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^^For what it's worth, when my sister-in-law suddenly passed away before Christmas, Rogers cancelled her service stupid easy for me. As in, I didn't even have to jump through the flaming hoops I was expecting. I said she had passed away, this is her name and acct# and they said sorry for your loss and have a nice day. In other words, saying you're dead may not be a crazy idea!  ^^For those of you in Telus land, Teksavvy has confirmed that the 50mbps tier of DSL is available. I am trying to confirm pricing and availability for my neck of the woods. If it isn't a big premium, I'll probably jump up. slidebite fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Mar 8, 2013 |
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So, I have something interesting happen the past few days. I noticed this past weekend that my Steam downloads would top out at approx 1.5MB/sec. Normally, I'd get 2.3-2.6 on my 25/2 DSL... and have always either with Telus or Teksavvy (who I am with now). I thought it might be a Steam server issue, so I changed servers and no difference. I did some speedtests and noticed some interesting results. During the day (like now), I'd get my "normal" 22-23ish/2.8 However, during the evenings I'd get wildly different speeds.. ranging generally around 10-ish/2.8. Teksavvy on DSL reports asked me to do some speedtests through their mini server: http://speedtest.teksavvy.com/ (which is based out of Toronto I believe) Results are not good   Speedtest.net servers gave wildly different speeds too... anywhere from 7-20 down. This is my tracert to the teksavvy speedtest server last night code:All show similar results. Linestats from the other day are: code:
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Oh yes, I realize that the remoteness will certainly effect it. A closer server I get anywhere from 7-23 (23-ish being what it should be). BUT, I JUST HAD A BRAINWAVE  Remember those posts a week or two ago about making rules in the cmd prompt to get rid of IP ranges for making youtube run better? I am wondering if that could have anything to do with it. How do you see what rules are in force via the command prompt and delete all of them?
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Well, I just turned the firewall right off in the GUI instead of poking around. Got a spike of 1.8 mb/sec on steam but settled around 1.5 as before, so you're probably right. Any ideas?
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I've tried Seattle, Seattle Comcast, Denver, Vancouver and San Jose. Peak at 1.5~ish on all. edit: Current speedtest.net  is pretty much what it should be, but Steam is still about 1MB/Sec lower than it should be. slidebite fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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Getting expected speeds of approx 2.5 mb/sec which coincides with my "normal" speedtest results. I'll bookmark and test again later. Is there some stupid Steam setting or something I'm missing? slidebite fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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Mar 20, 2013 19:50
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Yeah,slidebite posted:I thought it might be a Steam server issue, so I changed servers and no difference.  Are there any other settings I might be missing? Other than my server, my settings are the same as your screencap. edit: Holy poo poo, Steam pulls from a lot of places  slidebite fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Mar 21, 2013 |
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It's a Teksavvy sourced Zyxel 1432 which worked like a champ for everything including Steam but yeah, I'm starting to run out of options and I'm stumped. But you know, just as I made this screen shot, it's spiked up to 1.8 a few times (holy poo poo slow down I know) Maybe it's just a glitch. I'll just check it periodically. Edit: If I uninstall my steam client and reinstall a new one, would that gently caress up the games I have somehow? double edit: Uninstalled and reinstalled. Same thing
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Way ahead of you. Seattle, Seattle Comcast, Vancouver, Denver, San Jose, doesn't seem to make any difference. I am genuinely confused since I can get full capacity in firefox (like that test you linked to earlier). Edit: This is interesting. A dude on the Teksavvy forums of DSLR in the Shaw service area says he is having a similar problem. I wonder if there is something going on?  Can other Teksavvy people here help a brother out and check this too if you use Steam? slidebite fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Mar 22, 2013 |
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Not that anyone probably care a ton, I did a complete C: wipe and fresh windows reinstall (not due to this - been meaning to for other reasons). Still the same thing. So, I guess that means it is likely network related. Oh well, not going to put any more time into it although if someone has an epiphany I'd be 
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  I SOLVED IT!!!!!! I have my windows updates set to manual, and I just remembered doing a "recommended driver update" for my wireless card about a couples weeks ago. Since I did a fresh re-install today, I paid close attention to all of my updates and one of them was for my Wireless ASUS card. Since I did all my windows updates before installing my software I didn't try Steam without it. However, on a absolute hunch (because I tried everything else) I rolled back the driver to generic MS Railink driver 3.0.0.41 from Feb 2009 which was the default driver on Windows 7. And VOILA! Kick rear end downloads again! (well, for my ISP package!). My wifes PC has a similar wireless so I need to roll hers back now too. It makes me wonder how many other people are in the same boat?
