acanac pricing / support / service

CLIFFORD ILKAY clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org
Thu Mar 27 18:08:41 UTC 2008


Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 01:25:57PM -0400, Dave Germiquet wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I heard a couple of you guys are using acanac, how is the service for
>> torrents / downloading for you after the trial period?
>>
>> I'm thinking of saving like 12 bucks a month myself :)
> 
> Well based on the recent news of what Bell is doing to the DSL network,
> the torrent support will probably become very bad real soon.

Apparently, use of any encrypted protocols on the Bell network will 
result in the entire connection being throttled. Rogers, as odious an 
ISP as it is, is not doing deep packet inspection for the time being. 
Now that Bell has jumped first, the field is now clear for Rogers to do 
what Bell is doing so even if you don't care about BitTorrent, I believe 
you will eventually be subjected to reduced service from Rogers if you 
use ssh/scp/sftp/ssl. It is only a matter of time.

Rogers and Bell have an oligopoly and as such, they are behaving 
predictably and rationally. They could not get away with this if there 
were real competition. We need control of the last mile. I have made 
inquiries about dark fiber with the aim of starting a community fiber 
project but I have not found pricing that makes any semblance of sense, 
certainly nothing like the pricing one can find in the U.S., parts of 
Europe, or South Korea. We are going to become a backwater on the 
Internet if Rogers and Bell are allowed unfettered control of the market.
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Clifford Ilkay
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