{"id":716,"date":"2010-05-08T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2010-05-08T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T20:57:29","slug":"cbc-news-technology-science-crtc-approves-usage-based-internet-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/05\/08\/cbc-news-technology-science-crtc-approves-usage-based-internet-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC News &#8211; Technology &#038; Science &#8211; CRTC approves usage-based internet billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/technology\/story\/2010\/05\/06\/crtc-usage-based-billing-internet.html?ref=rss\">CBC News &#8211; Technology &amp; Science &#8211; CRTC approves usage-based internet billing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The CRTC will allow Bell to charge its wholesale customers by usage only if it ends unlimited downloading from its own offerings. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/gfx\/images\/news\/topstories\/2009\/07\/07\/tp-090707-crtc-sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"172\" \/>And in Ottawa, it&#8217;s still 1978&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I wouldn&#8217;t mind so much, I think if not for the problem that I can&#8217;t,  say, turn off the 50% of every page I download that contains nothing  but ads.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m paying by-the-byte, then I want to be able to  choose which bytes those are.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-716'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(716);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(716);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(716);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>CBC News &#8211; Technology &amp; Science &#8211; CRTC approves usage-based internet billing. 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