[mtlscream]

Videotron, Quebec’s largest cable and internet service provider, today announced it rolling out a high-speed Internet access service that will give residents of the Quebec City area the fastest speeds in Canada.

Beginning tomorrow, Ultimate Speed Internet 120 will support download speeds of 120 mbps and upload speeds of 20 mbps.

 

[tbusa]

stupid caps, thats just a money grab

 

[wysiwyg]

in France, one operator tried them, and they quickly reverse their decision after public outcry. At least there, there's one price, no matter what speed you get (they put you on the fastest one available to your home). If you are connected to Fibre, you get fibre speeds. No stupid lite, express, extreme, etc...

Now it seems like Canada has a first with specific caps based on direction. I'm sure it will be standard in a few years....

And come on...$150/month for internet access?

 

[Jake]

Interesting tidbit is that the available caps are separated for upload and download

Videotron has been doing that for years.

 

[wysiwyg]

Really, wow, that's interesting.
Thanks for correcting me.

 

[jean luc picard]

wow that upload cap is disastrous. i usually seed 2 or 3x my download, so i'd be over in a matter of days. eastlink is still the best provider in canada.