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Whenever my internet goes out it really gets me thinking. Back to a simpler time, before vidya games and Netflix. Praise be to the internet gods please bring mine back thank you
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Dec 15, 2017 09:55
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I called Shaw about a half hour ago and the guy sounded really optimistic “Oh yeah! We are having a short outage shouldn’t be too much longer.” Then he pauses for a few seconds and says “few hours” Gee thanks, guess your idea of not much longer and mine are totally different. Time for bed
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Dec 15, 2017 09:57
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I miss my Coextro fibre in a downtown Toronto condo (I moved into a house). Two sub-30 minute outages and one 3 hour outage in 7 years. And it was cheap and fast
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Dec 15, 2017 13:52
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Had that happen a few weeks ago. Internet slowed to a crawl.
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Dec 15, 2017 15:45
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Anyone on SHAW running into the issue where the router is just dropping DNS service like clockwork every 24 hours? Wifi seems fine, but anything hardwired just gets a no DNS error. Literally happens every day and I need to unplug the router and reset it. I've tried using Google's DNS address but the issue persists.
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Dec 15, 2017 17:00
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Which modem do you have? There's a firmware rollout happening with the Hitron modems right now, so it's possible that could be causing some issues.
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Dec 15, 2017 17:25
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Fried Watermelon posted:Anyone on SHAW running into the issue where the router is just dropping DNS service like clockwork every 24 hours? Wifi seems fine, but anything hardwired just gets a no DNS error. Literally happens every day and I need to unplug the router and reset it. Not 24 hours but a few times my PS4 won't get poo poo and I have to unplug and reset for it to get going.
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Dec 15, 2017 17:31
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Apparently the Novus problem last night caused them to wake up their on-call sysadmin  I feel good for making that happen, as someone who had that done to me in the past.
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Dec 15, 2017 18:21
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What the gently caress is this and why am I only hearing about it now? Bell putting forward a proposal for an ISP-maintained, country-wide blacklist of sites "involved in piracy"? Is this description of it accurate, and does it have any chance of getting through the CRTC? Lol of course it does, the CRTC is useless.
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Dec 19, 2017 12:24
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You thought Bell would sit idle as half the country bypasses their regional licensing rights for Game of Thrones?
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Dec 19, 2017 13:16
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Anyone in Alberta able to tell me about lightspeed? I'm on a solid teksavvy plan, but 75 down unlimited seems really good at $40 https://www.lightspeed.ca/personal/cable-internet/ E: gently caress it, I went for them. Really good deal w00tmonger fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Dec 21, 2017 |
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Dec 21, 2017 22:56
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w00tmonger posted:Anyone in Alberta able to tell me about lightspeed? I'm on a solid teksavvy plan, but 75 down unlimited seems really good at $40 Lemme know how that goes.
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Dec 22, 2017 00:43
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ChubbyThePhat posted:Lemme know how that goes. Pros over the phone. Sounds like they're the same deal as teksavvy. Use Shaw or whoever is in the area.
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Dec 22, 2017 02:08
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ToxicFrog posted:What the gently caress is this and why am I only hearing about it now? Bell putting forward a proposal for an ISP-maintained, country-wide blacklist of sites "involved in piracy"? If it helps any, this most likely won't happen. Per Micheal Geist: "The good news is that legal basis for this radical proposal is on very shaky ground. The CRTC was clear in September 2016 letter arising out of the Quebec law mandating the blocking of access to unlicensed gambling sites. The CRTC stated that the law only permits blocking in “exceptional circumstances” noting that: the Commission is of the preliminary view that the Act prohibits the blocking by Canadian carriers of access by end-users to specific websites on the Internet, whether or not this blocking is the result of an ITMP. Consequently, any such blocking is unlawful without prior Commission approval, which would only be given where it would further the telecommunications policy objectives. Accordingly, compliance with other legal or juridical requirements – whether municipal, provincial or foreign – does not in and of itself justify the blocking of specific websites by Canadian carriers, in the absence of Commission approval under the Act. The proposal must therefore convince the CRTC that website blocking would further the telecommunications policy objectives (merely complying with copyright law or meeting broader cultural objectives would be insufficient). The proposal does a woefully poor job of making the case that mandatory website blocking would further those objectives. The best it can do is argue that piracy “threatens the social and economic fabric of Canada”, that the telecommunications system should “encourage compliance with Canadian laws” and that website blocking “will significantly contribute toward the protection of the privacy of Canadian Internet users.” He also notes that even if this happened somehow, it wouldn't survive a challenge based on the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. So we're probably fine here. Also, not really related, but Canada did everyone a solid and forced all the horrible copyright crap out of the TPP.
