his Twitter account.

The Conservative government has taken a keen interest in the CRTC ruling that's sparked a massive consumer backlash and caught the attention of all political parties in Ottawa.Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally intervened on the file to signal his displeasure this week.Reversing the CRTC decision would mean that independent Internet service providers would not be forced to switch to per-byte billing from unlimited access accounts.It would not prevent the big Internet providers from continuing to use metered billing as they have for years. But the fact that smaller providers could offer unlimited accounts has likely acted as a competitive check on the market and helped keep prices from rising.Mr. Clement and the Harper cabinet have overturned the CRTC before, of course, by striking down the regulator's ruling that Globalive, which now operates Wind Mobile, couldn't launch service in the regulated sector because of foreign financial backing.On Tuesday, Mr. Harper himself took the unusual step of intervening in the controversy, putting more heft behind Mr. Clement's move to review the CRTC ruling – a strong sign of the Conservatives' displeasure with the regulator's decision.

THIS IS OUR LOVING BELL CANADA HERE IN CANADA THATS RIPPING OFF THE CUSTOMERS AND SINCE WIGHTMAN INTERNET DOES NOT HAVE THESE RESTRICTONS-I CAN SEE WIGHTMAN GETTING ALOT OF INTERNET CUSTOMERS FROM EX BELL CUSTOMERS.ALL SWITCH OVER TO WIGHTMAN FOLKS.SHOW BELL THEY CAN NOT BE AN INTERNET DICTATOR HERE IN CANADA.I PHONED WIGHTMAN MY SELF AND THEY SAID IT WAS ONLY BELL THAT WAS DOING THIS.WIGHTMAN HAS NO RESTRICTIONS SHE TOLD ME.

WIGHTMANS TELOPHONE NUMBER IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH FROM BELL
1-888-477-2177
WIGHTMAN INTERNET SITE
http://www.wightman.ca/residential/internet/internet-fibre.php

CTV ON DOWNLOAD LIMITS
http://www.ctv.ca/consumer/#TopVideoAn

Unlimited Internet packages see drastic cut with new rules
By QMI AGENCY JAN 31,2011 Brantford Expositor
http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2011/01/31/todays-uproar-draconian-internet-bandwidth-caps-in-canada/

Unlimited Internet packages are quickly becoming a thing of the past as usage-based billing for Internet services is set to take effect in March.TekSavvy customers -- accustomed to unlimited Internet packages-- received an e-mail Saturday notifying them that their Internet usage would be capped beginning March 1.From March 1 on, users of the up to 5Mbps packages in Ontario can expect a usage cap of 25Gb (60Gb in Quebec), substantially down from the 200Gb or unlimited deals TekSavvy was able to offer before the CRTC's decision to impose usage based billing, the e-mail to customers read.The cut in service stems from a Jan. 25 decision by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission -- Canada's regulator for all things television, radio and Internet -- which granted the country's Internet providers the right to charge wholesale buyers of Internet service their normal retail rates, at a 15% discount.

The move has widely drawn the ire of consumers.What can I do with 25Gb/ month shared between two people? asked Samuel Pikelin, a student in Ottawa. I basically can't use the Internet anymore. The move is also dangerous for businesses, including U.S. firm Netflix, which recently launched in Canada to offer unlimited streaming video on-demand for $8 a month.For Daniel Bader, a Torontobased technology journalist and editor-in-chief of thecellularguru.com,the CRTC's decision to crack down on companies like TekSavvy is poorly thought out.This is a stark and stifling enterprise and will only negatively affect Canadian business productivity and lower the amount that people are willing to invest in exploring the web. I cannot justify spending $8/ month on Netflix when I have to worry merely about my surfing habits causing me to go over my monthly allotment, he said.In order to run a business, and to facilitate a non-cable dominated home entertainment system, one needs access to bandwidth, he added. Whatever inroads the television networks had made to streaming video will be negated overnight. An online petition, run by OpenMedia.ca,has gathered more than 100,000 signatures from people hoping to have the policy overturned. Signatories to that petition include several municipal mayors.Concerns expressed through the petition include the future of companies that offer cloud-based computing services, online gaming through systems like Xbox Live, online backup services and others.The CRTC decision argues that usage-based billing is a way to effectively manage Internet traffic so that high-activity users do not hamper the experience for lower-activity users.

