Official: Telus blocks streaming media

[chrishaney]

telusmobility.com/about/mike_pcs_pt_policy.shtml

"You will not use the service for: multi-media streaming;"

I found this - in the fine print of course.

[celly]

Explains a lot. Bell is obviously doing it too. :x

[chrishaney]

I will be confronting Telus.

[John Clark]

Moved to General Blackberry Discussion

(And closed the other duplicate thread) :-)

[daphne]

Verizon used to have something similar to that in the fine print, but not any longer.

[TroyDBrown]

I saw it in the TOS. There is a difference about it being there and being blocked. Is it blocked or just in the TOS?

[Horizon Wireless]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry 11000 Colosol)

Holy smoke that's horrible. Was this always the case? Or did they just add that?

[celly]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's related to this (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08/28/tech-telus.html).

[chrishaney]

I've emailed all the major TV stations in Canada about this. Something has to be done with these thieves!

I could switch to Rogers in Canada for $115/month for 6GB of data... WTF??

[omkhar]

I've emailed all the major TV stations in Canada about this. Something has to be done with these thieves!

I could switch to Rogers in Canada for $115/month for 6GB of data... WTF??

$30 actually

[chrishaney]

I just talked to a tech at Telus. They confirmed that Telus doesn't 'support' streaming media.

He said some Telus users have successfully streamed to their Blackberries with a 3rd party app.

Anybody know what he's talking about.

Yes, $30. My mistake.

[peeq]

Ouch, my girl will be so very happy about this, with her new berry and no ability to get streaming radio.

[chrishaney]

My complaints to Telus staff on phone rewarded me with 50% off on my data plan, for 3 years!

[omkhar]

FWIW Bell doesn't support youtube on the 8830 (with 4.5), but I can stream fine on my 8330 (either 4.3 or 4.5)

[TBOLTRAM]

Sounds like either a.) their network sucks or b.) they just found a way of increasing their revenue stream.

[ArgonNJ]

Typical. Carries pushing smart phones and data plans as the future, but at the same time, limiting their true capabilities. Expect this to get worse with tiered services at extra cost.