Most Canadians are subject to bandwidth caps by their internet service provider. Once you go over, you’re subject to steep overage fees. If you go even beyond that, they’ll just cut you off. I seldom break my cap, but we use most of what we have through our day-to-day online activities. The few times that I have broken the cap are usually caused by downloading one or two full-sized games, or from Steff going through one Netflix binge.

In this new era of video uploading, live streaming and digital game sizes that easily weigh in at dozens of gigabytes, it very well could put additional strain on my wallet in a way I originally didn’t anticipate.

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