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Originally Posted by photon
You can contest it the same way you'd contest any other usage of any other product you pay for. If you think you are being ripped off, you tell them. If they help you, great, if they don't you can either get service from someone else, or you can take them to court, or you can call the BBB, or you can contact consumer advocacy groups, or any other number of things.
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This is just simply false. If I think my water meter for example is not correct, I can contact
Measurement Canada. I know of no such service for Internet usage. Most commodity items we buy are regulated. When you buy produce, the scales used are regularly tested and certified. Same with gas pumps etc. No such model exists for bandwidth.
You live in a fantasy world if you think you will get anywhere with "advocacy groups" or the BBB. That's why the CRTC being overturned is so critical, we get competition. I can move to a provider that does not cripple my bandwidth and punish me for being a normal internet user.