Canadian ISPs Plan Net Censorship?!?
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
July 22, 2008 4:15pm CST
There is a rumor going around. If true, it could effect the Internet, computers, and Linux. Can you tell me if it's true or false?
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Bell Canada and TELUS, Canada’s two largest Internet service providers (ISPs), will begin charging per-site fees on most Internet sites according to anonymous sources within TELUS.
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Source where I got the rumor:
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http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/canada_net_censorship.html
1 response
@Vladilyich1 (1454)
• Canada
22 Jul 08
Bell Canada was just sold to a German company. From what I read, they're not going to censor per se, but have a scaled rate depending on the bandwidth you use. When you exceed your allotment for the month, your access slows down tremendously.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
23 Jul 08
That's crapola, I would switch to another company if I had the option and I had Bell Canada...but I don't.
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I'm American, and I also have an up/download allotment. I'm only slowed down for 24 hours if I exceed my ISP's download/upload megabyte/gigabyte allotment.
