Shortly after Netflix announced that it was going to provide its movie rental services in Canada, Rogers has decided to reduce its data bandwidth on two of its data plans.
Although Rogers urges that the changes are unrelated to Netflix’s expansion to Canada, it is hard to believe that Rogers isn’t attempting to prevent competition to their On Demand Online service that already allows Canadians to view TV shows and movies on their computers and mobile devices.
Rogers plans to implement the changes to new customers’ data plans, causing Canadians to grow wearier of the giant telecommunications player. Capping bandwidth limits would cause users to be less willing and less able to stream movies online since streaming takes up a lot of bandwidth and may lead to extra charges for exceeding the limits
(Thanks to Joyce Hui’s blog for the info. Follow her blog at Openmedia.ca here)
Read the entire Globe and Mail article.
If you want to support and stop what Rogers is doing OpenMedia.ca and the SaveOurNet.ca coalition is calling on Industry Minister Tony Clement to mandate audits of ISP behavior. Students and Community Members can support this call here.
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