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infernal machines posted:There is no issue effecting everyone on Rogers. There's an issue with intermittent drop outs affecting everyone on Teksavvy's rCable service. No one else. That's what I meant by everybody, all the Teksavvy customers. I thought Alberta would be Shaw.
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AFAIK it is. The part after the asterisk is an addendum to the reply to Zigmidge
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Feb 11, 2016 00:44
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I don't know why you try so hard infernal, I've said it before: my money is where my mouth is w/r/t support in the telecomm fight. It's like they kicked your dog on their way out of your house after installation. Nobody's posted anything to point to who to blame for this either, since we're on it.
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Feb 11, 2016 01:28
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Go figure. I mention my Rogers connection going lovely with frustrating frequency late last year, and later on in the day something suspiciously similar starts up at exactly the time it settled on before.
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Feb 11, 2016 02:37
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TSI offered me a decent discount on an open box hitron modem so I'm upgrading to 100mbps/unlimited, during the middle of an outage... haha 
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Feb 11, 2016 02:45
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The Hitron CDA3 is a pretty great modem. Great web admin, intel chipset, no bullshit wifi or routing, and 28x8 channel support. Mine has been a rock when the Rogers head end isn't on fire.
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Feb 11, 2016 06:37
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Yeah, that's great to hear since I'm pretty sure the Cisco modem is a giant heap of garbage.
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Feb 11, 2016 15:19
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Zigmidge posted:Nobody's posted anything to point to who to blame for this either, since we're on it. Well they did now. http://www.teksavvy.com/en/why-teksavvy/company/open-letter
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Feb 11, 2016 16:46
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Lol. A DDoS was able to take down part of our core infrastructure for a week, in TYoOL 2016, this is somehow not our fault because... ...and while we didn't directly accuse anyone, we did repeatedly claim that our equipment was working perfectly. infernal machines fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Feb 11, 2016 |
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Feb 11, 2016 16:55
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quote:The other event was a massive DDOS attack with a new attack signature we hadn’t seen before. The DDOS attack converged on a single end-user location, overloaded the capacity of some of our network gear, and challenged some of the specialized DDOS boxes and rulesets we have in place. League of Legends streaming is serious business.
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Feb 11, 2016 17:29
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How convenient that they are able to point the blame at something that can't counter-argue they are full of poo poo.
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Feb 12, 2016 01:06
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Mr. Apollo posted:OK, well resetting the boxes sounds like something I can do myself. What happens if I get additional boxes in the future? Do I need to call a tech back or can that just be done remotely? SARA is the older OS with the ugly yellow guide. If you need outlets run to go with those new boxes, yes you will need a tech visit to reconfigure your splits and ensure signal is good. Techs will not fish lines so be prepared for a house wrap depending on your layout if there are no pre-existing outlets in an adjacent room to split. Calling the tech back or getting his tech id if you have talked to him about it is nice since it is piece work and it is easy call to get paid for every existing box you have at no cost to you if he knows how to setup the work order correctly.
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Feb 12, 2016 22:27
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I just got a copyright notice, I deleted it because  I'd love to watch their content legally but gently caress if I'm going to pay for loving TMN just so I can watch Last Week Tonight, gently caress off.
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Feb 17, 2016 14:58
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When CG-TEK sent out that mountain of copyright notices last spring I received one from Teksavvy saying I downloaded some porn... which I did not, although that's probably beside the point. There was a helpful link in the email saying "click here to settle" which sounds like was really anything but to those poor suckers that actually tried. Supposedly ISPs have to keep the IP records for 6 months after the notice so the holder can start court proceedings. I haven't heard anything since the original notice back in April/May and I figure it's too late for them to do anything at this point even if they wanted to. These notices probably stopped several casual downloaders on the threat alone, but ironically probably just made more people aware of the VPNs that are available which shield the downloader identity. I know the notice I received introduced me to them which seems to have benefits whether you're doing something of questionable legality or not.
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Feb 17, 2016 17:45
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Working as intended. Don't steal content, but if you must, do it in a way that stops the **AA from compelling us to tell them who you are.
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flakeloaf posted:Working as intended. Don't steal content, but if you must, do it in a way that stops the **AA from compelling us to tell them who you are. Stealing is not the same as copyright infringement. The **AA still has their song/movie. They are completely whole, nothing was removed from their person.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:34
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Hey guys, am I in time for the tedious semantic debate? Creative output and intellectual property are worthless, lol. But seriously, is there a problem with admitting that you just want to enjoy content without paying for it? Is this something you really need to justify through semantic shenanigans? The point is, the owners of the content don't like what you're doing. No one else cares, so just do it in a way that doesn't point straight back to you and everyone else can continue to ignore it.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:43
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My seedbox and respective share ratios say I rather enjoy consuming media.
