Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers in Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15793356 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:56:57 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:56:57 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15978221 Solar1um : i have subscribe at rogers monday ... i wait my modem ... i post traceroute and download speed when i receive my modem :p
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said by Poofman :

I recieved my modem today. Called to activate, plugged it in, got 5 bars for the signal. Next I plugged in the ethernet cord, and the lights went lighting sequential, meaning it didn't find the connection. Now they made a ticket and now I have to wait :(
try moving the modem. try plugging in the modem to power with thernet cable already connected. try another computer. try another ethernet cable. try at a different location.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15973004 Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:47:14 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15970127 anon : Markham, ontario.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15970127 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:54:56 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15970095 insomx : Where are you located?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15970095 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:50:50 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15969956 anon : I recieved my modem today. Called to activate, plugged it in, got 5 bars for the signal. Next I plugged in the ethernet cord, and the lights went lighting sequential, meaning it didn't find the connection. Now they made a ticket and now I have to wait :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15969956 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:33:11 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15968198 insomx : I was wondering that too. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15968198 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 15:19:48 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15967802 koolin : anyone know what areas they plan to expand to and if they need testers for those areas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15967802 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:26:21 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15965106 insomx : Crap, I quoted the wrong person. Nevermind it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15965106 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:09:54 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15962644 deaddawg : what about satellite?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15962644 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:22:34 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15960455 insomx :
said by Anonymouser3 :

deaddawg, please keep up the good work. Mmmmm, 3mbit Stompbox...

As for dropping down the voltage to 3.3V at a couple amps, sounds like you would want some type of switching voltage regulator. These are a bit more expensive. The one that you used (by my guess) was basically converting the equivalent of 2amps@9V (18watts) directly into heat in a very small space, which is how linear voltage regulators work.
No Satellite?
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said by Anonymouser3 :

deaddawg, please keep up the good work. Mmmmm, 3mbit Stompbox...

As for dropping down the voltage to 3.3V at a couple amps, sounds like you would want some type of switching voltage regulator. These are a bit more expensive. The one that you used (by my guess) was basically converting the equivalent of 2amps@9V (18watts) directly into heat in a very small space, which is how linear voltage regulators work.
I will have to look for that, thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15958760 Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:53:09 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955952 DJ Paolo : maybe they may deploy it sooner, becus the infastructure is easier to build on portible internet than it is with aDSL.

p.s. i got a static ip for 3 months now.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955952 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:52:17 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955845 FuriousGeorg2 : Yes but they aren't a small ISP...they already make enough $$ off DSL..just frustrating to always be left behind. I know there are a million reasons to not offer the service in smaller areas....but why does T.O have to have Cable HS, Bell DSL HS, now hydro Wireless, Rogers wireless and Bell wireless.
You catch my drift?
My option is 30kbps dial up, or read a magazine. Anyways, I'm just ranting here, I'm sure you can understand my frustration.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955845 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:33:56 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955276 anon : deaddawg, please keep up the good work. Mmmmm, 3mbit Stompbox...

As for dropping down the voltage to 3.3V at a couple amps, sounds like you would want some type of switching voltage regulator. These are a bit more expensive. The one that you used (by my guess) was basically converting the equivalent of 2amps@9V (18watts) directly into heat in a very small space, which is how linear voltage regulators work. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15955276 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:45:13 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15954494 insomx : Because that is where the most people are, so more customers. If you owned an ISP, you would also target high populated areas. Lets say it costs 10, 000 to put up a tower than can server 1000 people over a 20 km radius. Where would you put it? In the country where 30 people could use it, or in a city where it could be utilized to its maximum potential?

Just as a side note, thoose numbers came outta my ass,
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"What is wrong with all the people that say what is wrong with people?" -John Crawford]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15954494 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:00:19 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15954465 FuriousGeorg2 : Again...just as Bell has:
This is offered to only the large cities that ALREADY have Dsl/Cable available. Why do they keep pandering to areas that already have HS?
It's just maddening sometimes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15954465 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:53:26 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15952442 deaddawg : I was not using a static IP, it was dynamically assigned. Also, after speaking with Bell, they said they will be offering static IP addresses for a fee if users want.

Also, I have a domain for the website now. Enjoy.

