|
I will gladly hand over 120 canuck bucks a month for unlimited 100mbps internets(or 250mbps when it's available). Under the old system, the 100mbps plan was around 250 bucks a month and only included 375gb of data.
|
#
?
May 29, 2011 06:29
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 20:16 |
|
|
I wonder how long it will be, if ever, until I can get Teksavvy cable here in mid-Vancouver Island.
|
|
#
?
May 29, 2011 07:12
|
|
|
Never. Victoria is the only city on Vancouver Island.
|
|
#
?
May 29, 2011 08:12
|
|
|
Canadian independent ISP owner describes how she was forced out of business by Telus and the CRTC's failure to investigate their illegal activities. video here I don't know anything about the legal issues involved, but it sounds like it was pretty devastating for her.
|
|
#
?
May 29, 2011 17:24
|
|
|
Now that's the Telus that I remember.
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 02:18
|
|
|
Apparently Telus DSL got cheaper but I'm still on the old price. I pay about $86/mo now after they added the new mystery fee and for what I have now it only comes to around $76/mo after taxes! You guys might want to check your bill if you have the following: - Home phone (Call ID only, cheapest long distance offer) - High Speed Turbo 15 That comes to $68 before HST and $76.16 after. I guess I can't blame them for not telling me they're making an extra $10/mo from me.
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 02:33
|
|
|
Nomenklatura posted:Wouldn't the Bernier Doctrine point the way that they're likely to go in this respect? I know that some people get really butthurt when you make the claim that a Conservative majority will govern differently than a Conservative minority, but the doctrine's pretty clear, and there's little reason to think they won't extend it. I honestly don't know what the Bernier Doctrine is. Could you send me a link? As for "Conservative majority will govern differently than Conservative minority", I *know* they will govern differently. If they didn't, the Conservative baby boomers who put them in office will vote Liberal in four years as punishment. That's quite obvious. I just feel, and maybe I'm an absolute retard for feeling this way, that the Conservative government really has no love for Bell and wants to open up the market because that's what soft line Libertarians do. And while Bell is a Canadian company and everything, Canadians won't mind them losing power. It wouldn't hurt them in the eyes of voters at all if it means cheaper internet. Nomenklatura posted:Have you actually HEARD anything from Industry about what they're planning to do? Has anybody? If you haven't, I really don't want to stake my internet access on people's confidence in Conservative goodwill. The most I've heard is, "Don't panic." I'm not the main PR/GR person, I just work underneath her. As much as I've been given is that there's no plans to pack up shop here. We're actually considering either to move to a new building with more space or take over more offices in the building we're already in. And since I don't believe that new space will be so we can sell ice cream to the fabulous residents of Chatham, Ontario, I think that's a good thing.
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 13:57
|
|
|
Lone Rogue posted:As for "Conservative majority will govern differently than Conservative minority", I *know* they will govern differently. If they didn't, the Conservative baby boomers who put them in office will vote Liberal in four years as punishment. That's quite obvious. I have a feeling the Conservatives aren't too worried about the Liberal party at the moment.
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 14:05
|
|
|
thexerox123 posted:I have a feeling the Conservatives aren't too worried about the Liberal party at the moment. No, but baby boomer Conservatives vote for the CPC based on issues that matter to old people with money in the bank worried about leaving their home. If the CPC doesn't build the stupid prisons, doesn't change crime laws, doesn't cut taxes and doesn't help old age pension, etc., those baby boomers will probably be alive to tell them, "IF YOU AIN'T GONNA DO WHAT I WANT, I'LL FIND SOMEONE WHO WILL" and they certainly won't goto Jack. Since he likely won't be alive in four years. But I just mean they are not going Evil Orange. Right now the CPC is riding high but they have an agenda they've hidden to start making public. They will most likely go with it. They are not going to suddenly be Obama soft in office.
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 14:21
|
|
|
 I don't get the hidden agenda thing at all. They're not stupid enough to change abortion/marriage laws, which would guarantee not being re-elected. Any "secret agenda" stuff would destroy the party. Also it's not like all Conservatives support that stuff, just some people out west. Even the Liberal party has guys that can't stop shooting their mouths off about it. i.e. Paul Steckle. They've made their agenda very clear, and it still sucks. Though my pet-peeve is specifically the "law & order" longer-terms/more prisons bullshit, tougher penalties for minor drug offenses, etc. Even that doesn't really affect me directly (just a another waste of my taxes) as I don't plan on becoming a career criminal any time soon. Though I have been riding around on my bike without a bell 
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 14:57
|
|
|
teethgrinder posted:
Someone else pointed this out in the election thread at the time, but of course they won't make huge changes that people can easily speak out against... however, they will make smaller, still detrimental changes... for instance, they won't make abortions illegal, but they will probably instead just remove funding for planned parenthood. http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3125672
|
|
#
?
May 30, 2011 15:29
|
|
|
What does abortion have to do with the internet?
|
|
#
?
