It seems the days of cheap, unlimited internet are over. With Telus’s announcement Friday that it is implementing usage-based charges in B.C. and Alberta, all major Canadian internet service providers are now using data caps when billing customers.
Usage-based pricing is when consumers pay internet service providers for a specific amount of data they agree to consume instead of a flat fee for unlimited data.
Erin Obourn – CBC News – February 22, 2015.