OT: Bell Internet Performance Service - Up to 7 Mbps

[JoeHill]

Meng Cheah wrote: 

> Is anyone using the above and would like to share their experience, both 
> good and bad?
> 
> What is the performance with Bittorrent?
> 
> The Bell salesperson first told me that Bell does not do trafficshaping.
> When pointed out that the issue is before the CRTC, he informed me that 
> the CRTC forces Bell to trafficshape.
> Finally, he admitted that Bell trafficshapes because users are using 
> "excessive" bandwidth(but the cap is 60 GB per month).
> All this in less than 3 minutes and without embarrassment.
> I have the impression that if telling me that Obama is the AntiChrist 
> would clinch my signing up, he would.
> 
> Any info will be appreciated.

I cannot describe the horrors that await you if you sign up with Bell. The
exchange you describe above is completely normal, and you should expect similar
discussions with any support drone you speak with if you use Sympatico. They
haven't the faintest idea about anything to do with the Internet, and will hang
up on you if you demand anything approaching a truthful or factual answer.

The traffic shaping, at least for now, will be the same anywhere you go since
Bell applies it's idiotic scheme to all its lines. It does not apply to
Bittorrent, it applies to any and all encrypted protocols you use, like SSH or
VPN.

Bell is nothing short of a blight on the Internet, and needs to be removed from
our corporate culture altogether.

-- 
Joe
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