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DarkJC posted:I had an unrelated problem recently (corrupted images in my browser as if they were only partially downloaded and corrupted downloads among other things), doing that same thing completely fixed my issue as well. Those new drivers are terrible. Dudebro posted:gently caress wireless. I'd rather get a powerline adapter than go through the hassle of wireless, at least for my main computer and gaming one. But maybe I'm only saying this because my new place has given me a ton of problems with unstable wireless (my wireless was fine in my old place). Other than this I've actually had awesome luck with wireless. That said, I use a powerline adapter for my PS3 because, well, PS3 wireless is loving awful.. and I've had good luck with that. It works really well. The most I see is 25-ish down so I'm not anywhere near the limits of wireless though.
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Crazy dude posting on DSL reports thinking that teksavvy should be his personal white knight against evil bell. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28136867-bell-calls-my-68-year-old-dad-sayign-crazy-stuff
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That's too bad too, because RFD actually has, from time to time, decent links. DSL reports is only decent because of the on the spot Teksavvy support and news which is kind of interesting. Suniikaa posted:Looks like telus changed the admin/tech passwords on the actiontec routers, anyone know the new logins? The force out a firmware update through DSL? I didn't know they did that. EngineerJoe posted:The post is gone... what did it say? I should have copied it before it got nuked. I am not making any of the below up, but it is paraphrased. It was the best I could comprehend through the spelling, virtually no punctuation and run on sentences. Basically, some crazy guy melting down because Bell apparently has him in collections due to 2 television PVRs they billed him for. But he returned them and has proof. Because of this, 3 years ago (??) Bell cut off his phone so when he was shot he couldn't call 911. However, he was able to email (??) Andre at Teksavvy (??!!) for help and he saved his life. Andre thanked him by wearing a dress. Now, Bell is HARASSING this very important crazy man, because collection agents calling him and his 68 year old grandfather in a old folks home. This will give him a HEART ATTACK! Teksavvy needs to call Bell for him because he is a teksavvy customer after all. Other DSL posters questioned him to be reasonable as it isn't teksavvy's issue in the slightest and he should be contacting Bell. This was only to be answered in a diatribe about how CUSTOMER SERVICE is important and Teksavvy should contact Bell on his behalf because he gets his internet through them DAMMIT. It's like you enjoy Pepsi and Coke calls your dad at home telling lies about you. Or something. Before it got nuked, it got to the point of him FILING A LAWSUIT against Bell and he is going to also file against Teksavvy too because it is their duty to help him! As a matter of a fact, he is now going to leave them! That will show them! (this all took place in about 30 minutes real time). Harrassment! Illegal! Heart Attack!  I'm paraphrasing but that really was the jest of it. slidebite fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Since I did my windows reformat, I never bothered re-doing that IP exclude for YouTube buffering mentioned earlier. Interestingly, I've noticed YouTube is still playing fantastically either way. 1080P streaming no problem and my pings for speedtest dropped from an average of 35ms to 25. Anyone else on Teksavvy notice any changes?
