- Rogers Hi-Speed Internet
Infobox_Company
company_name = Rogers Hi-Speed Internet
company_
company_type =Subsidiary ofRogers Communications
foundation =
location =Toronto , Canada
key_people =
industry =Internet Service Provider
products =Cable Modem ,DSL ,Email
revenue =
num_employees =
owner =Rogers Communications
homepage = [http://www.rogers.com/internet www.rogers.com/internet]Rogers Hi-Speed Internet is a
broadband internet service provider inCanada , owned byRogers Communications . Rogers previously operated under the brand names Rogers@Home, Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet, and Road Runner in Newfoundland.Relationship with Yahoo!
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 aFlickr PRO account. Members are also offered an account with Yahoo! CanadaGeoCities . The service also includes freesoftware for subscribers, including a modified version ofNorton Internet Security . Although still partnered with Yahoo!, Rogers dropped Yahoo! from its services name in 2008. [http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t618894.html]Product changes
On March 18, 2008 Rogers started to increase speeds for its Ultra-Lite and Extreme customers to 512 kbit/s download for Ultra-Lite, and 10.0 Mbit/s download and 1.0 Mbit/s upload for Extreme.
Rogers has been reducing monthly data transfer limits for their lower-tier services. The Ultra-Lite package has gone from a 60 GB limit to a 2 GB limit and Lite package has gone from a 60 GB limit to a 25 GB limit.
Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet users are now being warned through their browser via Rogers-injected code that they have reached 75% of their limit and again at 100% of their limit and will be charged for additional usage at the time of the 100% warning. If the limit is exceeded, the customer will be subject to additional charges, up to a 50 dollar maximum extra charge per month.
References
External links
* [http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=INTER_LANDING Rogers Hi-Speed Internet]
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