The case here is that these small ISPs are not only terminating the loop, they're also using Bell's pipes beyond the termination, with contracts that were enforced when Bell really was a bonafide monopoly. There are actually a lot of competitive options when you're looking for bulk bandwidth, will Bell being a small, small player.
Yes, that's because they own all the lines and Cogent has no other way to sign you up as a customer in a way that would be worth their while.
> The case here is that these small ISPs are not only terminating the loop, they're also using Bell's pipes beyond the termination, with contracts that were enforced when Bell really was a bonafide monopoly.
So, again, what choice do they have?
> There are actually a lot of competitive options when you're looking for bulk bandwidth, will Bell being a small, small player.
If that were really true don't you think these ISPs would switch to those competitors with their 'competitive options' instead of waging silly lawsuits?
Bandwidth is cheap. So cheap that it's hilarious to see the rates that Bell now charges these ISPs for transit.
Really, Canada just took a giant step backwards in time and you are cheering it on and I can't see what reasons you would have for that other than that you perceive Bell to somehow have a god given right to a chunk of the turnover of each and every bit of data that gets moved in Canada.
It really should not be that way, the sooner it ends the better. Every company that can afford it should be allowed to put in 'last mile' connections, and every company that can afford it should be allowed to use the former monopolists infrastructure at a cost-plus basis (and not a metered basis). That's the only way the situation will ever get to normal.
Canada is hurting it's citizens interests and the interests of Canada as a player in the global economy by putting the population at a disadvantage as compared to other countries.
Have a look at Korea for what's possible.
Twisted-pair sucks, actually, and Bell's monopoly is on dead technology. We only use it as a backup line in a worst case situation. We actually had a number of options, which is what we used for our primary line.
Though I'm not even sure what your point is.
If that were really true don't you think these ISPs would switch to those competitors with their 'competitive options' instead of waging silly lawsuits?
IT IS TRUE. Accept that as a reality, because it is reality. If bandwidth is as cheap as you claim, they WOULD use those alternatives, now wouldn't they? They have an economic model based upon basically an agreement that was punitively pushed onto Bell because of their monopoly, back when being the big telco made them the top dog.
I'm not cheering on anything but reality. You have ignored or sidestepped every reality I have presented, and keep up with this ridiculous illusion that Bell has any ounce of a provider monopoly in Canada.
The reason we're having this debate is because twisted pair easily does 20MBit these days.
> and Bell's monopoly is on dead technology.
Not quite dead. Maybe not on par with fiber to the home, but not all that bad either.
ITU G.992.5 Annex M: 24 Mbit/s down, 3.3 Mbit/s up.
> Though I'm not even sure what your point is.
I think we can agree on that :)
ISPs on metered billing is going about 10 years back, I really can't see any justification for it.
> keep up with this ridiculous illusion that Bell has any ounce of a provider monopoly in Canada.
You've provided more examples of that than I have actually.
Easily? Hardly. Over an absurdly short distance from the switching station, with perfect copper, as a tech trial sure. In the real world most ADSL users find that their experience is nowhere near that.
ADSL sucks. ADSL has always sucked. It is a dead technology that is constantly simply being replaced.
We're having this discussion because Bell, due to their ILEC status, was forced into agreements that favored some businesses that pandered to, essentially, the "problem users" who were kicked off every other network. Teksavvy didn't go to ADSL because it's such a great technology. They went to it because the CRTC cleared a sweetheart deal for them.
