[clug-talk] CRTC reviewing things, but are they getting only one side?

[Mel Walters]

I saw in a July 12th news paper article the title: 
Independent Internet providers slowing traffic, hearing told.

Monopoly and oligopoly can be a bad thing, but the cable and telephone
companies would rather the world fit a mold of their choosing.

If we believe them we may as well believe black is white, and white is
black.

Does any one else see see the solutions are there in the way of mesh
networking and peer to peer methods or other technical solutions?

Most providers have an overcharge clause including Telus who did not
generally seem to enforce it much. But when I last looked at those
details the overcharges from caps made downloading with high speed
extreme way more expensive then using a 24/7 dial up connection.

So you can go real fast for a very short time. Then you had better stop
before you get a very large bill in cap over charges. I never understood
how this made any sense to the customer.

Anyone else see the dramatic irony of all of this?