[17:46] <genii-around> Hey guys. I think we can help get more than 54 people signing this. http://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/bell-canada-crtc-stop-bell-canada-cellpipe-7130-vdsl-8-00-forced-modem-rental-fee
[20:33] <IdleOne> genii-around: signed it.
[20:45] <genii-around> :)
[20:57] <IdleOne> I also pay that $8 rental fee
[21:02] <genii-around> The main problem is that Bell contracted Cellpipe to make a draft VDSL2 modem which has nonstandardized protocol. And then on the DSLAM side they used matching linecards. So you can't just go buy a regular VDSL2 modem and have it work with Bell, since they are using a proprietary spinoff version.
[21:04] <genii-around> So they won't let you purchase their modem because they consider the proprietary parts in there their intellectual property.
[21:23] <azend> ugh
[21:24] <azend> I hate stupid measures like that
[21:33] <IdleOne> not to mention they throtle my bandwidth big time :/
[21:33] <IdleOne> I'm afraid that the cable company here isn't much better