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Originally Posted by cicada

Shaw Cable is my ISP.

Which is rogers tele and would use the Rogers backbone. If you're not experiencing throttled/shaped traffic now...you will be at some point. The fix is 1720 which is the main port they're using for VoIP.

You do have a transfer contract with them (80GB) so they have every right to pull the plug after that...sorry but it's on their website. Many ISP's use this to scare people but never actually stop service.

You should just tell them that you are a gamer/designer which large files/anything really. Was the link they sent you a monitor tool? You may want to use this as it will help you know what monthly % you're at. There is nothing you can do about this and this type of activity is not restricted to shaw many ISP's all over the world are adopting the 80/100 monthly bandwidth.

Keep in mind it's 80 Up and Down. So if you're 1:1 you can get 40GB of stuff. Which is 10 DVD's a month or 120 a year!