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bthornhill

join:2004-05-10
·voip.ms

marketing doublespeak

quote:
in this case 60GB equates to 6,291,456 e-mails and 1,572,864 page views, the letter kindly informs us, with pictures.
...or a single HD movie


en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME


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Exactly... You don't see any reference to any sort of bandwidth heavy app on here. Forget HD, even streaming basic apps would blow this out of the water.
I Fedora Core 6 ISO = 3.4 GB

What I don't get, it why do I need caps on the lower end rates ? Ultra lite requiring a 2GB cap ?
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Canada = Hollywood North


Raptor
Not a Dumptruck

join:2001-10-21
London, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
·Bell Sympatico


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And how many movies is that oh mighty Rogers god of mathematics???

What's this? We're allowed to use 'Bittorrents'? But howwww? You throttle the bujeezus out of them?....

Who does their marketing, clearly they think we're idiots, or I guess just ignorant.
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....where's my fiber?


tad2020

join:2007-07-17
Orange, CA
·AT&T DSL Service


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said by Raptor See Profile :

And how many movies is that oh mighty Rogers god of mathematics???

What's this? We're allowed to use 'Bittorrents'? But howwww? You throttle the bujeezus out of them?....

Who does their marketing, clearly they think we're idiots, or I guess just ignorant.
I love their average of 60MB for HD movie trailers from Apple, last few trailers I watched there were all over 200MB.

Riplin

join:2002-05-13
canada
·Bell Sympatico


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in this case 60GB equates to 6,291,456 e-mails and 1,572,864 page views, the letter kindly informs us, with pictures.
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quote: bthornhill

...or a single HD movie

Touchee!!

Chew on that TED.


HiVolt
Premium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs:
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico

reply to en102
said by en102 See Profile :

What I don't get, it why do I need caps on the lower end rates ? Ultra lite requiring a 2GB cap ?
It's to make it so unattractive, that the user will upgrade to the next tier up.
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GOLF LEAFS GOLF!


DKS
Damn Kidney Stones
Premium,ExMod 2002
join:2001-03-22
Owen Sound, ON
clubs:
·Bell Sympatico

reply to Riplin
said by Riplin See Profile :

quote:
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in this case 60GB equates to 6,291,456 e-mails and 1,572,864 page views, the letter kindly informs us, with pictures.
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quote: bthornhill

...or a single HD movie

Touchee!!

Chew on that TED.
You forget that Ted owns Rogers Video. He wants you to go rent that movie from his Rogers Video store.
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Need-based health care not greed-based health care.
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