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Review by fordf150dotnet 
Posted: 8.9 years ago
member for 8.9 years, 36 visits, last login: 5.2 years ago
 S7L
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 about 3 days
 "Excellent Customer Service, Consistent Speed Test Results"
 "$45.00 unless you include it in a long distance bundle, then it's $40."
 "Great for anyone in Saskatchewan"
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I heard horror stories of it taking weeks to get ADSL from SaskTel. I signed up on a Saturday, and was hooked up & running the following Wednesday (Horizon in S'toon). The only problem I had was that someone was using the IP they gave me. It took a day or two to figure it out. Since then, all has been good.
I used to have Shaw@Home, but I really noticed a slowdown in the evening. It felt slower than 56K when viewing web pages. I guess everyone on my block has cable modems too  My ADSL is very stable. There are no annoying slowdowns.
Also, they have no more contracts! I go month to month!
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 Review by SaskSurfer
Posted: 9 years ago
member for 9 years, 456 visits, last login: 2 days ago
Regina,SK
$45 per month
"Availability ... excellent coverage in major Sask. Centers; Very reliable."
"Time off work to arrange for splitter install,"
"Very satisfied customer ... no complaints here!"
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I ordered SaskTel's Basic High Speed Service (1500 downstream/128 upstream - 45.99/month) in November '99. The package included modem rental, 4 email addresses, and 4 MB of webpage space. It took only 4 days between order and service (wow!), but friends who've ordered the service more recently have had to wait 3-4 weeks. SaskTel also offers 2000/384 and 3000/640 services, either static or dynamic IP. Details & prices are listed at »www.sasktel.com/highspeed/index.html.
The only downside I can find with the installation is that I had to take an afternoon off of work in order to arrange for the installation. A SaskTel technician came to install the ADSL splitter, and the service dealer (Dot.Com) was by 2 hours later to install the Ethernet NIC (included in installation fee, which was waived as part of a SaskTel HighSpeed promotion), modem (Alcatel 1000 ADSL), and configure the PC. The dealer ran into one problem on install (wrong IP sent with the modem), but this was cleared up with a quick phone call to SaskTel tech support.
The service has proven to be very reliable ... since my installation nearly a year ago, I've only had one service interruption that I can remember; the line was back up about 10 minutes later. Since I applied the RWIN tweak mentioned here at DSLReports, I've had consistent 1M+ results in the speed tests, and get 1.44+ Mbps throughput to local Saskatchewan servers. (That's actual data throughput after overhead, not just ADSL line rate.)
I would sometimes run into problems connecting with SaskTel's mail servers (Sympatico), but these symptoms dissapeared about four months ago. Since then, I've had no problems with the service; with the exception of occasional high ping times to a couple of US-based games servers. They also do not 'officially' support multiple PC's over the same ADSL line, but a SaskTel service rep explained to me that, in order to share the connection between multiple computers, they recommended putting a second Ethernet NIC in your main PC and configuring it to run as a proxy server.
Currently, SaskTel is the only option for anyone looking for ADSL service in Saskatchewan - I can't comment on their local cable-based competitors, but I can say that, in my opinion, SaskTel ADSL is a strong, reliable product.
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Interesting Fact:
According to their website, SaskTel was the first telephone company in North America to offer high-speed internet service using ADSL. (November '96)
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Review by Vexorg$
Posted: 10.3 years ago
member for 10.3 years, 21 visits, last login: 7.6 years ago
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I'm a heavy internet user so i needed something faster than dialup. I first tried the local cable company with a cable modem, what a mistake. The other option was ADSL from my local telco. ADSL is only avaible in one speed being 1.5Mbit/128kbit. this was faster than the cable! with it installed now i do get the 1.5Mbit speed from it large files just zip right along. standard service uses a dynamic IP but for a few dollars you can get a static one. install was ok, took about an hour to set everything up including droping a new line in my house. I am very happy with my ADSL service and the price is very nice also. I'm never going back to dailup again.
For those of you who read this that are from Regina get the ADSL service instead of cable...
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