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Originally Posted by SebC
Quite simply, this is an anti-competitive measure that is designed to kill off Netflix and will leave a huge amount of off-peak bandwidth unused. That would not be possible in a competitive market - a competitor without an interest in cable TV would continue to offer unlimited service the way Shaw has been doing up to now, and Shaw's Internet business would cease to be profitable.
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Sure, don't forget I'm the Internet's #1 fan and anything that threatens it, be it making it less available or less open or whatever, I'm emotionally against.
But my emotions are irrelevant, so that's why I'm trying to dig through the FUD being kicked up by the "OMG $5/GB!!!!eleven" crowd, bad arguments are bad arguments regardless of if they come from a position I emotionally support or one I emotionally oppose.
To me Internet is almost as necessary as water/sewer/gas/electricity.
I agree with the conflict of interest between Shaw/Telus being Internet providers and them being TV/Phone providers and them manipulating one to support their position in another, and that's a prime spot for regulation to ensure it doesn't happen.