
"Dear ROBERTMA,
Great news! We've made your Internet even faster! You don't have to do a thing. Your download speed has been automatically increased from 5 Mbps to 7 Mbps.* Whether you're banking online, streaming a video or booking a hotel, now you can do it even faster — at no extra cost.
Enjoy your new speed. Thank you for "choosing" Rogers.
*Download speeds may vary with Internet traffic, server or other factors."
![[Graph showing average broadband speeds by country.]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/6244ffe9e388/2708299-162483/www.robmacdougall.org/images/broadbandspeeds.gif)
Michael Geist: "As measured by price per megabyte - effectively the price for speed - Canada ranks 28th out of 30 countries, ahead of only Mexico and Poland. This may be the most telling metric, since it confirms that Canadians pay more for less."