Exactly, it's not the world ending thing that the hyperbole wielders would make it out to be.
Shaw had caps previously. They raised them. Then they lowered them to what they used to be and added a surcharge.
I don't blame Shaw or Telus or anyone for doing whatever they can do to maximize shareholder profits. The fact that it costs Shaw x cents is a red herring. The cost of a consumer product is what the market will bear, not what it costs to get that good to the consumer.
There is a question of is the CRTC allowing a monopoly (or whatever you call a monopoly of a few companies), but what's stopping a new ISP coming into Calgary and offering a new product (not one using infrastructure leased from an existing ISP)?
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