 Review by squircle 
member for 3.9 years, 1300 visits, last login: a few minutes ago
lodged 2.2 years ago
 Oakville,ON
 $50 per month about 2 days "Fast DOCSIS 3 speeds, excellent pings & peering, helpful tech support" "Low traffic caps, upstream traffic management" "Much better than DSL, fast speeds, awesome techs"
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I ordered Cogeco's Ultimate 30 DOCSIS 3 package, after deciding that I would switch away from Bell and their evil practices (had Fibe 16 off a remote 20m away). Ordering was extremely simple (as I already subscribe to TV through Cogeco), and the entire process took about 10 minutes. The technician came at a very convenient time (Cogeco only required a 3-hour window instead of Bell's all-day window). The installer was extremely friendly and has us up & running in no time. (He also mentioned how he had 120Mbps DOCSIS 3 but that's a different story).
I reconfigured my OpenWRT to use DHCP instead of PPPoE, connected the modem, and everything was successful. I only peaked at about 2Mbps for the first half-hour, but the speed got up to 30/1.5 within about 40 minutes. The speeds are very consistent, except for infrequent peak hours when the downstream drops to about 10Mbps, which I don't have a problem with (given its infrequency).
The latency and transit is far superior to Bell's. My first external hop used to be 38ms away (on fastpath, not interleaved); it's now 6ms. Transit to my Linode in NJ used to be 19 hops and 81ms, and is now 11 hops and 25ms. I couldn't be happier to finally be on an ISP that peers at TorIX.
I still can't wait for Teksavvy to start offering Internet service here in Oakville. I could complain about the caps, but I rarely approach/exceed them. I'd just rather give Teksavvy my money over Cogeco. I could also complain about the price, but it's about the same as what I was paying for 16Mbps with Bell.
Overall, I love Cogeco. They're the lesser evil between them and Bell, and I'm so happy to support a quasi-local company (at least all the tech. support & salespeople are in Burlington/Oakville).
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 | | Techsavy Techsavy just rents the lines from Bell so I'm not sure why you are so excited... | |
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| Re: Techsavy TekSavvy uses Cogeco's/Bell's last-mile for their connections to the home, yes. Do they "rent the lines", not exactly. I'd just much rather give my money to TekSavvy (an company that is actively fighting for consumer rights on the broadband front) than to a telecom company. | |
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