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Dec 22, 2017 10:43
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Yeah, I thought that was pretty ropey. And holy poo poo, that's the first good news I've heard about the TPP.
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Dec 22, 2017 13:45
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Lord Justice posted:Also, not really related, but Canada did everyone a solid and forced all the horrible copyright crap out of the TPP. Wow, that's actually kinda encouraging. Wonder if mailing my MP to let them know I am in favour of these changes would be in any way useful.
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Dec 22, 2017 13:51
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Nice work Canada!
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Dec 22, 2017 17:32
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This is completely unexpected good news about something I had every reason to be worried about! Good work Canada! Credit where it's due!
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Dec 22, 2017 20:19
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Checking back in with the $40 for 75 down deal from Lightspeed. Internet is solid, scheduling the initial transfer with them was amateur hour and left me without internet for the weekend, but my speeds are looking real good now that it's up
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Jan 10, 2018 21:10
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Lightspeed is pretty good. Maybe a bit dated in its billing handling online, but it works. I also forgot to inform them that my line was active when they set up initially, so I went months without an invoice emailed/mailed/charged. They kept assuming I didn't even have a connection and hadn't billed yet. I called in to ask why I wasn't getting bills (I didn't want to end up cut off for days, or something worse - and I need the invoices to submit to my employer, as I work from home), before they realized and had it corrected. They're a little green in some ways, heh.
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Jan 17, 2018 02:56
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Someone posted this in canpol https://www.bnn.ca/shaw-offering-buyouts-to-6-500-staff-amid-major-company-overhaul-1.982932 quote:Shaw Communications is launching a massive voluntary buyout program in a restructuring the company calls a “total business transformation” that aims to re-focus its operations. That's almost half their employees :O
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Jan 30, 2018 21:13
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CLAM DOWN posted:Someone posted this in canpol HOLY poo poo. That's a fun way to start the year.
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Jan 30, 2018 21:34
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Man, just how many customers did Wind lose to the deals of 2016 & '17?
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Jan 30, 2018 21:46
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Mister Facetious posted:Man, just how many customers did Wind lose to the deals of 2016 & '17? Me, my wife, and a bunch of other people I know jumped on the public mobile deal. Probably a big part of it
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Jan 30, 2018 22:08
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Work has been interesting.
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Jan 30, 2018 22:19
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w00tmonger posted:Me, my wife, and a bunch of other people I know jumped on the public mobile deal. Probably a big part of it Me too. Plus there was that Koodo deal this year to stop people scamming the Manitoba plan  .It's probably just a standard merging of various Wind/Shaw locations into one. Most of the Wind places I see around town are always incredibly empty, and are obviously leasing way, way too large a space. Doesn't help that most of them are in plaza locations either. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Jan 30, 2018 |
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Jan 30, 2018 22:39
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It’s also possible they’d like to aim to provide more online/text only service in which case why pay Canadian salaries?
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Jan 30, 2018 22:47
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Human Customer Service is going to be a premium rate thing like Caller ID & Tone Dialing used to be. All we need is for Bell and Rogers to rollout their branded rich-person all-human contact with a designated account rep service like Time Warner has in Manhattan. I'm betting they'll name it Bellé and Richr, respectively.
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Jan 30, 2018 23:25
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If they only expect 10% to take the deal maybe they are only looking to lay off 1000 people...
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Jan 31, 2018 00:08
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Rogers is gonna buy out Shaw within two years.
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Feb 1, 2018 20:19
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Rogers is gonna buy out Shaw within two years. I can only hope 
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Feb 1, 2018 21:09
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Rogers is gonna buy out Shaw within two years. I’m not sure the government would allow that.
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Feb 1, 2018 21:43
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Evis posted:I’m not sure the government would allow that. *passes a big bag of What about now?
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Feb 1, 2018 23:04
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Now I think it’s what’s best for Canadians.
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Feb 1, 2018 23:24
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Evis posted:Now I think it’s what’s best for Canadians. A merger would help the middle class and those trying to join the middle class.
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Feb 1, 2018 23:30
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Evis posted:I’m not sure the government would allow that. Shaw and Rogers don't directly compete, there's a tiny bit of overlap between cell service now, but there's no way Shaw will pay out to roll out cell services in all it's missing areas.
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Feb 2, 2018 00:03
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Rogers is gonna buy out Shaw within two years. This will confuse the hell out of anyone in BC who still says "my rogers cable" and then corrects themselves to "my shaw cable".
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Feb 2, 2018 00:28
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How are you supposed to watch hockey or the news in western canada without cable. My basement renter suddenly decided that he wants to watch these things, but everything I'm looking at for how to do that is a pile of poo poo. He thinks he wants to go out and buy an Apple TV stick or whatever Telus is my service provider
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With an aerial?
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