Back in November Canadian regulators unveiled new rules that -- while preventing Bell from implementing their pure vision of usage-based billing -- allowed Canadian incumbents to jack up prices exponentially on wholesalers. As you'd expect those costs are now being passed on to Canadian consumers, with independent Canadian ISP TekSavvy this week taking to our forums to unveil new broadband pricing.
The new pricing will raise rates for both DSL and cable users by as much as 15% starting February 2. Not all of the news is bad, with TekSavvy introducing some unlimited options for users who don't like caps and don't mind paying a premium. The company's website breaks down the new pricing for both sets of users in detail. For cable users your new options are (click to enlarge): att=1716042 For DSL: att=1716043 Pricing will be different for Quebec users, who are still waiting for their price hike information. The company's website tries to find the silver lining in the massive thunderstorm by insisting that TekSavvy is the "the first in the industry to offer unlimited off-peak bandwidth" because the meter for customers with a 300 GB cap won't run between 2 AM and 8 AM when most people are asleep. There's an additional post on the TekSavvy website exploring how their hand was forced by the CRTC and Canadian incumbents.
In an e-mail to customers, TekSavvy insists that the company is "actively pursuing remedies at all levels to head off the additional dramatic cost increases that this model will impose on Internet users over time."
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TekSavvy Announces Price Hikes - In Wake of New CRTC Ruling
Posted: January 4th, 2012, 12:43pm MST