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infernal machines posted:Hey guys, am I in time for the tedious semantic debate? Creative output and intellectual property are worthless, lol. Way ahead of you on the technical front, but I don't need to justify anything to you. The two concepts are still fundamentally different. One is a natural right that goes back thousands of years, the other is only a few hundred years old.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:47
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And the distinction between them is meaningless bullshit in the context of this argument because everyone knows what's meant by it. It's wrong, people do it anyway, the damage it causes is oh god now you've got me doing it just kill us both. Does the semiannual reshuffle of the Rogers internet service offerings make any sense to anyone? Is there a reason the plan I'm on has to be obsoleted and turned into an undescribable chimeric masterpiece that's measurably worse in some areas and noticeably better than others, smack between existing price points? I mean, other than getting me to spend more time on the phone with service reps trying to describe what I think I've got in terms of what they're offering now, because their CSRs are genuinely a pleasure to deal wtih (the ones you call; the ones who call you are intolerable).
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Feb 17, 2016 18:50
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Because it very reliably drives customers to the next package up as their contracts expire. How else are you going to drive growth in a captive market with no competition and nearly 100% saturation?
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Feb 17, 2016 18:53
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I mean if you want to get technical, it's not the content owners suing people and it's not them who get the money either. Is it not still the case that ISPs in Canada aren't allowed to disclose your identity anyway?
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Feb 17, 2016 18:57
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Ahh, I'm on a month-to-month thing so there is no contract to expire. Signing a "You get this price guaranteed for two years" plan is just pleading to be screwed in two years. You're not kidding about the captive market though. Our neighbourhood's 30 years old in the middle of Ottawa and the best Bell can offer us is poo poo-tier DSL (not that it stops them from mailing Fibe flyers to my house every other month) so it's Rogers or darkness.
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Feb 17, 2016 18:59
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Aphrodite posted:Is it not still the case that ISPs in Canada aren't allowed to disclose your identity anyway? Not without a court order, which the ISP will almost certainly fight and the judge will probably deny anyway. I've never done legal billing but I'd guess that sticking with it would probably cost CEG-TEK way more than the $5,000 they'd stand to gain from suing anyway, so unless you're literally an xdcc bot or whatever kids use to get their stolen content these days, I as a complete non-expert on the topic would think your odds of being identified by your ISP are virtually nil.
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slidebite posted:When CG-TEK sent out that mountain of copyright notices last spring I received one from Teksavvy saying I downloaded some porn... which I did not, although that's probably beside the point. The "click here to settle" link was most likely a phising e-mail looking to scam people. Companies aren't usually allowed to send a customized notice to you, they are supposed to contact the ISP who sends you a template with the company named filled in.
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DariusLikewise posted:The "click here to settle" link was most likely a phising e-mail looking to scam people. Companies aren't usually allowed to send a customized notice to you, they are supposed to contact the ISP who sends you a template with the company named filled in. e: Saw this on Michael Giests column yesterday. Bells lobbying for support to "protect" their fibre infrastructure from the dirty upstart ISPs looks like it's back-firing on them. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2016/02/city-councils-strike-back-in-bell-broadband-battle/ quote:The Canadian battle over broadband services has taken an unexpected turn in recent weeks as Bell’s effort to win high profile support for its appeal of a crucial ruling issued by Canada’s telecom regulator appears to have backfired. After support from Toronto Mayor John Tory and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson for the telecom giant came to light, city councillors in both cities fought back with motions rejecting the mayors’ positions and expressing support for more competitive Internet services. slidebite fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Feb 17, 2016 |
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Feb 17, 2016 19:55
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Nenshi is literally the best goddamn guy.
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Unblock-us was banned by Paypal, another reason not to use Paypal for anything anymore I guess. Unblock-us also seems to be playing a cat and mouse game with Netflix right now. I contacted them after getting the "You're using an unblocker" notice from Netflix and they've given me a new set of DNS IPs to use. This resulted in a strange week where I'd be able to play one episode of something and then be blocked on the next, or sometimes go hours without incident. It seems to be getting better over time. I think Unblock-us is playing some war of attrition with cycling endpoint IPs or something.
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Still fine with adfreetime For now.
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I'm on a full VPN with Private Internet Access, and I haven't seen any major issues with Netflix so far. This is using the Windows 10 Netflix app as well. Occasionally it throws up an error code, and if a quick restart doesn't fix it, uninstalling the app and reinstalling (which takes all of ten seconds total) clears it up.
