acanac pricing / support / service

[Tyler Aviss]

Did you have a link on that one? Seems pretty ridiculous, especially
if they're throttling the third-party accounts (what *rights* do they
even have to do packet inspection of those who aren't their
customers!!!).
Does that mean everytime I visit an https webpage, or SSH to work,
that my connection is being throttled? Damn, just when I thought Bell
couldn't get any worse.

Things like this need a large consumer class-action (with the
resellers to join in the fray). While they're at it, how about Bell
fixes their overextended lines and otherwise shit service so that
those of us that *pay* for high-speed can actually get it?

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:08 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY
<clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 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.
>  --
>  Regards,
>
>  Clifford Ilkay
>  Dinamis Corporation
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>  Toronto, ON
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>
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>
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