 Review by HiVolt 
member for 11.1 years, 6006 visits, last login: a few hours ago
updated 17 days ago
 Toronto, ON
 $40 per month Bell Canada "Honesty, great DSLR tech presence, no port blocking, MLPPP support" "Currently P2P is being forcefully throttled by Bell Canada (read about MLPPP)" "Great deals for either premium or unlimited whatever suits your need."
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Update Jan 25/2012
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As of Feb 1/2012 the rates are going up thanks to the CRTC, so I've downgraded my unlimited to the 300GB package to save a few bucks. I haven't come close to 300GB in a long time, but just kept the unlimited package out of principle. Now that it's going up $5, no thanks.
Update Dec 2/2011
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4 years with TekSavvy DSL! Still workin' great as usual!
Update Oct 4/2011
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No problems at all, smooth sailing as usual. Coming up on 4 years with TSI DSL. 
Update Nov 23/2010
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I've not used my TSI DSL much since getting TSI Cable back in July, but I have kept it as a backup because cable was a bit iffy for the first few months. No problems with the DSL as usual.
Update April 4/2010
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No major problems aside from a couple brief 10 minute outages in the past week due to that sneaky bug in the Juniper ERX blades dedicated to MLPPP. Can't believe its been 2 years since BHell throttled wholesale. MLPPP has been an amazing fix!
Update December 19/2009
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Didin't update for a while, but there's no issues to report all is well! Still using MLPPP to evade the throttling, going on 1.5 years now.
Update September 4/2009
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No problems!
Update June 28/2009
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TekSavvy has added more capacity in recent months as well as dedicated hardware for MLPPP. All is well!
Update March 17/2009
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No issues, still receiving great service from TekSavvy.
Update December 14/2008
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Well, the CRTC decision came and went, and they sold out to Bell. They are supposed to rule on the subject of Net Neutrality as a whole for all ISP's in July. I'm not holding my breath, as we know big ISP's & content providers have deep pockets.
As for my TekSavvy service, everything's been great. They've have added more capacity & redundancy in the last couple months to handle the growing demand.
Update September 21/2008
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No problems to speak of, all is well. The CRTC decision will be handed down October 31, I await anxiously and hope they will strike down Bell's traffic shaping. Until then, I'm still using MLPPP.
Update July 15/2008
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No issues, everything working fine. Still using MLPPP to evade traffic shaping, as CAIP continues to battle Bell at the CRTC. I referred my cousin two months ago, one quick email to accounting and I got my referral credit applied!
Update May 27/2008
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Well, some good news... As of a few weeks ago there has been a nice workaround for Bell's traffic shaping. MLPPP (MultiLink PPP) is working great with the help of some Linksys WRT54G router firmware modified by two determined forum members. Other methods of using MLPPP also exist, so read the forums, there are ways around the throttling!
Update April 16/2008
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On Apr.9 my area became affected with the throttling that Bell has imposed on its entire wholesale ISP customer base. While this is obviously out of TekSavvy's control, I feel its worth mentioning here. TekSavvy & other ISP's that are a part of CAIP (Canadian Association of Internet Providers) are currently fighting this issue by filing a formal complaint with the CRTC. I fully support TekSavvy in their fight, and props to them for sticking by their customers!
Update March 13/2008
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No problems, enjoying great service so far.
Update Jan 11/2008
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It's been a month after the official switchover, and it's been smooth sailing!
Dec 10/2007
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Woo, finally fully switched to Teksavvy! I've been using an unlimited login since about April '07, with very few issues.
I contacted TekSavvy mid November to schedule a switch, and provided them with a cancellation # from Sympatico. Sympatico cancellation was on Dec.9, and it was processed successfully and it looks like I've transitioned smoothly with no downtime.
I will update periodically as I have with my other ISP reviews.
Comments:
 | | Loud Tech Guy oh my GOD i was on the phone with a girl tech support and I could not focus on what to tell her since there was someone in the backround so loud even that tech could not focus the person who was loud was also offensive and rude and made very rude and offensive comments, strange teksavvy?????
Intenet is great you offer but who do you hire ??? i mean comm'on? | |
| | | Very loud guy rude guy have you guys heard a rude guy in the background when speaking to tech support. He is usually rude and and very VERY loud its funny!
I also hear like other techs talking to other people they must be setting so close to each other lol | |
|  | HiVoltI Piss on BellPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
kudos:10 | Re: Very loud guy rude guy I've never had to call tech support, I guess I'm lucky.
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