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I know the common refrain is that all the ISPs are complete poo poo, and no one is better than the other, but I'm curious if you think my circumstances warrant risking a switch. Im on the Telus 50 plan which is supposed to be 20-50mpbs speeds, and its at $83 per mth. However, everytime I do an internet test speed, I fall within 10-20mpbs, so it makes me wonder why I am even bothering to pay for 20-50 when it barely even makes the lowest range. I'm sure if I call and complain they'll blame it on me in some dumb way and I won't actually get any faster speeds ("Oh, you're on wifi so its slower, you're in Vancouver so blah blah"). But, should I consider making the switch to like TekSavvy or Shaw? My only concern is with a comparable Shaw plan their promised speeds are "Up to 50mpbs" whereas at least Telus supposedly promises you a bottom range of 20mpbs (even if it doesn't actually get to that speed). Should I even bother with Telus customer service for them to "troubleshoot" anything or is it just a crapshoot and my area/node or whatever is overloaded so it'll always be slow?
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Melian Dialogue posted:I'm sure if I call and complain they'll blame it on me in some dumb way and I won't actually get any faster speeds ("Oh, you're on wifi so its slower, you're in Vancouver so blah blah"). Well ARE you on wireless? If it's just a congested 2.4ghz band, or their lovely combo gateway wifi, nothing is going to fix that except getting a decent AP and or switching to 5Ghz. Melian Dialogue posted:But, should I consider making the switch to like TekSavvy or Shaw? My only concern is with a comparable Shaw plan their promised speeds are "Up to 50mpbs" whereas at least Telus supposedly promises you a bottom range of 20mpbs (even if it doesn't actually get to that speed). Should I even bother with Telus customer service for them to "troubleshoot" anything or is it just a crapshoot and my area/node or whatever is overloaded so it'll always be slow? If it's a wire/CMTS issue, switching ISP's will not resolve anything, it'll still be on that faulty wire/CMTS, resolve it with them before moving elsewhere. John Capslocke fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Mar 2, 2016 |
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Assuming you're on DSL (and not using wi-fi for the test), it's likely a line quality issue. That will be the same no matter what DSL provider you use. On cable you will get the advertised connection speed, but you may be affected by node congestion depending on the area. With Teksavvy you will have one problem or the other, plus having to navigate all issues through Teksavvy support before they escalate to the incumbent providing the last mile service. If you're doing the speed test on wi-fi, take the results with a grain of salt, there are so many factors that can tank connection performance over wi-fi it's not useful as a measure of the actual internet connection performance.
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Yeah I'm working off their modem with WiFi because right now I have the modem near the TV across the room for Netflix streaming, so I guess I'll first run a CAT5 to see how the speeds are there.
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Melian Dialogue posted:Yeah I'm working off their modem with WiFi because right now I have the modem near the TV across the room for Netflix streaming, so I guess I'll first run a CAT5 to see how the speeds are there. If it's 2.4ghz I can almost promise you that is your speed issue right there.
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I forgot about this thread, getting caught up.Decairn posted:Well they did now. Oyoyoye that leaves a sour taste in ones mouth. gently caress Tory, seriously. That guy has voted against everything I have an interest in since taking office. Ford probably would have supported at least one of those things I'm into. PIA has been up and down for me with netflix. It's random if it'll work or not. Hedgehog what do you mean by error code? The proxy error message?
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8ender posted:Unblock-us was banned by Paypal, another reason not to use Paypal for anything anymore I guess. Unblock-us also seems to be playing a cat and mouse game with Netflix right now. I contacted them after getting the "You're using an unblocker" notice from Netflix and they've given me a new set of DNS IPs to use. This resulted in a strange week where I'd be able to play one episode of something and then be blocked on the next, or sometimes go hours without incident. It seems to be getting better over time. I think Unblock-us is playing some war of attrition with cycling endpoint IPs or something. Netflix just dinged me with the "Using an unblocker" when I tried to watch The Batman. loving Hell. 
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I don't know if its just rolling out in test case to some CDNs or if its specific to certain content but in farting around on the website last night I saw a new header "X-Netflix-Geo-Check" which had a failed parameter on certain content. The weird thing is that some stuff that is definitely American (The office, Parks and Rec) plays without issue while my GF can't watch her lovely One Tree Hill, it gets an unblocker message every time she tries. It looks like they are starting to check the destination end point for the streams. I don't know how unblockers will work anymore, it seems like the only way around that is an SSH tunnel or something.
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