»www.sympaticohighspeedunplugged.ca/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15952442 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:07:20 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15951231 anon : Just one thing to note, the word "portable" doesn't mean small, it just means something that can easily be moved around from one locale to another. It literally translates to "Able to be put through doors."

In software, a "portable" program is one that can easily be compiled for different operating systems, rather than being small in size.

This solution is quite portable.

As that reviewer was able to get a rather continuous connection even between handoffs, I think it mainly had to do with the fact that he/she had a static IP, so he/she might not be in the same situation if they (Sympatifodgers) decide to go dynamic. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15951231 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:51:15 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15949285 f00kie : Great review; so it is in fact possible to drive around with internet. It'll be great when they come out with an ExpressCard/34 card for laptops.
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Check it out on my website. »www.deaddawg.com/hsu/review.php]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15940263 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 04:06:38 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15932576 DJ Paolo :
said by Sdgaman See Profile :

I have a question about this Wireless Internet. I am currently with Rogers High-Speed, and my network or "node" has a really bad congestion issue. Now I want to switch to this new wireless internet thing, but I was wondering if I would still get the same congestion issue or same people that have the physical cable in the wireless network I'm using, or does the wireless use a totally different network?

I'm planning to leave Rogers, and use the Sympatico deal for the 60gb cap, because it's a bigger cap and because Rogers has been pissing me off for more than two years.

EDIT : Last question, will the ping times be steady as if it was a physical line? I mean, as long as the wireless network isn't congested, the pings will be the same as if I had Cable or DSL?
Response is highly appreciated thanks!
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woops. posted my reply inside the quote, had to edit it

it uses the same node as the landline (wireline) rogers!Yahoo, cus when i had rogers@home i was using WLFDLE (wolfdale) and with pi-ort my connection specific dns suffix still shows as wolfdale, even when I brought it to richmond hill. but then again my ip was using a different suffix as what i got when i was on cable, so speeds and congestion seemed to change and get better on wireless]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15932576 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:50:14 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15932570 DJ Paolo :
said by cal653 :

I'm a cable customer but you're comparing crappy wireless to the stability of landline DSL?...this deal is crap.
you can call it whatever you like, but you have not used it before, while I on the other hand have been beta testing with different companies and internet since you were still in high school. I've used DSL and ive used portable internet for months already. I ALREADY know its 100% more stable than dsl. you see, DSL fluxuates big time in many neighbourhoods depending on your distance to co and line quality, this is why it is unstable overall, this is not the case with piort. take your comments with a grain of salt buddy.
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I'm planning to leave Rogers, and use the Sympatico deal for the 60gb cap, because it's a bigger cap and because Rogers has been pissing me off for more than two years.

EDIT : Last question, will the ping times be steady as if it was a physical line? I mean, as long as the wireless network isn't congested, the pings will be the same as if I had Cable or DSL?
Response is highly appreciated thanks!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15916319 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:40:06 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15913391 insomx : What's wrong with the deal. This connection isn't meant for downloading. It is meant for mobile high speed internet browsing. I would love to have this for school. My school is a really nice old building, but the walls are too thick for the school to install WiFi. This would be a perfect substitute for me.
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"What is wrong with all the people that say what is wrong with people?" -John Crawford]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15913391 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:25:15 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15912080 anon : I'm a cable customer but you're comparing crappy wireless to the stability of landline DSL?...this deal is crap.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15912080 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:49:50 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15911361 anon : actually Rogers has already been testing 3G, and current launch date is Q4 (2months pre-xmas)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15911361 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:08:17 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15889686 askywalker : Bell is offering virtually the identical service, but faster. (3Mbps)
»https://www.highspeedunplugged.sympatico···lan.aspx

It is the Allstream/Fido/Inukshuk stuff that they have been yappin about for years - afaik wimax. Assuming wimax takes off like Intel & Co. have been promising, we will have a ton of modem choices in the not too distant future.

They are rolling out fairly quickly - and get good coverage for an antenna - so I do believe this will be popular amongst folks that have struggled to get good broadband. I would love to have a modem that I could take with me while travelling - to avoid the headaches/cost/security of hotel connections. BYOB... I have heard some people are finding a spot (even outdoors) that gets great reception, and running their internal wiring from there... Same idea as setting up a dish or a wireless antenna - just gives us another choice.

