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less than three posted:I just called Telus to request a seperate Modem/TV setup and she said that it's not a problem, that the installer will have a modem for the internet and a STB for the television. You know, if you spoke to a care (customer service) and not an assure (tech support) agent they probably had no idea what you were talking about. Judging from your post I do not think you will get what you asked. the STB is the Set-top-box, it's not a modem... anyway, good luck.
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AskYourself posted:You know, if you spoke to a care (customer service) and not an assure (tech support) agent they probably had no idea what you were talking about. Judging from your post I do not think you will get what you asked. Telus guy is in my place right now setting up. We'll see what I get. I'm not expecting to get it, but hey maybe I'll luck out. edit: Nope. Got a Cisco CIS330 and Actiontek V1000H. I asked if he had any ALU, Alcatel or D-Link left and he said no.  So much for my beautiful Netgear WNR3500. If this Actiontek sucks particularly badly I won't be staying. @priznat: It seems the V1000H has wireless N. less than three fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Feb 19, 2011 |
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Migishu posted:More proof that Macleans is the worst magazine of all time And, yeah, the Coyne/Whyte regime is taking a once-boring-but-respectable magazine and basically turning it into the National Review with extra "u"s in the words. It's just sad that there's no immediate competitor to take advantage of this.
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Nomenklatura posted:Tony clement sperging out over it on twitter was a sight to behold, I tell you what. I found your comment of no immediate competitor quite amusing  Too bad we don't have real competitors in a number of fields here in the great white north
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Nomenklatura posted:Tony clement sperging out over it on twitter was a sight to behold, I tell you what. TVO's Jesse Brown (he used to do that tech show Search Engine for CBC Radio before moving to TVO) recently got hired to blog for Macleans, and his response tweet-rant is pretty impressive too (although it lacks the sheer glee of hearing a Conservative cabinet minister admit that unchecked corporate power isn't "invisible-hand fairness").
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less than three posted:Whoo, Telus install was painless. Awesome! My installer should be here any minute (he called and said, 1:30-2pm, ticktock!) and I'm getting the tv setup too. Can the modem->tv tuner just get plugged into any phone jack in the house or is there special beefier cable required? Because my living room is being reno'd right now (bad timing on this one) and my tv etc is in the guest br.. Ah well can figure it out when he gets here. Also is it fairly straightforward to disable the wireless etc on their modem? Any port forwarding weirdness so far? priznat fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Feb 19, 2011 |
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Feb 19, 2011 22:56
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priznat posted:Awesome! My installer should be here any minute (he called and said, 1:30-2pm, ticktock!) and I'm getting the tv setup too. The modem plugs into any phone jack. The TVs are connected to the modem/router either via Ethernet or Coax. They decided to do ethernet for mine. They installed an ethernet wall jack next to my modem (bedroom) and converted the phone jack in the living room to ethernet (somehow). The TV STB plugs into the ethernet jack in the wall, the other side plugging into one of the LAN jacks on the router. There's no static DHCP, wireless can be disabled easily. Port forwarding is pretty basic, but is working well so far. edit: Are you in Vancouver? You're probably the install after mine. Filipino guy named Lee. less than three fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Feb 19, 2011 |
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Nice, that sounds good. On the "to-do" list is running cat5e/6 throughout the basement (it's going to be reno'd next) and I can just pop up to the main floor too. Guess the guy is running late, dang. edit: no I'm out in Coquitlam, I got a call from the installer earlier (Andre) letting me know he'd be around between 1:30-2. My friend in NV got picked up by her installer edit2: he just got here
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Dallan Invictus posted:TVO's Jesse Brown (he used to do that tech show Search Engine for CBC Radio before moving to TVO) recently got hired to blog for Macleans, and his response tweet-rant is pretty impressive too (although it lacks the sheer glee of hearing a Conservative cabinet minister admit that unchecked corporate power isn't "invisible-hand fairness"). (Or, like Kady, he moves on to greener pastures.) Edit: Yeah, I didn't notice that. That was a BIG admission by Tony; drawing the distinction between apologizing for corps and supporting having real markets within the context of Canadian "pro-business" people is just astonishing. Damned sight better than Bernier was. (Who the gently caress would have guessed that motherfucking Landslide Tony would turn into the best member of the Tory caucus?) Nomenklatura fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Feb 19, 2011 |
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Armor-Piercing posted:This and a 500 mb rolling 24-hour bandwidth limit. Rural life at its finest. drat, that's harsh, and why I'll never be able to live anywhere even remotely rural. I would have quoted this entire post but I was afraid it would knock you offline for the day
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Martytoof posted:drat, that's harsh, and why I'll never be able to live anywhere even remotely rural. That's pretty much how it works. Even if I avoid the image/gif heavy threads, I have to watch my bandwidth usage just from checking for new posts in marked threads. 500 mb is also a paid increase from the normal limit, which is somewhere in the 350 range I think. On the plus side, there is unlimited usage from 2-7 AM, so with that speed I can at least get a couple gigs worth of stuff overnight. Thankfully, it's actually my parents' connection, so once I move out again I can go back to using TekSavvy. And in a couple years when my parents' contract is finished, I think Bell has finally gotten some service out here, so they can switch too.
