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Review by bridge See Profile

  • Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Cost: $70 per month (12 month contract)
  • Install: about 14 days
Good service overall(at least in my case)
never had to use support so can't really find anything bad
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2007

I did consider tecksavvy for dsl company but after having to many problem when i was with them before i decide to go with Acanac.

I have the 5mbps down and 800 kbps dsl internet.

I order their service on the internet, receive the modem 2 days after the order and got activate 30 days after the order because of some problem on Bell ends.

They send me the aztech modem by fedex, all i had to do is plug it into my computer.

you probably saw me a lot here and on other dslr forum cause i love to help people and give my honest opinion on other post without sounding harsh or respectful. Now back at my topic

I've been with Acanac for the last 6 month except for some downtime that any other dsl company would have or had the past six month, i'm glad to say i'm very satisfied with the service, i didn't had any problem with it except of course problem from Bell side like anyone else in Acanac had(not showing up, putting people on the wrong profile, etc) I would recommend it to anyone who ask for a dsl company. I particularly love the fact that they have their own forum(community forum) where anyone new and future customer can come and expose their problem. There's always someone there ready to help even if some of the customer there are complaining but we always make sure that their problem was taking care of and i'm glad to say that most of them were resolve in no time.

So, please before you do complain, you should always exposed your problem to see if anyone can help you with it. WE often see people come here and complain after only one week without exposing their problem first to see if anyone can help them resolve it.

So to anyone who are considering to get acanac service don't hesitate to ask question here or on the community forum, we will be more than happy to answer them and to help if you have any problem with the service or your order.

Have a nice day

UPDATE

It's been almost a year now(august 8 ) still very please with the service, no problem except for the throttling on Bell part but theirs always a way to bypass that with the tunnelier, but don't forget that dsl is all about distance and wiring condition. So if your are not too far from the CO you should consider Acanac for the internet(can't say for the VOIP since i don't have it)

UPDATE

now i'm back for another year (monthly paiement 39.95) amazing service just receive a call from someone at the billing department to make sure i did receive the invoice so next update in 6 month

UPDATE 26-05-2013

I'm back with them after 2 year with videotron, i took month to month first to see what kind of speed i will get i got a little more than 25Mbps and around 9.62Mbps(vdsl 25/10 Mbps) i didn't review the tech support since i didn't have to call or contact them for any major problem other than a misunderstanding on my part about the installation process. i had to email billing twice and everything got resolve quickly.

»www.speedtest.net/result ··· 1118.png

UPDATE 07/07/2013 after almost 2 month every thing still work the only problem is when i use p2p with any software(utorrent vuze bittorrent) my connection is disconnecting if i upload at more than 200Ko/s and my upload speed did decrease from 9.66Mbps to 7,43 Mbps, i try everything after contacting support(didn't have any problem with them, they did everything they could to help me ) nothing work but I'm not the only one, even Bell customer experience disconnection with P2P so i have to ask support to decrease my upload profile but i decide not too, i will change it for cable instead which is more reliable than vdsl or dsl.

»www.speedtest.net/result ··· 6874.png

(different server but same distance 50Mi)

UPDATE 03/08/2013: Cable order done today, i will update my review when it's fully activate.

UPDATE 17/08/2013: Cable install and no major problem so far, get the speed advertise, the activation take a little bit more longer than vdsl, around 10 to 15 days before the tech can come(videotron in my case) Will update my review in a month.

UPDATE 12/09/2013: Since my cable connection is working great with no one single disconnection, i request them to cancel my vdsl account, they did answer my email really quick and asked me why i was cancelling, i told them about my cable connection i have with them is working great . I'm still waiting to get the vdsl connection cancelled after a week, so i ask them again to see what's going on with my last request but no answer.

UPDATE 15/09/2013: Still no answer from billing so far, can't tell if my request was fulfill or not.

UPDATE 16/09/2013: Finally got an answer from billing with the help of fergless, everything was taking care of.

UPDATE 11/01/2014: After being month to month for at least 4 month without any problem or speed change, i finally change it for yearly term. Will update the review if there's any change with my service.

UPDATE 02/07/2014: Been almost a full year now and no major problem. I did experience some dns problem in June (strangely Facebook always work when dns problem happen, couldn't get to any other website) but didn't last too long, probably just 5 minute in a day. Unless i get major problem until the end of this year i will definitively stay for another year.

UPDATE: 18/10/2014: The years is almost over and other than dns problem last month who was resolve after a 2 days, I never had any major issue so i will definitively renew for another years.

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bad experience
@208.85.114.x

bad experience

Anon

bad tech services

I did get my internet connect since end of last month, and it suppose to be done on end of last month. coz I use dry loop, need someone to come to hook it up. I keep calling them, they just said that didn't complete, and I need to wait, now I have no internet, no home pone for over 10 days. I am still waiting now!!!!

lost101
@gazmet.com

lost101

Anon

How do we know if we are too far from the CO

It's been 20 days now that we are supposed to be connected, but still no dsl light... Acanac is saying that it is a mapping problem with Bell and Bell is saying that the connection is there and that we should call Acanac for support... How do we know if we are too far from the CO and who should I turn to? I feel like beeing in a tennis game...I am the ball and Acanac and Bell are the tennis players...

Fergless
Premium Member
join:2008-04-19
Toronto, ON

Fergless

Premium Member

Ticket #

Post your ticket # and I'll check.
bridge
join:2008-08-11
Montreal, QC

bridge

Member

Re: Ticket #

Look at your im. You should have it.

Fergless
Premium Member
join:2008-04-19
Toronto, ON

Fergless

Premium Member

Re: Ticket #

Thank you, you should have a reply to your ticket, Auto Renew has been turned off.

Tks
bridge
join:2008-08-11
Montreal, QC

bridge

Member

Re: Ticket #

Thanks, just receive it.

Lew
@ccra-adrc.gc.ca

Lew

Anon

Service problem

With Acanac, you need to note that they do not have phone support in the weekend and midnight.

Fergless
Premium Member
join:2008-04-19
Toronto, ON

Fergless

Premium Member

Re: Service problem

said by Lew :

With Acanac, you need to note that they do not have phone support in the weekend and midnight.

darknestgirl is well aware of that, she has been a customer for years off and on and has been very helpful on Acanac's Community Forum.

Tks