Review by killiar 
UPDATED: 5 days ago
member for 1 year, 27 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Innisfil,ON
 $35 per month
 about 1 days
 Bell Canada
 "Fast, Reliable, You get your promised speed, fantastic latency, decent support"
 "Have to rent the modem, 310-SURF has pretty bad support"
 "Beats Rogers. Great for online gaming."
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I was looking at Rogers Cable, however, my previous experience with them (prices, reliability) turned me away. The other provider I was looking at was Acanac and Teksavvy, but their low speeds turned me away as well.
For an extremely long time now, Bell has been providing me with fantastic internet!
I am on the 7Mbps Performance plan with 100GB a month and my speed is about 6.8-7.2Mbps.
I play WoW and my latency on it is always under 90ms, better then Rogers could ever offer me. Huge bandwidth cap, so I can download my Apple TV movies without worrying.
Strongly recommend Bell over Rogers any day (based on my personal experience)
Installation was a simple plug into the phone jack and off I go. They provide phone filters for free (so you can use your phone while you browse). Service stays up through power outages.
Installation was fast and easy, but I wanted my service fast, so I plugged it in before the installation time. That set me back about a day. Don't do this! Wait for the time listed on the page
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough |  Just wondering...
Also, have you considered a Bell wholesaler like Teksavvy, Velcom, Acanac, Caneris, Ebox etc..? | |
|  | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
 ·Bell Sympatico
 ·Rogers Portable In..
| Re: Just wondering... The $35.00 a month does include the modem rental fee.
I have considered Teksavvy and Acanac. However the speeds were a bit of a turnoff for me. Since it says 5mbps download. I'm getting 6mbps, I don't know if I want to drop 1mbps (as little as that sounds ,I'm paranoid).
Teksavvy looked great to me. Especially their unlimited / 200GB a month limit (but Bell is trying to change that).
Either way, at the time I like Bell personally, until they pull a move that rips me off (it's probably coming). | |
| | | | | | | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
1 edit | Re: Just wondering... Thanks for the response | |
| | | langez
join:2009-11-18 | I find it funny how about 4-5 years ago a 3Meg connection was considered to be "fast" but now 5Meg isn't good enough for people.... | |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
 ·3 Web
1 edit | Re: Just wondering... said by langez :I find it funny how about 4-5 years ago a 3Meg connection was considered to be "fast" but now 5Meg isn't good enough for people.... 3Meg WAS fast 4-5 years ago. The available content did not require anywhere near as much bandwidth as it does today. Youtube et al. were just getting started and web sites were much smaller and simpler compared to today's interactive and media-laden beasts.
Plus, throttling makes my 5Meg connection feel much slower than yesterday's 3Meg connection... Not to mention that I have 4 internet users in my household now, whereas it used to be 1-2.
Also, I'm noticing more and more of my neighbours are getting connections as well. Every time someone else signs up, that means less pipe for your data, given Bhell's policy of neglecting to upgrade their equipment.
Sorry for ruining your review, killiar. | |
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um yeah
@videotron.ca | "Definitely a MUST HAVE" Well that statement is far from being the truth if you live in a place with no other alternatives.
Maybe it's a "MUST HAVE" if that's all you can get and if you can get it for about 30$ and grandfathered unlimited. | |
| | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON | Re: "Definitely a MUST HAVE" Beats Rogers imo | |
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Chuck Carlso
@bell.ca | Ever heard of overhead? It's impossible to get 6.8 megabits per second on a 7 meg line no matter how close to the central office you are. The most in theory is around 6.3. | |
| | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON | Re: Ever heard of overhead? I will post a screenshot of my speed test for you.
As you can see, I am achieving 6.84Mbps download and 0.91Mbps upload. 26ms ping.
It is not "impossible" | |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·3 Web
2 edits | Re: Ever heard of overhead? said by killiar :I will post a screenshot of my speed test for you. ...As you can see, I am achieving 6.84Mbps download and 0.91Mbps upload. 26ms ping. It is not "impossible" Actually, it is. If that speed test is accurate, you're on at least an 8Meg profile, which is why you're able to download at 6.8Mbit.
Calculate it yourself: 8Mbit - 15% overhead for PPPoE. Hint: I already gave you the answer 
Also, a 7Mbit profile would leave you with about 5.95Mbit after overhead.
Also, those speed tests are sometimes inaccurate, so I wouldn't trust a single snapshot. | |
| | | | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON | Re: Ever heard of overhead? I'll post another when I get home
however. Even though I may be on that profile. I'm on a 7meg plan.
Either way. Bell is the best. | |
| | | | | | | | | | | acrufox
join:2004-07-14
Canada | Re: Ever heard of overhead? lol!
I threw up a LOT. Oh wait, I have H1N1, nevermind :> | |
| | | | | | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Portable In..
| I switched from Rogers. I'm not going back to them... Ever again.
I've always been happy for Bell for about 20 years with my phone service. They've made me even happier with my internet service.
I was looking up TekSavvy, it looked alright since the bandwidth cap is very high, but the speeds are waaayyy too slow for me. Maybe Bell will give them faster profiles soon.
That Bell Entertainment Fibre internet looks nice too. I'll have to look into that if it expands.
Thankfully, Bell just increased my bandwidth to 150GB, so I'm a happy camper now | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Portable In..
| Re: Ever heard of overhead? If you are referring to my 7Mbps plan, I'm on a Bell Performance grandfathered plan. As far as I'm aware, it has been moved to 6Mbps in Ontario, 7 still in Quebec.
I ordered Bell before they made the plan switch, and they left me on that plan. One thing that I really love about Bell! They continue to amaze me. | |
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killar2
@gc.ca
| Re: Ever heard of overhead? yup our Dad sure runs bell well 
kilar2 brother of killa..... 
Bell has to make moremoremoremore profits!!
auditors are sitting Idle ... enter your IP for a free audit
Bell managers negative profit excempt | |
| ZZink
join:2002-06-16
Etobicoke | Lucky You are the luckiest mofo ever... bell is the best?! LOLZ | |
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