 Review by Deep Dish 
UPDATED: 123 days ago
member for 1.9 years, 502 visits, last login: 6 days ago
 Canada
 $50 per month
 about 30 days
 "Quick and easy to install. No Rogers technicians coming to your house. Network owned by Bell and Rogers partnership."
 "Very expensive for only 1.5mbps service"
 "Very easy and convenient, just too expensive for the speeds they offer"
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I purchased the 1.5mbps service from Rogers (fastest as of March 24 2008), as well as I paid for the wireless modem. I paid $100 for the modem (one time), other wise I would be paying approximately $10 monthly for modem rental.
From what I experienced, the Internet runs best with a " 5 light " signal strength as it gives you the full 1.5mbps (burst up to 2.5mbps from my experience). When I placed the modem in my basement, the best I could get was " 2 light " signal strength, which was comparable to 33.6kbps modem connection, so it's best to place the modem on the top most level and near a window.
I did have some issues having the modem turned on for a long period of time (i.e.: 1.5 - 4 days) where the connectivity would just become slow, which the quickest way to fix is just power cycling the modem. Since I like to have my modem on 24/7/365, I simply use a timer (the ones used for outdoor Christmas lights) to power cycle the modem for me at night.
The disappointing aspect of this is that the service has been out for about 2 years now, and the speeds remain the same. For about $2 cheaper, I could potentially have a 7mbps cable link to my house (in my case, I had issues with Rogers technicians in the past to which I resulted in going with this service instead).
However, the network to which the Portable Internet runs off is owned 50/50 by Bell and Rogers. It seems as if they have money to invest this technology to further improve the speeds and service, but I could be wrong. The partnership network is call Inukshuk, and the website is: »www.inukshuk.ca/
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