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Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet
Type Subsidiary of Rogers Communications
Founded
Headquarters Toronto, Canada
Industry Internet Service Provider
Products Cable Modem, DSL, Email
Owner Rogers Communications
Website www.rogers.com/internet

Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet is Rogers Communications Internet Service Provider of broadband Internet access in Canada. Rogers previously operated under the brand name Road Runner in Newfoundland.

In 2004, Rogers partnered with Yahoo! to offer Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet to its members. The free service offers unlimited e-mail storage, plus access to Premium Yahoo! Services at no charge, including a Flickr PRO account. Members lost free website space when this went ahead, but are now offered an account with Yahoo! Canada GeoCities.

In addition, the service includes complementary software for subscribers, including a modified version of Norton Internet Security.

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On May 3, 2007, Rogers has started to increase speeds for its Ultra-Lite, Express and Extreme customers. The new speeds are 256 kbit/s download for Ultra-Lite, 7.0 Mbit/s download and 512 kbit/s upload for Express and 8.0 Mbit/s for Extreme. The upload speeds for Ultra-Lite and Extreme remained the same. There are no changes to the Lite services.[1]

Rogers currently provides five packages for Hi-Speed Internet:

Download Speed Upload Speed Monthly Bandwidth Limits* Regular Price CAD**
Ultra-Lite 256 kbit/s 64 kbit/s 60 GB* $22.95
Lite 1.0 Mbit/s 128 kbit/s 60 GB* $32.95
Express 7.0 Mbit/s 512 kbit/s 60 GB* $44.95
Extreme 8.0 Mbit/s 800 kbit/s 100 GB* $52.95
Extreme Plus 18.0 Mbit/s 1.0 Mbit/s 90 GB $99.95

'*' Not enforced bandwidth limit

'**' Plus $3.00/mth modem rental or $99.95 modem purchase plus taxes and a $4.95 one-time activation fee applies.

Since December 15, 2005, Rogers has been actively blocking, or significantly slowing traffic to and from BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer file sharing clients. This switchover also included older forms of file sharing as well, including the entire UseNet.[2]

As has happened on other networks that employed traffic shaping in this manner, users started switching to clients like uTorrent and Azureus that can encrypt the packets in order to hide them from the shaping software. Rogers responded by shaping all encrypted data.[3] This has rendered several low-bandwidth secure channels, such as email or VPN's unreliable.[4][5]

Rogers injects a warning message into Google.com
Rogers injects a warning message into Google.com

Since early December, 2007, Rogers has been injecting their own content into other company's websites without permission.[6] Rogers users who are close to the maximum download limit are seeing red text appear above the content of every website they visit. The notice continues to appear on every page until the user either clicks a link acknowledging that they have seen the message or chooses to opt out of the notification.[7]

  1. ^ ISPs Injecting Their Content Into Websites
  2. ^ Why Rogers is discontinuing its Usenet Service
  3. ^ Rogers Fights BitTorrent by Throttling All Encrypted Transfers
  4. ^ ISP must come clean on 'traffic shaping'
  5. ^ The Unintended Consequences of Rogers' Packet Shaping
  6. ^ Rogers tests new cap warning system, raises neutrality alarms
  7. ^ Canadian ISP tests injecting content into web pages

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Rogers Communications Inc.
Corporate Directors: Ronald Besse · Charles Birchall · H. Garfield Emerson · Peter Godsoe · Thomas Hull · Philip Lind · Nadir Mohamed · David Peterson · Ted Rogers · Edward Rogers III · Loretta Rogers · Melinda Rogers · William Schleyer · John A. Tory · J. Christopher Wansbrough · Colin Watson
Magazines: Canadian Business · Chatelaine (English) · Châtelaine (French) · Flare · glow · L'actualité · LOU LOU · Maclean's · Marketing · MoneySense · Ontario Out of Doors · Profit · Today's Parent
Cable television: The Biography Channel · CPAC · G4techTV Canada · OLN1 · Rogers Sportsnet · Rogers Television3 · Télévision Rogers3 · TVtropolis  · The Shopping Channel · Viewers Choice
Conventional television: OMNI Television: CFMT  · CHXC  · CHXE  · CIIT4  · CJMT  · Citytv: CITY  · CHMI  · CKAL  · CKEM  · CKVU  · Independent: CHNU4
Other assets: Fido  · Jack FM (most Canadian stations)  · Rogers Cable  · Rogers Building  · Rogers Centre  · CFMT Building  · 35 Dundas Street East  · Rogers Park  · Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet  · Rogers Telecom  · Rogers Media  · Rogers Plus  · Rogers Wireless  · Spring Fishing Show  · Toronto Blue Jays
Radio stations: CFAC  · CFFR  · CFRV  · CFSR  · CFTR  · CHEZ · CHFI · CHFM · CHMN · CHNI · CHTT · CHUR · CHYM · CICX2 · CIGM · CIOC · CISQ · CISS · CISW · CITI · CIWW · CJAQ · CJCL · CJET · CJMX · CJNI · CJQM · CJQQ · CJRQ · CJRX · CKAT · CKBY · CKCL · CKER · CKFX · CKGB · CKGL · CKIS · CKLG · CKNI · CKQC · CKSR · CKWX · CKY
Notes 1Co-owned with CTVglobemedia and Comcast. Rogers currently does not manage the channel. There is a sale pending that will give 100% control of OLN to Rogers.
2Sale to Larche Communications pending; if approved, Rogers will acquire CIKZ in the same transaction.
3These channels are only available on Rogers Cable and are not available on satellite or through other cable service providers.
4 As a condition of the CRTC approval of Citytv, Rogers must sell these stations in order to comply with CRTC restrictions on owning multiple stations in one market. These stations are now being sold to S-VOX pending CRTC approval.
Annual Revenue: $5.60 billion CAD (24% FY 2004) · Employees: 18,057 · Stock Symbols: TSX: RCI.A, TSX: RCI.B, NYSE: RG · Website: www.rogers.com
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