May 31, 2011 06:47
|
|
|
Powershift posted:What does abortion have to do with the internet? Aborted fetuses are ground up and used to lubricate the gears that power the Intarweb Tubes. I mean, durr, been living under a rock or something.
|
|
#
?
May 31, 2011 06:51
|
|
|
priznat posted:That's weird, I do have the 15/1 but only get 1 HD channel at a time. I should phone Telus up and beef at them I guess. Definitely give Telus a shout about that. What probably happened was that when the installer set everything up your connection, for whatever reason, could only support 1HD/1SD. Contacting tech support would be able to tell you what your connection theoretically supports and what they can do to improve it or get it as close to the theoretical as possible. heck, it might be 1HD/1SD profiles are pretty rare, and there's usually a specific reason for it. To answer another goon's question, Telus is actively trying to improve it's services, but it's mostly focused on getting everyone onto Optik TV. If you're already on Optik, don't hold you're breathe for a profile upgrade, but still ask about it if you ever talk to tech support. FYI, former Telus tech support guy here.
|
|
#
?
May 31, 2011 07:18
|
|
|
Teksavvy Install went without a hitch Decent speeds, nearly gonna save me 1/2 of what Rogers was costing me monthly.  Speed test to something more local  Upload speed kinda sucks but w/e
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 16:19
|
|
|
Just a note: earlier in the thread, I was extremely happy with my service from EyeSurf in Kitchener. I was syncing at 20mbit, paying ~$45/mo, uncapped. Well, I guess they got some new biz people in, because they set my line profile to max out at 10mbit even though they promised never to do so. The tech support people said their hands were tied; they claimed the decision comes from higher up. To their credit, they were very sympathetic and I feel that they genuinely felt bad for going back on a 'promise' they made to me. So I ordered TekSavvy. Don't expect to sign up for EyeSurf and sync at your line's max anymore. I live 200 meters from the CO, so I am pretty pissed, but hopefully the speeds everyone is seeing with TekSavvy will make me feel better.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 16:38
|
|
|
Shaw rolled out their new Broadband plans here in Edmonton yesterday. I already have TV through them, so to me an extra $10 a month for 100/5 with a 500GB/month cap is not a bad deal. I rarely go over 100gb a month, so I don't really see it being a massive restriction. They have an unlimited plan as well, but it's god damned expensive for someone that doesn't *need* it.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 17:51
|
|
|
Well my teksavvy install has not gone off without a hitch, but its bells fault anyway. They were suposed to do my install on Monday for dry loop, and they just... Never showed up. I went outside and found the box for my line, and verified the wiring coming into the house. I would have plugged the dsl modem in out there to test it there, but this must be an old box as there wasn't a spot to plug in a line. Anyways, teksavvy rescheduled for Saturday, which sucks but their hands are tied. Hopefully I'll have Internet on more than just my phone soon 
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 18:25
|
|
|
TrueChaos posted:Well my teksavvy install has not gone off without a hitch, but its bells fault anyway. They were suposed to do my install on Monday for dry loop, and they just... Never showed up. I went outside and found the box for my line, and verified the wiring coming into the house. I would have plugged the dsl modem in out there to test it there, but this must be an old box as there wasn't a spot to plug in a line. This was our experience with teksavvy DSL as well. Took us a whole week to get it set up the first time. Then at some point our profile was downgraded to some poo poo speeds but not without completely disconnecting us first. It took us 3 entire weeks fighting with bell (with teksavvy doing their best to help us) to get back up only to see our reduced speeds. Switching to teksavvy cable can't happen soon enough. gently caress Bell.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 18:49
|
|
|
Yeah Bell somehow manages to be about 1000x worse than Rogers. If my Tek Savvy install went south I'd just have to call my old manager @ Rogers and yell at him for loving up provisioning.. then have one of my buddies who still works there set it all up 
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 18:59
|
|
|
Fun TekSavvy DSL story: I sign up, the Bell tech hooks everything up. TekSavvy says that they should be able to deliver 5Mbps, but I'm only getting 512Kbps. After a few days of troubleshooting, they find the problem: the Bell guys hooked me up to a line going to the old DSLAM right at the edge of DSL range from me, rather than to one going to the new one right down the street.  On the plus side, once it was all set up everything was smooth and I even had IPv6 support. Cable is three times as fast but it sucks being IPv4 only again.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:01
|
|
|
Is there actually some kind of tangible benefit to having an ipv6 address?
