Stop The Cap: Bell raises prices and allows steeper penalties; thinks Canadians won't care

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Article by Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap:

Bell customers across Ontario and Quebec are noticing the limbo dance is back in vogue as Bell Canada lowers the bar on usage caps for its Fibe fiber to the neighborhood service and boosts the maximum overlimit fee to $80.

Late last week, Bell’s website published the new, lower usage caps for broadband customers:

• Fibe 10 — 75GB 60GB (per month) (Quebec)
• Fibe 12 — 50GB 40GB
• Fibe 16 — 75GB 65GB (Ontario) 90GB 80GB (Quebec)
• Fibe 25 — 125GB 100GB (Ontario) 100GB 90GB (Quebec)

Users who exceed the new usage allowances face an overlimit fee of $1/GB — maximum $80 a month (up $20 effective Jan. 1, 2012).

New customers enjoy aggressively discounted introductory offers, but with usage allowances in decline, customers are being conditioned to use less or pay more. Read more »

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