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Sweet. Cable is available for me. AB, what's the service like? Good speeds? Many outages? I'm one step away from switching from Rogers after seeing the cable thing (I hate DSL).
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I hate to bump this thread but...
CRTC basically says, "we're still doing the UBB, this review is to shut you all up.
The CRTC was set up to prevent the consumer from being screwed, but now it just seems to help in justifying us being screwed over in Canada as of late.
CRTC basically says, "we're still doing the UBB, this review is to shut you all up.
The CRTC was set up to prevent the consumer from being screwed, but now it just seems to help in justifying us being screwed over in Canada as of late.
AnonymousBroccoli
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Sorry, I guess I missed this. I don't know that I can say what sort of service you'd get. I'm on DSL in London, and you'd be on cable somewhere else. Speed aside, I'm pretty satisfied with the service. (I tend to get about 4.3Mb/550Kb on the 5Mb/800Kb service.) Doesn't go down much for me. I feel like P2P downloads are being throttled before 2AM, but I'm not entirely sure. (That'd be Bell's doing, regardless.) On the other hand, my friend in another part of the city isn't happy with his speeds (they may be under 1Mbps for his 5Mbps line), hasn't gotten a satisfactory answer from customer service, and was going to (or maybe already did) switch to Rogers as a result, since we don't really have much of a cable alternative. (I think 3Web may be here, but from what I've read, their service is awful.)dubq said:
AnonymousBroccoli
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From that Vancouver Sun article:
"Such smaller telecom providers as TekSavvy built a business model around unlimited download packages to compete against such larger providers as Bell and Rogers, which use bandwidth caps."
That's not entirely true. We signed up due to the whole package they offered: Considerably lower monthly price, no contracts, customer service people in Canada, a business mantra that doesn't involve trying to squeeze every last drop out of its customers, and yes, higher usage caps. We don't have an unlimited plan, because we don't need it. But we absolutely need more than 25GB, and probably 60GB/month. The only real drawback is the speed, and as far as I understand it, that's mainly due to Bell not offering those services to re-sellers. That, or they're slagging on the infrastructure, despite it being heavily subsidized by the government (pretty sure), and their making hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars a year.
"Such smaller telecom providers as TekSavvy built a business model around unlimited download packages to compete against such larger providers as Bell and Rogers, which use bandwidth caps."
That's not entirely true. We signed up due to the whole package they offered: Considerably lower monthly price, no contracts, customer service people in Canada, a business mantra that doesn't involve trying to squeeze every last drop out of its customers, and yes, higher usage caps. We don't have an unlimited plan, because we don't need it. But we absolutely need more than 25GB, and probably 60GB/month. The only real drawback is the speed, and as far as I understand it, that's mainly due to Bell not offering those services to re-sellers. That, or they're slagging on the infrastructure, despite it being heavily subsidized by the government (pretty sure), and their making hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars a year.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/crtc-decide-much-independent-internet-providers-pay-networks-090509901.html
"CRTC rejects Bell plan for wholesale Internet billing, opts for other ways"
""The net effect of it is that there will be no caps, no limitations, no metering of use for retail customers as a result of this CRTC decision," CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said Tuesday.
The decision reverses an earlier plan that would have seen some independent Internet service providers — which provide unlimited download services — forced to adopt the same pricing model as Bell with limits usage.
The regulator launched its review after a social media campaign launched by the ISPs and an ensuing public backlash, as well as urging by former industry minister Tony Clement.
"Our original decision was clearly not the best one. It was wrong as was pointed out by a lot of people, including minister Clement. He was right. We have today fixed it. We have made this new decision," von Finckenstein said."
"CRTC rejects Bell plan for wholesale Internet billing, opts for other ways"
""The net effect of it is that there will be no caps, no limitations, no metering of use for retail customers as a result of this CRTC decision," CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said Tuesday.
The decision reverses an earlier plan that would have seen some independent Internet service providers — which provide unlimited download services — forced to adopt the same pricing model as Bell with limits usage.
The regulator launched its review after a social media campaign launched by the ISPs and an ensuing public backlash, as well as urging by former industry minister Tony Clement.
"Our original decision was clearly not the best one. It was wrong as was pointed out by a lot of people, including minister Clement. He was right. We have today fixed it. We have made this new decision," von Finckenstein said."
That seems like really good news but I'm so distrustful of Shaw and the others, I wonder how long this will last.
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Funny enough, our congress just overturned a proposition to kill net neutrality rules down here, which is what it sounds like is going on up there in Canada.
So if you want better internet move to the States, if you want health care, move to Canada.
So if you want better internet move to the States, if you want health care, move to Canada.
Well we rejected it too I just don't trust the companies to stick to it, just like I'm sure you don't trust yours.