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:16
|
|
|
My switch from Rogers to TekSavvy cable is this Friday and I'm holding my fingers that I'll be one of those people who has a completely smooth transfer and not one of those people who goes a week without internet because Rogers screwed it up somehow but won't even look into it until after the weekend.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:18
|
|
|
ZShakespeare posted:Is there actually some kind of tangible benefit to having an ipv6 address? There are no (?) major sites that are reachable only through ipv6 internet, so probably not. Do you teksavvy guys do a lot of xbox/ps3 gaming? I'm curious to see whether the lower transmit rate affects your game in any way. I don't really know how much bandwidth a typical game utilizes though.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:32
|
|
|
Martytoof posted:There are no (?) major sites that are reachable only through ipv6 internet, so probably not. It doesn't.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:47
|
|
|
kuddles posted:My switch from Rogers to TekSavvy cable is this Friday and I'm holding my fingers that I'll be one of those people who has a completely smooth transfer and not one of those people who goes a week without internet because Rogers screwed it up somehow but won't even look into it until after the weekend. I'm right now dealing with no internet at home either because of the previous ISP or because my mom doesn't use a Bell line. I'm not sure which it is and TekSavvy is investigating. I'm going to have to either set my mom up with a different phone or wait for everything to fix in a week.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 20:50
|
|
|
Lone Rogue posted:I'm right now dealing with no internet at home either because of the previous ISP or because my mom doesn't use a Bell line. I'm not sure which it is and TekSavvy is investigating. I'm going to have to either set my mom up with a different phone or wait for everything to fix in a week. If it is a regalar phone line (ie a wholesaler of bell) you need the circuit-ID from the wholesaler and pass that on to TekSavvy. If it is one of the digital phone services you need a dry loop. Years of working as a Simpatico CRS has taught me useful things, and killed my soul.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 21:00
|
|
|
Fractal Cat posted:If it is a regalar phone line (ie a wholesaler of bell) you need the circuit-ID from the wholesaler and pass that on to TekSavvy. If it is one of the digital phone services you need a dry loop. Years of working as a Simpatico CRS has taught me useful things, and killed my soul. Yeah, they got the team working on figuring it out since I work there and the CSR Trainer is a friend of mine  I think I'll be finding out it's dry loop, which would suck and mean more time without a connection.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 21:01
|
|
|
Martytoof posted:There are no (?) major sites that are reachable only through ipv6 internet, so probably not. Free static Also, I like knowing that all of my stuff is already IPv6-ready rather than looking forward to a frantic scramble a year or two from now.
|
|
#
?
Jun 8, 2011 22:10
|
|
|
Looks like Telus doubled their caps for all their plans.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 08:56
|
|
|
Argas posted:Looks like Telus doubled their caps for all their plans. Funny, they halved the caps in December/January. So effectively... they've done nothing!
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 09:01
|
|
|
Just got the BB100 plan today. Woop Woop, tha's the soun' ah me modem on fy-ah. 
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 12:33
|
|
|
Bloody Hedgehog posted:Just got the BB100 plan today. Here's high speed extreme, for comparison:  At least I only pay $22/mo! Maybe there will be some sweet student plans for the really high speed connections this September.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 13:11
|
|
|
Bloody Hedgehog posted:Just got the BB100 plan today. Oh man I hope I can option this with the student plan this August. e: it's a drat good thing Shaw upped their caps too. I came drat near my limit last month.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 16:16
|
|
|
I hit 11.5MB/s downloading a test file from Nvidia yesterday on the BB100 plan. The 500GB cap works for me too, since I haven't gone over 120GB in a month in as long as I've been tracking it, but at least now there's some breathing room. It's sad that I'm so excited for a 100mbps connection in 2011, but man it seems so fast compared to my old extreme.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 16:38
|
|
|
Did anyone here living in Montreal end up trying out Colbanet? I'm kind of tired of the crappy DSL speeds Acanac/Teksavvy can offer and cable with them is a no-go thanks to Videotron. I remember some goons were thinking about switching, wondering if anything came out of it.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 17:10
|
|
|
The only reason I didn't go with them is that, at the time, they wanted a 1yr contract. Guy I work with said they're pretty good.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 21:58
|
|
|
I threw together a speadsheet comparing ISPs available in Vancouver (that I know of) https://spreadsheets1.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=td-Y0JFhwUTnlPiLwoiTX_g&authkey=CKDvt6oB#gid=0 I'm currently with Novus and sent this to them, imploring them to adjust their rates to match Shaw's new packages (whose bang/buck is currently about 40% better) so that I won't have to switch to Shaw.
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 22:00
|
|
|
Vehementi posted:I threw together a speadsheet comparing ISPs available in Vancouver (that I know of) Some 5000 people are looking at this spreadsheet. You dont have the telus optik or the Teksavvy options their cable ones are quite good compared to shaws prices. Sprawl fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Jun 9, 2011 |
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 22:29
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 10, 2024 20:16 |
|
|
Sprawl posted:Some 5000 people are looking at this spreadsheet. No it's just anonymous user #5000  Oh yeah, and if you read the fine print on shaw's "bump you up to the next package" thing, they will bump you up to the next package for the remainder of the month, but charge you the full price difference between packages, as if you had been on that other package the whole time, instead of the prorated difference. gently caress shaw forever
|
|
#
?
Jun 9, 2011 22:31
|
|