New taxes on Internet – Come ON GET REAL!

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New taxes on Internet – Come ON GET REAL!

Ouch! That is going to cost someone more money! I sure hope it isn’t me.

Jason Magder reported in the Montreal Gazette today… quote…
“The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued a decision yesterday detailing how much telecommunications companies are permitted to charge third-party Internet service providers for high data usage.” End Quote

Now I know that those on tight budgets will worry about this. Many have the Internet as their last form on entertainment. And they cannot pay more.

But they will if they exceed their bandwidth that is allowable by their Service Provider.

Now already that is “greek” to some that read this.

Bandwidth is the amount that flows through your Internet Line into your computer. It is used up when you connect to the Net with your machine. Ordinary email doesn’t use much… but downloading files such as music and movies gobbles it up.

A friend of mine has connected to the widely advertised Netflix, where he can download movies to right to his computer… then play it when he wants to. It costs him a monthly rental fee to do so. The Cineplex People now offer that service as well.

Now if you get excited and download a huge movie using your high speed connection – you will get dinged fairly quickly for what happens.

I am not sure about Youtube usage yet. Watching a lot of movies on that program downloads Bites as well… using your Bandwidth up that month.

Charlie Angus a Facebook friend of mine and a NDP MP in Ottawa states that he thinks that it won’t stop at that.

Jason Magder states … quote
"Charlie Angus, the NDP member of Parliament who speaks about digital issues, said he disagrees with the rationale behind usage-based billing.

He said it will lead to huge increases for customers.

"What we need to have is clear and transparent rules so it's being used in a measured capacity, and it's not just instituting the principle that every time you turn on the Internet, they can ding you for fees like they do with cell-phones," Angus said.

"We've seen this before; when we were told that deregulating cable rates would give customers a big benefit. We were paying 60-to 100-per-cent more in no time."
End quote

Hokey Mokey… you will have to get back to sending letters to folk by the old way. BUT – that is an ouch too… have you sent a letter or package lately? Overage on the Internet is cheaper.

I get the feeling that everything is going up again. Ouch!

Now along time ago my Dad showed me how to make an amazing communication tool.

After mom finished cooking supper there were two tin cans left over – ready for the trash.

Dad took the clean cans and poked a small hole in the bottom of each one. Into the hole he inserted a string and tied a knot. Then pulling the cans apart and making the string between them taught… we could talk to each other. One person could talk into one can and the other person would hear exactly what they said in the opposite can.

Now if I could just get along enough string strung between Terry and Winston and my house… we could talk for nothing.

At the present time I can be gotten on my house phone, my internet, my cell phone which each include a variety of ways of doing that. And each of these is Taxed heavily.

Cans and string look good.

Do you know there is only one that doesn’t tax me… and that is my Boss, God. He asks for a little time… but is always unchanging. He doesn’t pop surprises on me! And his bandwidth is bigger than anyone’s. WOW!

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Resource
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Internet+usage+fees+draw+anger/4167732/story.html