Detractors argue that the policy negates the efficiencies and consumer choice offered by allowing third-party companies like TekSavvy the chance to by wholesale bandwidth from larger service providers.TekSavvy is also asking its customers to fight the change.Like our customers, and Canadian Internet users everywhere, we are not happy with this new development. We will continue our efforts to fight the imposition of exorbitant bandwidth charges on usage, they wrote to customers. We will keep you informed of our efforts and look to you for your help.Article ID# 2954077

Usage-based billing comes increasingly under fire by all sides
INTERNET By QMI Agency Last Updated: January 31, 2011 2:07pm

StoryCommentsEmail StoryPrintSize A A AReport Typo.Unlimited Internet packages are quickly becoming a thing of the past as usage-based billing for Internet services is set to take effect in March.TekSavvy customers -- accustomed to unlimited Internet packages -- received an e-mail Saturday notifying them their Internet usage would be capped beginning March 1.From March 1 on, users of the up to 5Mbps packages in Ontario can expect a usage cap of 25Gb (60Gb in Quebec), substantially down from the 200Gb or unlimited deals TekSavvy was able to offer before the CRTC's decision to impose usage based billing, the e-mail to customers read.The cut in service stems from a Jan. 25 decision by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission -- Canada's regulator for all things television, radio and Internet -- which granted the country's Internet providers the right to charge wholesale buyers of Internet service their normal retail rates, at a 15% discount.The move has widely drawn the ire of consumers. What can I do with 25Gb/month shared between two people? asked Samuel Pikelin, a student in Ottawa. I basically can't use the Internet anymore.

The move is also dangerous for businesses, including U.S. firm Netflix which recently launched in Canada to offer unlimited streaming video on-demand for $8 a month.For Daniel Bader, a Toronto-based technology journalist and editor-in-chief of thecellularguru.com, the CRTC's decision to crack down on companies like TekSavvy is poorly thought out.This is a stark and stifling enterprise and will only negatively affect Canadian business productivity and lower the amount people are willing to invest in exploring the web. I cannot justify spending $8 per month on Netflix when I have to worry merely about my surfing habits causing me to go over my monthly allotment, he said. In order to run a business, and to facilitate a non-cable dominated home entertainment system, one needs access to bandwidth, he added. Whatever inroads the television networks had made to streaming video will be negated overnight.An online petition, run by OpenMedia.ca, has gathered more than 100,000 signatures from people hoping to have the policy overturned. Signatories to that petition include several municipal mayors.Concerns expressed through the petition include the future of companies that offer cloud-based computing services, online gaming through systems such as X-Box Live, online backup services and others.The CRTC decision argues usage-based billing is a way to effectively manage Internet traffic so high-activity users do not hamper the experience for lower-activity users. Detractors argue the policy negates the efficiencies and consumer choice.

HERES A GOOD EXCUSE FOR LIMITED INTERNET I MUST SAY.THE NWO ONE WORLD GOVERNMENTERS WILL TRY ANYTHING TO CONTROL US.

Is the Internet running out of addresses?
CTV.ca News Staff Date: Tuesday Feb. 1, 2011 11:18 AM ET

The Internet is one step closer to running out of addresses on Tuesday, after the international organization tasked with handing out Internet protocol addresses assigned two of the seven remaining blocks. Early on Tuesday, the organization that oversees net addresses in the Asia Pacific region, the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), requested two blocks of Internet protocol (IP) addresses, each comprising about 16 million, from the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA). Foreseeing the decline of addresses, the IANA had reserved five blocks, known as /8s, which will now be handed out to five regional agencies across the world in mid-March. The registries will then be able to hand out domain names as they see fit.This means the Internet could run out of addresses as early as Sept. 2011, Axel Pawlik, the managing director of European IP Addresses (RIPE), the organization charged with overseeing Internet registries in Europe told the BBC.

The Internet was developed on version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) and was designed in 1986 by Vint Cerf, who in an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald said it was his fault that addresses on the world's biggest network are dwindling. I thought it was an experiment and I thought that 4.3 billion [addresses] would be enough to do an experiment, Cerf told The Sydney Morning Herald. Cerf, who now works for Google as its chief Internet evangelist, said he didn't know his experiment wouldn't end. The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), one of five not-for-profit internet registries, urged all members of the Internet industry in a press release Tuesday to move forward with a new registry system to sustain the growth of the Internet.APNIC reiterates that IPv6 is the only means available for the sustained ongoing growth of the Internet, and urges all Members of the Internet industry to move quickly towards its deployment.The IPv6 registry system, which will get a 24 hour test drive on June 8, 2011 by companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo is meant to urge the rest of the world to update their services to the IPv6 system before an official transition period.Lorenzo Colitti, a network engineer for Google, calmed fears in a blog post saying most Internet users won't need to do anything special to prepare for the switch and that 99.95 per cent of users will be unaffected when IPv6 goes mainstream.However, there could be problems with connectivity, said Colitti, if home network devices are not configured properly.