Canada's First Pirate Site Blocking Order Expires
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> The media companies provide no further details on the decision, but it’s possible that the costs of keeping the blocking order intact weigh stronger than the perceived benefit. Unlike in some other countries, the rightsholders must compensate ISPs for the costs incurred.
Well that seems like a fair tradeoff - if you are going to have the privilege of impugning free speech you should at least have to pay handsomely for that privilege. Now incentives are aligned: plaintiffs must actually feel like there is demonstrable damage here in order to pay ISP’s to keep the content offline. If there is no actual demonstrable damage, then there’s no reason to be paying the ISP. And lo, when incentives are aligned we find that, in fact, the intangible damages being complained about tend to evaporate
They still lose on price by ~$30CAD monthly, but I could forgive that. Paying for objectively better customer support and an ethical ISP (even if just a reseller) is something I can work with. What really kills me is the upload topping out at 100Mbps (even with gigabit down), and that one I'm not willing to work around.
Their website is also completely down right now, which is weird.
That's not including backups I run to external services.
I can get the same speed for cheaper, $US50-60 but the static IP, and great service from Voyager keep me with them.
It’s not a load more for 4 or even 8gb. What a time to be alive.
The cool thing about 1gbit symmeyrical is that I don't have to think about it anymore.
Almost forgot, I backup all my important data on the cloud too from my NAS, so it has to upload often videos and photos.
Seems up: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/teksavvy.com.html
Went with Ebox, which was promptly bought up by Bell
Teksavvy resells Bell Fibe, its upload does not top out at 100 Mbps.
There was some issue, and I called tech support. The initial conversation included some hints that I, too, was ... Tek Savvy. (sorry)
The agent ditched the script and we dove into a live debug collaboration between peers. I have no idea whether the same spirit endures, but it was an amazing positive experience, unlike anything I've seen before or since. Recommended.
Surely you'd be better off taking the $30 and donating it to EFF (or Canadian equivalent)? Spending extra money on an ISP that occasionally engages in activism but has higher cost structure is less efficient for everyone involved.
Quebecor has been branching out Canada-wide at least and they're not just a MVNO.
Of course realistically it's just a marginally expanded oligopoly, but 4 players is better than 3 as competition is concerned.
The business itself is less efficient but that may be because they are doing things to protect your mutual interests.
An equivalent would be "Why don't I buy everything off of Ali Express/Temu/etc and just donate the extra money I save to Amnesty International/Greenpeace/WWF/etc"
Edit add:
We as members of society create a standard that we want to apply: Clean air, clean water, safe working conditions. These standards come at a cost and it is unethical to ask for these things and then decide that we do not want to pay the costs associated with the standards we have put in place.
If we desire these things, we have to pay for them. If the cost is too high for us, then we should stop demanding those around us continue to pay while we take shortcuts.
I've used TekSavvy for nearly a decade and they've been great, but be sure to use another DNS provider. Performance is terrible even if they do use CIRA, ostensibly.
Because two of the complainants are also ISPs, and I'm pretty sure TVA's owners also have a major stake in Videotron. Not to mention Telus, who as a TSX company has a board that looks very similar to Bell's