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Amazon is the only place I can get free shipping so, sorry NCIX.  In Canadian Internet news, the monopoly up here is getting $50M from the feds to make Nunavut's access a little less lovely. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674northwestel_gets_50_million_from_ottawa_to_improve_nunavut_internet/
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Finally! Pay $2000 and they'll fly you in a gig of internet once a month.
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Oct 26, 2017 03:29
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Lately I've been trading video games back and forth with a friend using an external drive because they just keep getting bigger and bigger. It feels like I'm in high school again! Except now I'm paying for the games.
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Oct 26, 2017 03:32
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TekSavvy said they're upgrading my service from a 400gb cap to unlimited at no extra cost.  Bloody Hedgehog posted:Finally! Pay $2000 and they'll fly you in a gig of internet once a month. It'd be cheaper to rent one of those Google cell tower balloons. 
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Oct 26, 2017 04:11
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Yikes, I kinda wish I knew about all the NCIX bullshit before putting an 8700k on backorder there.  Can I at least expect it to show up. Like, at all?
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Oct 30, 2017 19:50
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Hard to say, but I had ordered a 1080 TI from them near launch and they were never able to fulfill the order. Even by the point where all other stores had a regular amount of stock on hand at all times, NCIX was still all "We're backordered, with no projected date of delivery." And then even beyond that, they would be "Okay, your slated to get one from our next delivery", and then I didn't, and they told me again "Oh, sorry, yeah its' the next delivery!", and I still didn't get it. Some of us on the NCIX forums were trying to puzzle it out, and we had figured that they were allotting what stock they did get randomly, as people who had ordered well after had gotten their shipments first. Eventually I just gave up and walked into a Memory Express and walked out with the card 10 minutes later with no fuss. I guess for you it depends on how much they've pissed off Intel and whether Intel wants to bother sending them anything.
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Oct 31, 2017 00:19
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Ugh, NCIX news loving kills me, but isn't surprising at all. They were my main tech provider for ages, and all of my builds have had parts from them. How long did they own DirectCanada for? My build process was always "find poo poo on NCIX because it has a usable website, search model numbers on directCanada and buy at a $150 discount", and I was very sad when I got the same garbage service from both of them during my last build.
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Nov 2, 2017 19:14
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NCIX used to be great when I was in Quebec and could get computer parts tax free.
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Nov 2, 2017 19:21
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Mister Facetious posted:TekSavvy said they're upgrading my service from a 400gb cap to unlimited at no extra cost. Got a similar email from Shaw recently. Bout loving time Internet 150 became unlimited. (yes yes I know, I have Shaw cable internet, I am the worst)
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Nov 2, 2017 22:00
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Shaw never really enforced caps unless you were the highest user in a saturated neighbourhood and even then they gave you 3 friendly reminders to stop using so much internet before they increased your price.
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Nov 2, 2017 22:03
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Does anyone know how I'd find the IP address of my cable modem so I can log into it and be disppointed that its a useless piece of poo poo that is firmware-incompatible with any other TPIA I'd consider moving to now that its paid off? Its a Huawei MT130U if that helps.
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Nov 14, 2017 00:20
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Looks like it's 192.168.100.1 per this thread
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Nov 14, 2017 00:56
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That's it, thank you. Looks like I'm going with start.ca's $60 60/10 come December simply out of a desire not to pay any more modem rental fees until bottom-teir docsis 3.0 is declared illegal.
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Nov 14, 2017 01:02
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infernal machines posted:Looks like it's [REDACTED] per this thread Actually that's the address from my cablemodem and I'd please ask you to edit it out of your post before I suffer another hacking attempt
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Nov 14, 2017 05:21
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OMG mine too! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?
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Nov 14, 2017 05:24
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shadow puppet of a posted:That's it, thank you. I have 3 modems in my house that I bought over the years. I am never ever gonna buy another modem. None of them outlasted even the ROI period that I would have gotten by buying them and not renting. gently caress'em, i am only renting from now on and let them keep that junk when the new junk comes along. Actually no, one of them did. I saved a whooping $20-ish over the bunch years that i had it. Meh.
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Nov 14, 2017 06:19
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I've said it before, but that's my biggest issue with Teksavvy's purchase model. I think the only modem in seven years that actually came out ahead on ROI was my ST516v6
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Nov 14, 2017 06:28
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infernal machines posted:I've said it before, but that's my biggest issue with Teksavvy's purchase model. I think the only modem in seven years that actually came out ahead on ROI was my ST516v6 Teksavvy is kinda being shafted by the incumbents, Rogers in particular. There isn't much they can do when they have no insight into planned access changes before they are rolled out, or when an incumbent simply doesn't follow the CRTC mandate at all, and isn't held to account for it in any way. I've done okay with them, though. The savings over Bell/Rogers has paid for the devices I've purchased and then some. That's not the main reason I switched, anyway.
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Nov 14, 2017 06:35
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I get that they have no input on the planning and network upgrades, but other independents (e.g. Start.ca) manage to offer modem rentals. Given that there's been a pretty steady churn of new specs required for new activations, it seems like something they should offer. That said, I use Teksavvy for my mother's internet service because I already had a modem from my old 150/10 service and that's saving a significant percentage on her service since she only needs the lowest speed tier for streaming.
