 Review by digitalfutur 
UPDATED: 115 days ago
member for 9.3 years, 4516 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 BurlingtonON
 $49 per month
 about 14 days
 "Reliable, 3 IPs @ no extra charge, fast"
 "Free fSecure internet security package inferior to Norton 360 3.0"
 "Best of the Cable ISPs"
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Update Aug 1,09 - D/L speed has increased to 14 MB/s in the past month, upload to just over 1MB/s fo the hi speed standard package. Recent price increase of $2/month so value is unchanged, as is my rating. 60GB cap meets my needs as I don't download movies and typically use less than 70% of the cap. The quality of a bluray DVD is far better than a d/l movie and the computer is not hooked up to the TV anyway.
Update Aug 23,07 - Gee, I got a system message asking me if I'd like to update. OK, here goes. Cogeco rocks even harder, 10 MB/s down, 900kb up, at CAD 42.95 /month bundled, with a 60GB monthly bitcap. No complaints here.
Update Oct 17,04 - another speed increase a few months ago to 500 kb/sec down. Yeah !
Update Jun 26,03 - Smooth sailing, and speed up to 300kb/sec down most evenings. Who needs DSL?
Update Nov 6, 02: Smooth sailing, no complaints. Stable and fast. The price increase to $45 /mth did not apply to me as I have a cable/internet package.
Update May 3, 02: D/L speed has increase to 2000 due to hardware upgrades on the Cogeco netwrok. Connection is rock solid, but tech support is wanting and the website still has limited info. This is not a problem for me as I work for an IT company (not Cogeco) but a newbie would be overwhelmed...
I used to live in Toronto and had Sympatico DSL because Rogers@home was not available. Then moved to Burlington where Sympatico DSL was not available at the time (it is now).
Comparing the two, both are very reliable but Cogeco is about 75% faster d/l on average than Bell (actual measured speed 1700/320 cable vs 900/130 Bell). So Cogeco is a better deal. I woudn't switch back to Bell unless Cogeco's speed and reliability turned into Rogers.
Followup comments:  metrotitan
join:2008-11-21 | There's a lot more out there than movies, these days. I don't download movies, yet the combined cap is too small for my household's needs. | |
| vega509
join:2005-11-12
Welland, ON | 3 ips? what do yuo mean by 3 ips? | |
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chdude3
join:2003-07-29
Oakville, ON | Re: 3 ips? He means 3 IP addresses. | |
| | | vega509
join:2005-11-12
Welland, ON | Re: 3 ips? that I know, how do you get 3 ip addresses? | |
| | | | thirteenmike
join:2009-07-31
Burlington, ON
| Re: 3 ips? you'd have to install a hub or a switch...so you would run:
Cable Modem ->>> Hub/Switch->>> Internet Device 1, Internet Device 2, Internet Device 3
If you have 3 devices hooked up to the hub/switch and then change one all you gotta do is power cycle the hub/switch and there you have it, a spare IP for you  | |
| | | | | vega509
join:2005-11-12
Welland, ON
 ·Cogeco Cable
| Re: 3 ips? the OP said he has 3 ips at no additional charge. I assume he mean 3 ips from Cogeco. You can have as many ips as you have ports on your home network.
$49 per month
about 14 days
"Reliable, 3 IPs @ no extra charge, fast"
"Free fSecure internet security package inferior to Norton 360 3.0"
"Best of the Cable ISPs" | |
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