The week of February seventh was a grand week for Internet subscribers in Canada.
The government body that oversees all telecommunications in this country has promised to reinvestigate
Usage-Based-Billing. Usage-Based-Billing, or UBB, effectively charges Internet consumers based on the
amount of data they use each month. The concept was great but in reality the Internet Service Providers
went way overboard, reducing caps and overcharging per gigabyte.
In more good news Shaw Cablesystems announced last week that they would be suspending all usage-based
bills meaning Shaw customers can once again download and upload to their hearts content without having to
worry about ridiculous overage charges.
Finally, Shaw has updated their website with a section that customers can log into to track their data
usage. Of course it’s not perfect yet, when I tried to view my usage according to Shaw I was presented
with a “data not available” message, but at least they’re trying.
