VTHT
@shawcable.net
| Digital Age?
Guys, aren't we in the digital age or on the verge of it or something like that? Can we really progress forward with technology if people are willing to spend money for a service, but aren't being offered it by companies? Is asking for unlimited internet in this day and age seriously that huge a request? It's not as if everyone is going to be using an exorbidant amount of bandwidth, and it's also very unlikely that the people who do use large amounts would bring a properly maintained network to its knees.
Shaw probably has close to 650,000 subscribers in the GVRD but refuses to upgrade their networks. Remember that Shaw already got rid of the superb network Rogers had established in the GVRD (which had been serving the smaller user base just fine and could have been kept) to make way for a cheaper and less effective network. The internet has exploded in the past 4 years, and will only continue to grow. I see reports of 15mbps tests and have friends (in the USA) who download with impunity, hundreds of gigabytes a month, while I am stuck here in Vancouver on a Shaw line, unable to download over 30gb for fear that I will be suspended or worse, kicked off of the only highspeed ISP available in my area. A few scant years ago Canada was a broadband powerhouse, but is being left behind in the dust by a country more willing to spend money on improving the lives of its citizens through entertainment and the free exchange of ideas, media, and art.
Having an X-treme I (or whatever idiotic name they picked for it) is useless, any of the speed you can get out of it is completely negated by the fact that you have a mere 50gb cap. This is rapidly becoming the digital age, and Shaw is only holding the GVRD and the rest of Canada back with its improper business and unwillingness to upgrade their systems .
Yeah, it's very true that many people use lots of bandwidth for piracy, but give the internet four or five more years and don't be surprised if some of us are downloading HDTV quality content on a daily basis because it is being offered and there is the technology out there for it to be delivered. The piracy defense isn't going to be valid forever, I'm glad that this discussion has been relatively free of "U PIRATE LOTS OF STUFF SO U GO OVER LIMIT U IDIOT."
I'm waiting on this digital age stuff. |
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davisx
join:2005-01-06
| "Remember that Shaw already got rid of the superb network Rogers had established in the GVRD (which had been serving the smaller user base just fine and could have been kept) to make way for a cheaper and less effective network."
LOL!! Did you actually know the state of affairs in vancouver before shaw got it? even after it still was shitty... but from my understanding they are upgrading it for digital phone. |
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blackkitty
join:2005-06-10
Mission, BC | Why even bother offering 7 Mbps if you cant even use it.
Wheres the competition though??
*Wish I lived in the US* |
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Thingamajig
Premium
join:2004-11-03
B.C.
| reply to davisx
said by davisx  :LOL!! Did you actually know the state of affairs in vancouver before shaw got it? even after it still was shitty... but from my understanding they are upgrading it for digital phone. Do you?
Lets see...
Status monitoring of all Trunk amplifiers- Shod removed!
Status monitoring of all power supplies and their back up batteries- Shod removed!
Back up batteries for the power supplies- Shod removed!
Heated and air conditioned stations through out the GVRD for the implementation of sub stations- Shod removed!
Rebuilt nodes (SFU) that were operational at 860mhz to 860mhz while many others are still 625 mhz. (Gee I wonder which vice president lives by SFU?)
The GVRD when Rogers was here was on the verge of VOIP, Shod came in and put the system back 10 years in one short year of mismanagement. Their priority then (and still is today)was to kick the shit out of their union members rather than offer their customers a better performing system. Ya, sounds like its different in Alberta...I'm envious, but here its supremely f'd up!! |
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Rogers1
join:2004-10-14
Canada | Well im glad that Shaw got GVRD Becuase her in New Brunswick we go Rogers. I love the services network is great just wish we had DPS. |
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