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lucky13pjn posted:When I was looking around for other ISP's the last time I switched and when UBB was going to be implemented, Cogeco always seemed to have a much shittier selection of packages than everyone else. Teksavvy's website says my postal code (in Oakville) is in their cable coverage area, but I thought that was only available where Rogers was available. Teksavvy partnered with Cogeco as well (and Videotron in Quebec). Their postal code checker isn't perfect, but give them a call and they can check out your location and tell you for sure.
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TELUS Trip report! Aside from the excellent speeds, turns out my ping times are like half of what I was getting on Shaw, which is unexpected and amazing! West Coast (Seattle) Pinging 67.228.118.21 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 67.228.118.21: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=52 Reply from 67.228.118.21: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=52 Reply from 67.228.118.21: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=52 Reply from 67.228.118.21: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=52 Ping statistics for 67.228.118.21: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 11ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 11ms East Coast (Washington DC) Pinging 208.43.118.51 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 208.43.118.51: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=45 Reply from 208.43.118.51: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=45 Reply from 208.43.118.51: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=45 Reply from 208.43.118.51: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=45 Ping statistics for 208.43.118.51: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 81ms, Maximum = 82ms, Average = 81ms
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 Not too bad, pretty equivalent to Shaw's. Definitely not worse. I'm out in the wilds of Coquitlam and we don't have Turbo out here. I asked the installer (great guy btw) about when that would be coming out and he didn't really know but it is highly dependant on how the signal is routed from the street modem location (which is a couple blocks over, apparently) and if they stuff has been updated. The tv box is pretty kickass though, so much nicer menu-wise than shaw. It's kind of pathetic how sucky the shaw one is now. Also unfortunately I can only record 1 HD show at a time, and 2 SD ones. That's a bit of a bummer too.
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  Speed test never works right for me with shaw, it chugs at 10mbps then jumps to some insane number at the last second edit: bonus from the phone:  Click here for the full 724x1242 image. forgive the poo poo webcam snap. Shaw is supposed to be sending info on how to swap out for a docsis 3.0 modem, but so far nothin. Powershift fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Feb 20, 2011 |
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EoRaptor posted:Teksavvy partnered with Cogeco as well (and Videotron in Quebec). Their postal code checker isn't perfect, but give them a call and they can check out your location and tell you for sure. When was this? I called them earlier this week and Teksavvy couldn't hook me up because I'm in a Cogeco area even though I could walk outside for five minutes and hit a Rogers-connected house.
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No difference in peak/off-peak for me. Still the same. It seems though that some bandwidth is permanently reserved for Optik TV. This is what my modem has right now for connection speed: 
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That's normal for Telus. It's got to do with the technology used. When I was with Telus my DSL was really consistent, I assume optik is the same. My understanding is it's because you don't share part of your total capacity with your neighbours. I live in a very densely populated neighbourhood.
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Thanks for your help guys. I got out of the 'deal' and I've now signed up with Distributel. I should be getting unlimited bandwidth and 15mbps/1.5mbps starting March 2nd for just 50$ a month. For anyone in Ontario or Quebec who has access to cable internet it's worth a check if they're available in your area. Unless you have a better deal of course.
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Dudebro posted:When was this? I called them earlier this week and Teksavvy couldn't hook me up because I'm in a Cogeco area even though I could walk outside for five minutes and hit a Rogers-connected house. Crap, I thought they'd signed with Cogeco, but it turns out not: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25114737-Cable-CABLE-STATUS-February-17th Sorry.
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Stanley Pain posted:Yeah Speedtest always shows bogus numbers for me. Dude, you just used up your monthly bandwidth running that Speedtest. But, it's only fair. *ba-doom TSH*
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I can understand the CRTC's mandate to limit foreign influence on our broadcasts, but I've never understood why this extended to the infrastructure as well. In terms of service providers, outside companies mean fair competition. Also, the CRTC is the only government institution I know of that still uses the term 'foreigners'.
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less than three posted:No difference in peak/off-peak for me. Weird, I just had my Telus put in and my SpeedTest numbers are nothing like yours (even though my modem is reporting the same speeds). At best I was getting about 6 Mbit down and 1 up. As far as I know I'm on the same plan as you as I jumped on the $15 deal as well. Is the speed going to be dependent on my building's distance to a DSLAM?
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