Review by Kold member for 2.1 years, 1 visits, last login: 178 days ago updated 233 days ago
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$147 per month "Speed when your using a protocol that can take advantage of it USENET" "Cost, Corporate Policy, TV features lack modern tech, Price gouging"
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One thing that really gets to me about SHAW is the company's horrible internal management, and lack of innovation. They only get on board with something if someone else is doing a product similar or better. And the practice of going through so many call center personnel to the point where they hired people from hiring agencies as "contractors" do decrease the churn numbers is shady at best.
The Gateway system is rather slow. And the fact that the new tiers cut off channels such as Discovery --which is still available on the analog RF signal-- is just a plain money grab.
The speeds are nice if you use USENET from a good provider. Then you actually see that Broadband 50. If you just use Torrents either Cable or VDSL is fine. Shaw does provide their own USENET access with very small 30 day binary retention, which is nice in a pinch or for text based USENET.
I rate them as the best Internet company in Alberta, worst for Phone, and lacking behind TELUS Optik TV in terms on features, and User Interface.
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