Videotron announced that it is extending its TGV30 and TGV50 ultra-high speed internet services to additional areas in the greater Montréal viscinity. More than 400,000 households and businesses in 70 municipalities around Montréal will gain access to the 30 Mbps and 50 Mbps services.
Overall, more than 900,000 addresses in more than 100 municipalities will have access to Videotron’s industry leading speeds.
Videotron is also increasing the download caps for these services: for TGV30, residential customers will have a cap of 70 GB while business subscribers will have a 150 GB cap; and, for TGV50, the caps are 100 GB (residential) and 200 GB (business).
The press release quotes newly promoted EVP, Strategy and Market Development, Manon Brouillette:
Videotron continues to lead the way in Internet services with an advantageous offering: large download capacity at lightning speed for a competitive price
The services are priced at: TGV30 for $64.95 ($119.95 business) and TGV50 for $79.95 ($149.95 business).
Evidence of market forces at work, driving investment.
WTF good will this do with currently practiced throttling and traffic shaping “management”? Under such technology, users get barely more than old dial up speeds for all kinds of activities that are legal even by anybody’s definition.