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Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce
That is a moot point. At the moment there is no overage charge, and to speculate on what the charges will be is premature to me. At this moment Telus is offering a far superior package. In the long run, maybe that may change, but speculation of changes from what I am hearing in the industry will be equivalent to shaw's $1-2 per gig charge and cap remaining the same. So overall, that is still a better deal than Shaw.
If Shaw can wise up and recognize that their archaic packages need tuning then maybe they'll be able to keep customers.
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I don't have time to dig up the service agreement, but
this FAQ on DSL reports, which was updated in October 2010 shows the state of Telus billing at that time.
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Telus has instituted a pay for bandwidth policy for usage over the monthly cap. Pricing is as follows:
High speed light $5 per an extra gig
High speed $2.00 per an extra gig
High speed enhanced $2.00 per an extra gig
High speed extreme $2.00 per an extra gig.
High speed Turbo $2.00 per an extra gig.
Whether or not Telus is going to actually charge for the overage is yet to be seen. Although it is known (actual letter posted) they are actively sending out letters if you hit over 200 gigs a month.
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Earlier in this thread, it was corrected with different bandwidth caps, but I am assuming the rest of the information is correct. I also assume that one of many Telus employees who frequent this thread can tell us how up to date the info is. Going by these numbers, Telus will charge twice as much per GB, on a comparable plan, than Shaw does for overages.
If this info is wrong, then I withdraw my statement that switching to Telus would be a bad idea based on UBB alone, but given the responses so far in this thread, by people who seem to be "in the know with Telus" I have no reason to doubt them.