Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough |  Just wondering...
Does your $35/month price include the modem rental fee?
Also, have you considered a Bell wholesaler like Teksavvy, Velcom, Acanac, Caneris, Ebox etc..? |
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killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
 ·Bell Sympatico
 ·Rogers Portable In..
| 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). |
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
 ·3 Web
| That's a decent deal, as long as it's not just a promotion and also depending how much usage you actually need in a month.
You're actually on a 7Mbit fastpath sync profile, but with the 15% PPPoE overhead, you're left with around 6Mbit. That's the reality of DSL speeds. The same goes for the upload. You're synced at around 1Mbit, possibly a tiny bit less, but after PPPoE overhead, you're left with ~700Kbit.
20ms ping to local servers is about what you should be getting. If it's consistently low like that, I'm happy for you. Often you only see really consistent pings like that on very underused portions of Bell's network. They tend to oversubscribe in many areas, and then claim 'congestion'.
If you notice nightly slowdowns or throttling, that's just Bell's little way of saying "I love you"  |
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killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
1 edit | Thanks for the response |
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langez
join:2009-11-18 | reply to killiar
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 | 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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killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Portable In..
| You didn't ruin my review. I enjoy feedback and reading other input from users  .
Thankfully, I have not seen many if any effects of throttling. The reason I want more then 5Meg is because of my Apple TV takes a lot of bandwidth on me, and most members in my house use the Apple TV while I'm downloading and performing tasks. 5Meg for Apple TV is not enough if I'm going to be uploading files to my server, or downloading some new tools.
If you get what I mean. I've got about 7 visible Bell networks around my house, thankfully I'm still getting full speed. I'm really hoping it stays that way.
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·3 Web
1 edit | What type of router do you have? Are you able to implement QoS to minimise the effects of multiple users using your connection all at the same time?
Just in case you're not familiar with it, QoS (Quality of Service) is an intelligent routing system which prioritises different types of traffic, or traffic from different ports/computers so that certain activities are given priority over others on your local network. When set up and working properly, this can often alleviate local congestion symptoms by making sure that heavy downloads and transfers don't interfere with time-sensitive data transfer. |
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killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Portable In..
| I really couldn't tell you if I can implement QoS.
All I know at the time is that my Apple TV movie rentals, barely interfere with my download speeds.
I run an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station dual band wifi. I run in 5GHz
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Oinktastic
join:2005-08-24
Scarborough | Unfortunately, the AirPort Extreme does not appear to support QoS, but I know a lot of people are quite happy with it for its ease of use, performance and reliability. |
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killiar
join:2008-11-22
Innisfil, ON
·Bell Sympatico
·Rogers Portable In..
| Yeah, I looked that up, without hacks, it's unable to support QoS. However as I said, I'm quite happy with it. It's working great (but that may just be because of Bells connection is more then enough bandwidth for what I want to do).
I switched from a Linksys router to a DLink, then threw those both out and grabbed an Apple airPort.
And I find the Bell modem/router to be garbage.
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