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 Review by DS256 
UPDATED: 1.4 years ago
member for 6 years, 675 visits, last login: 1 days ago
 Beaumaris,ON
 $30 per month
 "Cheaper than Bell ; no contract or credit card required"
 "Connection influenced by weather (I think) ; usage not available yet"
 "For what I need it for ; working 1 day a week from the cottage ; works great"
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I have a cottage outside of Windemere in the Muskoka region of Ontario, about 3 hours north of Toronto. I wanted an inexpensive internet solution I could use from May to October and suspend/cancel during the winter months. I had all sorts of trouble getting information from Bell (of which I have satellite at the cottage) so ended up going with Rogers after looking through Forum discussions.
I believe the tower I run off of is visible from the the front of my cottage. I have the modem in the rear of the 2nd floor. Get 1-2 lights there and it works well. If I take it to the front of the cottage I get 3-4 lights.
Just like at home, beware if you connect directly to the modem and make sure you have good firewall software installed. I actually picked up a TrendNet Wi-Fi router for $30 from Tiger Direct. This means my portable internet now is Wi-Fi wireless 
I've been using it for about 3 weekends now with no problems except I can see my usage on-line. I have a 10GB cap and would like to see my consumption rate. Called Rogers and they flagged my account that no overage charges will apply this month.
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Review by snoball
UPDATED: 1.7 years ago
member for 4.1 years, 25 visits, last login: 266 days ago
North Vancouver,BC
$55 per month
 about 7 days
"Reliable instant on metro area portable wireless internet connection"
"Low/slow upload speed"
"plug it in anywhere and your online - super portable"
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virtually problem free and easy to use, just plug it in (after a onetime initial phonecall/setup/auto-register process), it's not extreme high-speed service but more than adequate for browsing and email, download speed is adequate for software updates, only one brief service outage experienced in eight months of constant use
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