My house has good speeds on Extreme... Not planning to drop it... But I would be willing to set this up if I hear that the speeds/reliability are good. It becomes a backup that I can take with me to the cottage and on trips that I don't have to pack 'light'...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15889686 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:03:57 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15886811 TLS2000 : I think I may end up ordering this to replace my DSL account. It'd be nice to have internet while at work with nothing to do. :D
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Oh and those of you who say "wah 1.5Mbps isnt fast enough" then you obviously have no knowledge about networking what-so-ever. The average user, and that includes you, when on the internet and just doin normal every day stuff only consumes on average 4megs per hour. (key word being average, that is through-out the day)

Anywho.... My Telus EVDO Kyocera card delivers on average 600/200 - 400/50 for through put. I've put alot of people on my stompbox, and people who are more demanding than the queen of sheeba, and no-one has ever complained about it being slow. Because it has a fast response time. My satellite internet systems is rated for 5Mbps/2Mbps and it's slow as crap because it's DNS requests take forever.

So next time you're going to slag a product try to understand the background behind it first. People who just look at numbers and think "whatever's higher is better" are the same people that buy slow ass P4 laptop's at 3Ghz instead of 2.1Ghz Centrino's. Point Match Set.

I can't wait to get my hand's on one of these little units an do some real tests with them. VPN? VOIP? -that would be killer, imagine having a rolling VPBX in the car??? and the big one for me, HTTP incoming access. I'd marry this thing to an inverter in the car with a little soekris embedded router and slap on a GPS antenna. BAM! Insta-car-tracking-magifciation! So... Cool...

just remember people, grain of salt.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15858270 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:10:29 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15840009 sbrook :
said by TLS2000 See Profile :

said by DJ Paolo See Profile Cable started off slow, now its fast, so wireless will be more advanced in the coming years.


Err.. cable STARTED with 5 or 10 MBPS connections. We're only now getting back to what Wave had as standard!
Actually, those speeds were highly dependent on the number of users. As they loaded up the Wave network, speeds plummeted.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15840009 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 09:13:52 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15839269 thenay : I was just stating what I think, sheesh, RELAX]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15839269 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:28:30 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15838650 TLS2000 :
said by DJ Paolo See Profile Cable started off slow, now its fast, so wireless will be more advanced in the coming years.


Err.. cable STARTED with 5 or 10 MBPS connections. We're only now getting back to what Wave had as standard!
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It is not a cellular based technology, only because it came from Fido first. It is an MMDS technology on 2.5GHz.

It can be called Portable Internet, as in what can be called a Portable Radio. Can you tell what is called a Portable Radio or a Portable Cassette Player? Do you know the small ones would be called Walkman or Pocket something instead? What's wrong with calling it Portable?

Yes, the bandwidth and the cap is not comparable with wired services such as ADSL, cable modem etc, but we are comparing apples and oranges. If you have to move around a lot but need broadband everywhere, how much can you spend on installing fixed broadband service on all the locations? What if one location cannot have broadband, for example, a contruction site?? Do you worry about caps or bandwidth at that time, and rather stay without broadband completely?

As for EV-DO and UMTS, your figures are all overstated. Please visit any cellphone forums or speedtest results here to see what people got out of EV-DO, it's never got above 1Mbps, and similarly for UMTS (and that's for downstream!). The EV-DO upstream is even worse. What about latency? Cellular (PCS I mean) based technology still has very high latency, much higher than this MMDS, which is already high.

You cannot compare WiFi network to this. Toronto's WiFi network is not here yet. This Portable Internet is. This is now available in 20 cities, how many have got WiFi? Also you cannot control WiFi's bandwidth, since some of you are so crazy about this factor. WiFi's bandwidth is shared, and you cannot own the whole channel. This MMDS is channelized and so your connection takes up the channel completely.

UMTS is not here yet either, and EV-DO is under delivered as for performance on both Bell and Telus network. And for those who balked at the cap and the bandwidth, then you take a look at some other caps. Telus' EV-DO cap is 100MB/mo, how about that, and it's $110./mo.