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lizzyinthesky posted:Hey BC Goons, anyone familiar with Mobile Internet sticks and the like? I am working with a political campaign and we want to have internet in our mobile campaign HQ. We probably realistically need it for one laptop and won't need it past May obviously and we won't want to be liable for a contract so we'd need to buy it outright. Thoughts/suggestions? We're also in an area without Mobilicity/Wind/whatever other upstarts coverage, sadly. Couldn't comment about the price because I really didn't care and wasn't picking up the tab 
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Personally, I don't torrent or anything and the 3MB/Sec that my Telus 25mb line gives me is tons fast for what I need. Streams 1080 with Netflix/whatever just great. Only thing that could use even more bandwidth would be downloading Multi-GB games over steam but really, I have that in the background and it's done soon enough anyhow. My 02c would be to with whatever is cheaper in your area. ZShakespeare posted:Teksavvy sent me an email telling me that my price had been lowered, but it didn't say what they new price was, so after hunting a bit I ended up on dsl forums and found the new price list and the new price is the same as the old price >: ( Telus land 25MB? Teksavvy posted:As of your next billing date, you will notice that the Internet package you are subscribing to will change from High Speed DSL 25 Unlimited / DSL ŕ Haute Vitesse 25 Illimité at $54.99 to High Speed DSL 25 Unlimited / DSL 25 Illimité at $54.99. 
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Rawrbomb posted:Is bell still doing crappy massive bandwidth shaping? I remember being in the Mississauga area, and regardless of the connection with bell or the package, some stuff just wouldn't go faster than 80KB/s.
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For those of you that haven't received the email, Teksavvy is doing some system upgrades in the wee hours over the next few days so your connection may go down.Teksavvy posted:Dear TekSavvy Customer,
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I was under the impression it was system wide from the freakouts I read on DSLR. Apologies!
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Demon_Corsair posted:That looks like you need to sign up for more then one service to get it, and all I want is internet. Guess I will just have to cross my fingers and hope that my new area isn't as saturated. Teksavvy DSL might be an option too.
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Hey guys, I have a question I thought I'd ask here before going to Netflix for help. I have a 25mb DSL connection with Teksavvy that has been really reliable since I got past some initial teething issues. I have Netflix and I also subscribe to UnoDNS so I can get the US programming and I find it works really well. Here is my problem: I reset my PS3 to not be on UnoDNS and just used standard internet settings so I can watch Canadian netflix again as (shocker) a couple programs we wanted to see were only on the Canadian side, not the US. Interestingly, the Canadian side has issues with the video pausing periodically, sometimes for seconds at a time. Audio continues streaming just great though. It's almost like the system can't handle the HD streaming but I have no problem streaming HD on US Netflix. Any ideas what's going on?
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If it's an ISP issue, any idea why streaming through the US DNS would work fine? Doesn't it still have to go through the same pipes to my house? Or do I misunderstand how it works?
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unknown posted:You've got it right, just the problem isn't at your house/neighborhood. The isp has multiple upstream providers (ie not same path in their network). Just when you're talking so much actual bandwidth being used in their case (the 10s of gigs comment I made), weird issues can crop up at capacity points and it's a lot harder to fix than just add another circuit/cable to fix it due to cost. First off, thanks for the reply and thought. My only concern I have with your theory is that I can be fine on the US side, turn off DNS so I'm on Canadian... it sucks. Then, literally 5 minutes later go back to the US and its good. 
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I see, thanks. Something I haven't tried to any extant is streaming CDN on other devices that I have, so I'll try that too to back up the theory. Appreciate it folks 
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This is interesting http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/07/17/technology-gigabit-internet-olds.html quote:Ultrafast internet speeds that most Canadian city dwellers can only dream of will soon be available to all 8,500 residents in a rural Alberta community for as little as $57 a month, thanks to a project by the town's non-profit economic development foundation. slidebite fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Jul 19, 2013 |
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Anyone know what the latest is with Voltage/Teksavvy?
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Mrent posted:I am on the Telus 50mbps down/10mbps up plan in Edmonton. The plan is actually half decent, and the speeds are advertised; however, I think Telus requires your building be wired for fibre before you can subscribe to the service. Additionally, the price is also pretty hefty $75CDN a month. I think I may move back to the 25mbps down/5mbps up package just due to the cost. Happy to answer any questions about the package! I darn near did that with Telus before I left for Teksavvy, but glad I didn't. That said, Teksavvy is supposedly offering it as part of their package in my area now too (since Telus does already) but I just don't see the benefit for myself. I can stream HD netflix just fine and pull pretty reliably 3MB/Sec downloads which is fast enough for when I need to bring down some files. If the price gets down to be at least "close" to my 25mb service, I might do it though.
