Subj : Re: SIO/SIO2K
To   : Al
From : Vk3jed
Date : Wed May 06 2020 17:08:00

-=> On 05-05-20 12:03, Al wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Al> Hello Vk3jed,

 Vj> Agree.  Seems most Americans only have a limited choice of ISPs in a
 Vj> near monopoly situation.

 Al> It's the same in Canada. There are only two choices here, the cable
 Al> company or the telco. Both wildly overpriced. Good service yes, but...

Yeah, Australia has largely separated infrastructure from ISPs.  In the past,
the formar government telco, now privatised owned most of the infrastructure,
but they did sell access to other ISPs... At a price.

Now, we have the government built NBN, which ISPs pay for access to on a fairly
level playing field.  I now have NBN here, and I can choose any NBN capable ISP
in the country.  If I want to change ISP (I don't, but let's say I do for the
sake of the exercise), I would sign up to the new ISP, which would start a
process called "churning", where the old ISP's connection is turned off, and
the new one is enabled.  I would keep the same infrasture, and if I wanted to,
I can generally use the same modem/router.  Chruning was possible on the
Telstra owned ADSL network too.

 Vj>   Here, we have literally dozens.

 Al> There is a new player now, teksavvy. Their web site is at teksavvy.com.
 Al> I hope that will be the end of monopolies here in Canada. Service is
 Al> good as always and the price is more in line with reality. I have a
 Al> choice with their service to get my connection via the cable company or
 Al> the telco.

That sounds more like what happens here, except it's done on a larger scale
here.

 Al> The telco/cable company are using injunctions to block CRTC regulations
 Al> around pricing for these services that are still provided by the
 Al> telco/cableco. The lawyers are the only winners here.

Sounding just like that mob south of you there. :/


.... Could you continue your petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
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