Yea, people are already knocking it while they don't even know what it is, haven't tried it, haven't seen it. Oh, they look at the "speed" and say, oh, so slow!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15837919 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:26:32 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15815746 anon : >Last I heard Rogers was going to start trials for UMTS this fall.

And that's why Rogers is not at all happy to hear Toronto Hydro's plan to have WiFi coverage for the whole of downtown Toronto area by year's end. And it will be free for the first 6 months!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15815746 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:16:44 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15812039 insomx : Wireless would still be shared. Technically, even DSL is shared :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15812039 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:55:54 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811595 Morden2006 : Those who have this, what results are you getting from the rogers speed test?

Since this is not on physical cable, do you think that it being wireless will avoid a lot of the shared bandwidth problems you see with many people on rogers on your street for example?

I'm currently on a shared Rogers Lite connection and I could get my own modem with extreme or go this route, you can get two rogers modems in the same house, done it before, just wondering which would be better option at this time.

Thanks for any input.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811595 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:19:02 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811461 DJ Paolo :
said by thenay See Profile :

I have a laptop, so it would come in handy but the pricing and bandwidth doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather leech from unencrypted wi-fi connections for free, i know its illegal but its their problem for not encrypting ;)

This service shouldn't be in major cities, it should be in cities where hispeed doesn't exist or its hard to get. I hope this flops for Rogers (i'm sure it will).
people like you need to be more optimistic, or shut up. People said the same thing about cable internet back in the day, and guess what? everyone is still jumping on. Cable started off slow, now its fast, so wireless will be more advanced in the coming years. if u dont like the pricing and/or bandwith, then dont buy it,no bodys holding a gun to your head.

said by thenay See Profile :

What a waste, 30gb bandwidth, 1.5mbps down for $49.99, I'll stick with my extreme. I know its all about being portable but that modem looks big for portable. They shud've just made a vpn network, and if u want the service pay $10 a month more on top of your current hispeed service.
what a waste eh? some people are paying that much for DSL and are getting slower connection than this.. Id say those customers are getting a waste, they could go wireless and faster for the same price range. and they DONT have to pay for a telephone line, heck, they dont even need any phone jacks in their house]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811461 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 10:52:18 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811287 thenay : I have a laptop, so it would come in handy but the pricing and bandwidth doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather leech from unencrypted wi-fi connections for free, i know its illegal but its their problem for not encrypting ;)

This service shouldn't be in major cities, it should be in cities where hispeed doesn't exist or its hard to get. I hope this flops for Rogers (i'm sure it will).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15811287 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 09:57:09 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15810789 sbrook : Even in semirural areas, like I do, it's useless. We're in a pocket where all the cell phone providers signals are marginal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15810789 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 04:36:15 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15808705 Kelaydi : This is definitely not meant to be an option for people in rural areas without access to high speed internet. I imagine this service requires some sort of upgrade to the cell phone towers, so it's only logical for Rogers to spend that money in high-populated areas.

There are far more places where cable internet is available and wireless internet isn't; than vice-versa.

There are only a few real uses for this... half of the uses Rogers' website suggests are ridiculous. But it's good for university students who can't get high speed on residence. It's good for portable/mobile/temporary business places like conventions or fairs or construction sites.

I agree that until they make the modem small enough to work in a cell phone or pc card and design it so that it can run on batteries instead of power, it's pretty useless to most of us.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15808705 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:44:25 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15807167 anon : I think this service will appeal mostly to ruralites. Their is a huge underserved market in areas where cable does not pass, and the only access to the Internet is thru dialup. I'm sure a lot of people living in farm country will be happy about this. This certainly is not a replacement for Cable Internet or DSL.
Mind you, the modem is a little bulky but I'm sure in the near future it will be built into a small card you insert into a USB port or built right onto the motherboard of future PC's. They will also be able to ramp up speeds offered in time, but 1.5 to 3 Mbps isnt bad, thats still fast.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15807167 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:16:35 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15798596 DJ Paolo :
said by thenay See Profile :

What a waste, 30gb bandwidth, 1.5mbps down for $49.99, I'll stick with my extreme. I know its all about being portable but that modem looks big for portable. They shud've just made a vpn network, and if u want the service pay $10 a month more on top of your current hispeed service.
waste or not, its NOT for you then.. its not ment to be a replacement for cable internet customers.
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said by insomx See Profile :

