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This is Bell.

While I'm not claiming Canadian rates are cheap, this is what Videotron charges:

Download speed: 60 Mbps Upload speed: 3 Mbps Total data transfer combined: 150 GB $82.95*

Which is 0.55$

You can also get additional data in 30 Gig blocks for 12.50$ (up to 3 a month), which is 0.44$, if you need it. And there are additional services as well.

I've been a subscriber to Videotron since 2002, and while they aren't the cheapest, I've found their support fairly good, never having a major problems.

Edit: I should note, I'm just providing these prices as a perspective to what's being presented other places. My wife and I also never go over the cap, so we haven't worried about overage charges. However, if we did exceed the cap, apparently it's $4.50/G!




> This is Bell.

No, that's been Bell forever, but following the CRTC's last decision any carrier using Bell's network will be forced into those prices, because Bell can now apply usage-based billing on their wholesale customers.


That's what I mean. The prices linked only affects people using Bell's systems.


> That's what I mean.

But not what you said. End-point customers to Bell's wholesale customers (virtual providers) used not to have these issues. They may not even be aware their provider uses Bell's network under the hood.

Hell, if I read TekSavvy's news correctly they don't even use Bell's network everywhere (only in Ontario and Quebec).


It's not even Bell's network, just the last mile (telephone wires).


> But not what you said.

That's exactly what I said. The prices referenced in the linked comment were based on Bell's numbers. I posted information about another ISP for comparison.

So, unless your contending that the original comment linked to was not about Bell, stop trying to cherry pick pointless arguments.


IIRC the Bell cap is 25GB/month with $2/GB after that.


In Quebec, the cap is 60GB/month apparently.


But 2.35$/GB for overages.




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