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Nov 14, 2017 06:40
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infernal machines posted:I get that they have no input on the planning and network upgrades, but other independents (e.g. Start.ca) manage to offer modem rentals. Given that there's been a pretty steady churn of new specs required for new activations, it seems like something they should offer. I think Teksavvy has a rent to own pricing option now? P.S. I wouldn't go for it, as the two current cable modems they sell for Rogers are both really crappy. They got screwed by Rogers, then screwed by the manufacturer.
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Nov 14, 2017 06:46
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Oh yeah, they do rent to own. It used to require something like a 50% down payment, which made no sense, but it looks like it's $0 down now. Lol @ Technicolor modems tho
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Nov 14, 2017 06:52
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infernal machines posted:Oh yeah, they do rent to own. It used to require something like a 50% down payment, which made no sense, but it looks like it's $0 down now. You're going to be super disappointed when I tell you the Technicolor TC4400 is probably the best modem currently on the market. You can buy and use the R2 on Videotron right now, but it looks like Rogers won't approve it until the R3 revision ships in quantity, which hasn't happened yet (the R3 is the DOCSIS 3.1 certified version, same chipset, just minor adjustments and firmware updates). No ETA, but if they don't get it happening soon, they are going to get over run by Bells FTTH roll out in any decently dense market area.
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Nov 14, 2017 07:03
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No doubt it's better then the hitron puma nonsense Rogers launched their gigabit expansion with
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Nov 14, 2017 07:15
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infernal machines posted:No doubt it's better then the hitron puma nonsense Rogers launched their gigabit expansion with Yes, it's Broadcom based, not Intel Puma 6. Testing with it shows none of the same issues the Puma 6 based devices have.
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Nov 14, 2017 09:03
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Does Eastern ISPs actually let you use your own modem?
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Nov 14, 2017 16:48
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DariusLikewise posted:Does Eastern ISPs actually let you use your own modem? Yes, TPIAs do. Rogers doesn't as far as I know, as they come with their own lovely modem that provides wifi, routing, NAT and a bunch of other (useless) services. Some modems can be put into bridge mode though, downgrading them to do only one thing and do it poorly.
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Nov 14, 2017 17:07
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If any start.ca customers want that $25 referral discount just make the terrible mistake of pm'ing me your real name so I can hand it over when signing up for service in a week or two.
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Volguus posted:Yes, TPIAs do. Rogers doesn't as far as I know, as they come with their own lovely modem that provides wifi, routing, NAT and a bunch of other (useless) services. Some modems can be put into bridge mode though, downgrading them to do only one thing and do it poorly. The Rogers Hitron modems can be put in bridge mode, after which point they're fine. They had issues with the Intel Puma chipset (IIRC everyone did), it took a couple of revisions of both the hardware and firmware to get something that worked
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Nov 14, 2017 17:22
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NCIX has apparently started shuttering all it's Vancouver locations. Barring some kind of miracle this is probably the beginning of the end.
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Nov 15, 2017 22:12
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Nov 15, 2017 22:27
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I had 1600 NCIX points from when they used to be relevant. I just used them to buy a 1 year VIP membership. I wonder if it'll come in to effect before they go bankrupt.
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Nov 15, 2017 23:57
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I ordered a case and PSU from them on the weekend to pick up at the coquitlam store, wonder if that’ll happen!
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Nov 15, 2017 23:59
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priznat posted:I ordered a case and PSU from them on the weekend to pick up at the coquitlam store, wonder if that’ll happen! C-c-c-chargeback!
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Nov 16, 2017 00:43
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EngineerJoe posted:I had 1600 NCIX points from when they used to be relevant. I just used them to buy a 1 year VIP membership. I wonder if it'll come in to effect before they go bankrupt. i have 19970 points right now and apparently i can use them to buy clothes.
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Nov 16, 2017 05:44
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MechanicalTomPetty posted:NCIX has apparently started shuttering all it's Vancouver locations. Barring some kind of miracle this is probably the beginning of the end. End of an era
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Nov 16, 2017 07:20
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Apparently all the Vancouver stores are closed
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Nov 16, 2017 07:27
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Yep apparently all the locations are now closed, and online orders that were in process can apparently pick up at the Richmond warehouse buuuuut I think I'll just call my CC for the chargeback. Why risk it, I think. By that I mean why risk driving to Richmond, gently caress Richmond.
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Nov 16, 2017 07:40
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Really is the end of an era. My entire life with computers has been stuff bought from NCIX
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CLAM DOWN posted:Really is the end of an era. My entire life with computers has been stuff bought from NCIX I remember the rough and tumble days of all the tiny independent retailers prior to NCIX being dominant. ATIC was probably the largest but it was loving terrible. Go into one of these places to buy a stick or two of RAM and they would rummage around in a drawer and come out with some not in a bag or nothin. Then the next week the store would be gone or named something completely different. It was another time.. ~sagely smokes a pipe, looks wistfully into the middle distance~ gently caress where am I gonna get the case for my new build now god dammit
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Canada Computers is opening in Burnaby soon... I haven't touched NCIX since CC became a thing in Ontario.
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