Until they come out with a PC card version, no dice.
^^^ what he said. With a modem that size, it's not that "Portable" for a "Portable Internet".]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795752 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:30:56 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795329 aqualung40 : I'm with you on that.

said by insomx See Profile :

Until they come out with a PC card version, no dice.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795329 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:23:32 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795307 insomx : Until they come out with a PC card version, no dice. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795307 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:18:51 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15795201 DJ Paolo : Its more realistically 2mbits downstream. I can say this with confidence because I'm actually been using it for 2 months.
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Mine is being able to take it anyhere. Therefore i would like a pc card sized device for my notebook. The speed is not so much an issue.

I don't need to be downloading from newsgroups or torrents at 10MB/s while sitting in a coffee shop or in the park. I will do that at home.

said by Hyper6 See Profile :

HAHHAHAHAHA 1.5 mps down and 30 GB HAHAHA,

now lets try 10 mbs and no cap or atleast 200 GB :)
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now lets try 10 mbs and no cap or atleast 200 GB :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794781 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:57:12 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794726 anon : 1.5 Megabits Down
256 Kilobits Up

Monthly cap at 30 Gigabytes

Costs are:

$49.95 / month

modem costs $99.95
shipping charge $9.95

Requires a 1 year term - but there is a 30 day chicken-out money back

This looks interesting

The portable device is about the size of an existing cable modem - it runs over 2.5 Gigahertz (the Fido wireless / Inukshuk stuff that Roger's acquired) - has an ethernet port can be used in a bunch of cities across Canada

Pictures of the Modem at:

»www.nextnetwireless.com/assets/n···ters.jpg

»www.nextnetwireless.com/assets/n···pCPE.JPG]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794726 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:48:00 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794532 kid internet : Ever think of getting those 12V to AC power converters from Canadian Tire? Sounds like you might have a high speed wireless connection in the car after all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794532 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:23:15 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794166 idlewillkill : Would that be a likely isue?
Says that it operates at 2.5 Ghz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15794166 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:32:28 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793913 LaZ3R : Well, if they can get faster speeds, I'd be interested :p
Wireless technology does require good security though unless you don't mind people leaching off you're connection! :D
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Since Bell recently started offering Ev-DO on their cell phones (2.4Mbps), that should encourage Rogers to step up their UMTS development, which should mean 5-6Mbps, with nothing more than a cell phone or a pc card. Last I heard Rogers was going to start trials for UMTS this fall.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793766 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:34:18 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793654 koolin : is it throttled?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793654 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:18:12 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793527 Bender_2k :
said by LaZ3R See Profile :

said by Bender_2k See Profile :

The SB5100 isn't that big...

Anyway, nice that they're finally offering wireless net access (not that I'd use it...love my cable modem just fine).
... I didn't ask anything about the modem, I'm asking for a speedtest off of this wireless service.
The modem comment was directed at Aqualung40, since he that it's not really portable like that.

EDIT: My bad, I didn't realize I clicked you're name when replying. Thinking linearly here, don't really think of it as a threaded reply.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793527 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:00:59 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793503 LaZ3R :
said by Bender_2k See Profile :

The SB5100 isn't that big...

Anyway, nice that they're finally offering wireless net access (not that I'd use it...love my cable modem just fine).
... I didn't ask anything about the modem, I'm asking for a speedtest off of this wireless service.
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Anyway, nice that they're finally offering wireless net access (not that I'd use it...love my cable modem just fine).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793483 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:55:34 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793477 Hyper6 : how fast upload and download?

throtling traffic shaping?

how do you get this thing plug a special modem into power lines?

pictures?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793477 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:54:38 EDT Re: Take your hispeed internet wherever you go, thanks to Rogers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15793461 insomx :
said by aqualung40 See Profile :

But how portable is it? Considering the modem is about the size of a Sb5100 and needs to be plugged into a wall outlet. So to me that is not so portable.
I want something for my laptop on the road, this is pointless!
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»www.shoprogers.com/Store/Cable/I···0K12F599

Rogers has just released High Speed Portable internet.. Its high speed internet, without phone lines or without a cable connection. Check it out Yo!
any questions, feel free to Ask me.. since Im using it.
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