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Mrent posted:The reason I decided to go with this plan was purely for the upload speed. I tend to stream a fair bit and the 10mbps upload allowed me to stream in a very high resolution and quality. That being said, is it worth 75 dollars? The simple answer is no, at least not to the individuals who cannot make use of that upload. As for TekSavvy, I have been hearing of them more and more (mostly from friends and family), I will have to take a more in-depth look into them. It would be nice if they offered their services to my postal code. Can you explain how higher upload speeds allow you to stream better? I am genuinely was under the impression that's 99% download related.
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priznat posted:drat, that's pretty sweet! Might just kill the movie channels (got it for GoT, not on now anyway) and move the $$ over to the faster internet. I know this is a little late priznat, but I am on teksavvy down in Lethbridge. I pretty reliably pull 22-24/2.8 Only thing that fluctuates is ping. I am almost always geolocated to Vancouver which seems to give me about 30ms pings. Never effected me though. Only issues was hiccups in setup which delayed a week. I give that to telus's stellar incompetence though more than anything.
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I have been on Teksavvy 25/2 DSL unlimited in Alberta (Telus land) for going on a year now, ever since Telus made good about shrinking the caps. Other than a couple of hiccups on install, I have been very satisfied with their service. Even if they were to give an increase out here, I'd happily pay it just for the sake of having unlimited. Pretty much everything on Netflix is now SuperHD and we watch a lot of it. That and with video games becoming truly monstrous both on PCs but now on consoles too (I've heard 41GB downloads on the PS4!), I'd always be wondering when Telus would try to gently caress me over if I had a cap, so I don't even worry about it.
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Chris Knight posted:Man, remind me to never read DSL Reports, talk about a bunch of loving whiny babies. Yeah, a lot of the posters are complete tools but I'll give Teksavvy credit, they respond there and are pretty prompt and active on their forum.
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Bell is accused of anticompetitive internet fuckery. Again. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dashboard/bell-accused-charging-canadians-more-competitor-services-215517128.html quote:It’s shaping up to be a tough winter for Bell’s media division, what with Rogers’ announcement Tuesday of a blockbuster agreement that will give the rival company rights to all national NHL games for the next 12 years. But before that kicks in next season, it’s looking like Bell is going to have to deal with a complaint that its mobile television service is violating Internet fairness rules.
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This is probably old news to people here, but I just noticed how much my wifi shits the bed with the microwave is on. Downloading some steam games and noticed I was only pulling about 500kb/sec, then I could hear my wife heating up lunch. As soon as the microwave was off it went back up to 2.9MB/sec
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Mister Macys posted:It took me ten days, but I'm on TekSavvy, and couldn't be happier. Speaking of, looks like Rogers is snapping up all sorts of streaming licenses for Canada. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/10/rogers-online-streaming_n_4570780.html
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teethgrinder posted:I don't think this is true anymore, but it certainly was at one point. I'm definitely using my Canadian account currently and roaming US content on PS3. Interesting, I've never had an issue with getting US Netflix on my PS3 and I've been doing it since a few months after the Canadian Netflix launch. Could it be ISP related? I use unotelly, but I will probably move to the goon service when my year is up.
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Hmm, maybe I am just lucky. I've been signed up as Canadian from day 1 and never needed to do anything with a "US based" Netflix acct, just always my standard Canadian one. Works fine with both the DNS service and when I am truly down in the US.
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kiwid posted:My PS3 always worked with US Netflix in Canada without a US Netflix account. The trick was to delete the Canadian Netflix app and then reinstall the Netflix app while on the DNS services were setup and it would install the US version rather than the Canadian version of the app. 
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