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Newest Reality Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:04 PM
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Sorry about that! Canada reverses metered Internet decision

Oops! Terrified by a critical mass of enraged broadband consumers, Canada's government is telling its telecom regulator to rescind its approval of metered or "usage based" billing, or else. Industry Minister Tony Clement is now insisting that Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has to undo the ruling.


http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/sorry-about-that-canada-rushes-to-reverse-metered-billing-decision.ars
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:06 PM
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1. OMG.I didn't even know this was being considered. Silly me.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:07 PM
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2. AMEN! The U.S. writing would have been on THAT Internet wall ASAP!
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:41 PM
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3. Must have been a hell of a shit storm.
Hope we can do the same or better yelling here about the kill switch.
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arbusto_baboso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:42 PM
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4. Would that be pronounced "soar-ee"? We're talkin' 'bout Canada after all...
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Toon Me Out Donating Member (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:58 PM
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5. the server burped
Edited on Thu Feb-03-11 06:00 PM by Toon Me Out
plz delete--tx
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Toon Me Out Donating Member (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-11 05:59 PM
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6. bloated...
...cable companies want to impede consumer independence as consumers flee from crappy premium content and services.
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