lefty
12-16-2014, 10:43 PM
Shaw has made some interesting business moves the last few years, like the money they wasted buying cell space and then cancelling their cell plans and their attempt at a Netflix clone. All this while they haemorrhage cable subscribers.
This may be the most interesting of all though. Depending on which Internet plan you have, your Shaw Internet is going up $6-$10 dollars in January. Price increases are nothing new, BUT if you are a new customer, or an existing customer who wants to change their internet package, starting in January you will be losing value AND speed.
Shaw 100mbps becomes Shaw 60mbps (-40%)
Shaw 50mbps becomes Shaw 30mbps (-40%)
Shaw 25mbps becomes Shaw 15mbps (-40%)
Shaw 10mbps becomes Shaw 5mbps (-50%)
They will also be cutting (their already horrible) upload speeds. Like I said if you are grandfathered you are OK...as long as you don't switch your Internet plan. As soon as you do that you will get screwed by the lower speed with increased price. It's unclear what will happen to those people on promotional plans right now. They may or may not get the double whammy of lower speed + higher price when their promo ends.
This may be the most interesting of all though. Depending on which Internet plan you have, your Shaw Internet is going up $6-$10 dollars in January. Price increases are nothing new, BUT if you are a new customer, or an existing customer who wants to change their internet package, starting in January you will be losing value AND speed.
Shaw 100mbps becomes Shaw 60mbps (-40%)
Shaw 50mbps becomes Shaw 30mbps (-40%)
Shaw 25mbps becomes Shaw 15mbps (-40%)
Shaw 10mbps becomes Shaw 5mbps (-50%)
They will also be cutting (their already horrible) upload speeds. Like I said if you are grandfathered you are OK...as long as you don't switch your Internet plan. As soon as you do that you will get screwed by the lower speed with increased price. It's unclear what will happen to those people on promotional plans right now. They may or may not get the double whammy of lower speed + higher price when their promo ends.