Unlimited internet usage plans back on Bell/Rogers (possibly Videodron too?) until March

[Mr. Ambien]

This is a temporary offer for anyone who might be interested, and it relates to home broadband, but it was suspected (and confirmed) it came on the heels of the CRTC ruling which followed:

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...ell-rogers.html

Big telecommunications companies have started offering unlimited internet packages for the first time in years, ahead of a decision by Canada's telecommunications regulator that could determine whether independent internet service providers are able to offer similar packages.

Rogers began advertising an unlimited internet offer this week that matches one announced by Bell in January. Both companies are offering the option for:

• $10 on top of the usual monthly internet fee to customers who bundle together three of their services – such as home phone, TV and internet.

• $30 on top of the usual monthly fee for customers who don’t have a bundle.

Rogers says its offer is only available until the end of March.

For the past few years, big internet service providers (ISPs) such as Bell and Rogers have had monthly usage caps on all their internet packages, charging $0.50 to $4 per gigabyte over the cap.

Albert Lee, a spokesman for Bell, told CBC News following the January announcement that Bell has not offered unlimited internet for at least five years. Rogers would not say when it last offered unlimited internet, but said this is the first time it is making such an offer as a promotion.

In recent years, Bell and Rogers had argued before Canada’s telecommunications regulator that their caps and overage fees were necessary to manage congestion on their networks and to ensure that heavy users pay their fair share.

'Massive broadband network investments'

Lee said Bell can now begin offering unlimited internet again thanks to the company’s “massive broadband network investments” of more than $3 billion annually in recent years.

“This new unlimited approach recognizes that Canadians use the internet more than anyone else in the world and that usage is accelerating by the day,” he wrote in an email.

When asked why Rogers was making its unlimited internet offer, spokeswoman Patricia Law said in an email that the company is "continuously offering new plans and packages to better serve our customers."

[Aladeen]

They Capped internet data? I knew they did with wireless data but never thought they did with residential. What a rip off. One day people will look back and laugh that anyone had to pay money to connect to the internet.

[CanuckRow]

Just a bunch of scammers anyways.

[elvis15]

They Capped internet data? I knew they did with wireless data but never thought they did with residential. What a rip off. One day people will look back and laugh that anyone had to pay money to connect to the internet.