Review by jhaygood86 
UPDATED: 332 days ago
member for 3.4 years, 296 visits, last login: 1 days ago
 Port Perry,ON
 $45 per month
 "Good Customer Service, Fast network, Plenty of Features"
 "Slow connectivity to the States, No digital phone service"
 "Excellent Service"
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My fiance and I decided to get an apartment together in Port Perry, and once we found one, I knew I only wanted cable due to the many benefits it has over satellite and DSL from my own past experience in Metro Atlanta.
Since I was going to be working from home, I needed fast speed, and Compton's Powergate service provided a 10000/768 tier for a cheap price when bundled with digital cable service. However, speeds to the Internet are normally half that to canadian websites and a quarter of that for american websites, but this is supposedely going to get fixed later this year. The speed on the Powergate network is the promised speeds however!
UPDATE: Speeds are still dirt slow. Average download speed is 50 - 150 Kbps, when it should be closer to 1000 Kbps. My mom's 3.0 Mbps connection on AT&T FastAccess DSL has faster downloads. Kinda sad... I might consider downgrading my package to a slower speed, since you can't tell the speed difference anyway.
The Internet setup was a breeze, and worked almost immediately. The installer was friendly, and knowledgeable, and had everything set up almost instantly.
Compton provided a DCT 700 digital cable reciever, and a Motorola Surfboard cable modem, and we later acquired a DCT 3416 HD DVR digital cable reciever, all digital equipment with no analog tuners, which is quite excellent.
Everyone is nice and friendly, and the employees and staff was very helpful with getting us setup.
Thank You Compton!
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