<div dir="ltr">I got this email from VMedia last week:<br><br>To Our VMedia Community,
<br>
<br>
As many
of you know, internet usage is increasing dramatically every year,
between
20-40%
universally. VMedia, as an independent internet provider, pays for the
internet
bandwidth we acquire and provide to you through a pricing formula set by
the CRTC
that is
partly based on usage. As consumer usage goes up, our cost of the
internet
bandwidth we provide to you goes up as well.
<br>
<br>
We do
not agree with the way the CRTC has set those prices, and have been
diligently
seeking
to persuade the CRTC to change that pricing formula to better reflect
the
true
costs of the major bandwidth providers. We believe internet is an
essential
service,
a utility like water, which should be priced as low as possible. You
can
read
about some of our efforts in our blog:
<a href="http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30008192/www.vmedia.ca?p=eyJzIjoiWWtQWVVnNnd4WWN1UUFDWVJhTDc5MXBsb3JjIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDAwODE5MixcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LnZtZWRpYS5jYVxcXC9ibG9nXFxcL3ZtZWRpYS1pbnRlcnZlbmVzLW5ldy1jcnRjLWNvc3RpbmctcHJvY2Vzc1xcXC9cIixcImlkXCI6XCI4Y2E5Njg3YjdmZTE0YzcwOTllYjFkOTFhMTY5OTQzZVwiLFwidXJsX2lkc1wiOltcIjliM2U4ODEzYThjOTc4NDc3YTJlMDFmODlmNmVhY2VmM2I0NzZkMmNcIl19In0" target="_blank">http://www.vmedia.ca/blog/vmedia-intervenes-new-crtc-costing-process/</a>
and <a href="http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30008192/www.vmedia.ca?p=eyJzIjoiYTdmV09FTlIybzVPQmZuYVQ3V3hxR1l2N21JIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDAwODE5MixcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwOlxcXC9cXFwvd3d3LnZtZWRpYS5jYVxcXC9ibG9nXFxcL3ZtZWRpYS1mYWlyLWludGVybmV0LXByaWNpbmdcXFwvXCIsXCJpZFwiOlwiOGNhOTY4N2I3ZmUxNGM3MDk5ZWIxZDkxYTE2OTk0M2VcIixcInVybF9pZHNcIjpbXCIxYmRkMzcxODFlNjU0NzhjN2UwOWQ4OTA0MzQxYWE2NzQ4NzJhNGExXCJdfSJ9" target="_blank">http://www.vmedia.ca/blog/vmedia-fair-internet-pricing/</a>
<br>
<br>
The
major telecom and cable companies that we acquire bandwidth from make
huge,
unjustifiable margins on the bandwidth they sell, both to consumers and
to ISPs
like
VMedia. VMedia does not.
<br>
<br>
VMedia
believes that if the internet bandwidth which we acquire were priced
fairly,
we could
offer internet for much less than we do. Unfortunately we cannot.
However,
we
continue to try our best to keep prices as low as possible, and to offer
the
best
value in unlimited internet plans in the market.
<br>
<br>
We also,
however, need to stay in business. In the current environment, in order
to do
so, we have to adjust our prices to take into account the higher costs
which
we are
faced with every month.
<br>
<br>
We are
mindful of our customers' expectations and in keeping with our desire to
offer
the best prices and services we are keeping those increases as modest as
we
can.
<br>
<br>
Based on
all these considerations, VMedia will be adjusting our monthly internet
rates as
of March 1, 2016, with an increase of $3.00 per month, while continuing
our
policy of providing only unlimited plans.
<br>
<br>
With our
unlimited plans, our customers have the comfort of knowing they don't
need
to worry
about going over their limits and being forced to pay overage charges
of
as much
as $1.50 per gigabit, up to $100 per month extra, as is the case with
many
of our
competitors.
<br>
<br>
We also
hope you will become active in expressing your desire for better
internet
pricing
structures, by commenting to the CRTC and to your elected federal
representatives
whenever
the opportunity arises. The costing structure for internet is too high -
let
those responsible for setting them know that you feel that way.
<br>
<br>
We appreciate your understanding, and your continued support.
<br>
<br>
Thank you.
<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 at 22:28 William Park <<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 09:30:32PM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
> Vmedia is increasing the price of its plans by $3 a month, starting March.<br>
><br>
> If you recall, last February they jacked up the $50 3/50 unlimited plan to<br>
> $60. Now it is $63.<br>
<br>
So is Teksavvy, plus they are now charging "over-usage" $0.50/GB. I'm<br>
looking for alternative, but still Teksavvy is the cheapest.<br>
--<br>
William<br>
<br>
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