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Re: [Burloak] Usage Based Billing Nightmare Normally I would tell someone to wait before jumping ship to the brand new guy.
Time and time again in this forum you "early adopters" (AKA suckers) jump ship without a copany even showing they can support or even sustain what they sell.
This was true to teksavvy. This was true for Acanac, this is true for Ebox, this is true for IKTel, This was true for Colba, and likely true for many others. Then everyone starts bitching.
I would give it 3-4 months before making the jump to someone unproven. You are only setting yourself up. |
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| LMAO. A man walks through a desert for what seems like a thousand years, finally happens across water, and you tell him "wait, don't drink that until you see someone else take a drink - it might not be good".
Where would technology be without early adopters?
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@videotron.ca | said by dillyhammer:LMAO. A man walks through a desert for what seems like a thousand years,
You aren't exactly dying. So the die of thirst analogy rhetoric doesn't exactly equate to what every single one of the resellers have gone through with trying their luck with a new service.
What is it that they say about history?
Here's is your rhetoric rewritten to be more realistic:
A man walks through a desert for what seems like a thousand years, finally happens across water, ah it was a mirage... The man keeps walking for 4 more months till he actually comes across water. |
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said by dillyhammer:said by n3k0 :I already called in & cancelled my Tek service, so just need to wait until the 21st, until Start.ca open up the GougeCo service offerings.
 I would have been inclined to wait until I at least got an install confirmation date. Mike I am not so inclined to fret, as you are 
Start.ca begin offering wholesale GougeCo on the 21st. That gives over 3 weeks before my existing DSL service ends. I think GougeCo techs can coordinate an install given 3 weeks notice.
I will have 20Mbit service for the same price I am paying for 5Mbit now. |
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said by eh :You aren't exactly dying.
Try telling that to the guy that got $2500 in internet bills from Cogeco for 3 months of service.
Bet he felt like he was dying.
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said by n3k0 :I am not so inclined to fret, as you are
Start.ca begin offering wholesale GougeCo on the 21st. That gives over 3 weeks before my existing DSL service ends. I think GougeCo techs can coordinate an install given 3 weeks notice.
I will have 20Mbit service for the same price I am paying for 5Mbit now.
Curious to see your review of the whole experience.
Mike
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Same, I only have internet with GougeCo now, totally looking to get rid of it.
Where did all the GougeCo diehards go? There used to be waves of drones defending this shitty company, I don't see them any more.
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kudos:6 | said by Gixxer:....Where did all the GougeCo diehards go ? ....
GOUGEco diehards ?
Their hearse went THAT-a-WAY ! [Points in all other directions] |
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said by Gixxer:Same, I only have internet with GougeCo now, totally looking to get rid of it.
Where did all the GougeCo diehards go? There used to be waves of drones defending this shitty company, I don't see them any more.
I think they admitted defeat.
There used to be a slew of techs in here. Not shills, just decent people, many posting from home on their own time, & helping the community. Once GougeCo went UBB, the company lost much of the good faith they had built over the years, with what was a decent service, IMO.
Those same techs probably got sick of the venom unleashed in here, & of course there may have been 'pressure from above', to stop posting on the Forum.
Then the shills appeared. Offering no other options to GougeCO, other than frightening tales of what awaits if you switched to DSL. Branded as thieves, & 'bandwidth hogs', there were no other options other than DSL or the encumbent GougeCO for many people.
It will be an interesting ride, trying out Start.ca's offerings, & I for one welcome our new Cable overlords. |
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said by dillyhammer:said by n3k0 :I am not so inclined to fret, as you are
Start.ca begin offering wholesale GougeCo on the 21st. That gives over 3 weeks before my existing DSL service ends. I think GougeCo techs can coordinate an install given 3 weeks notice.
I will have 20Mbit service for the same price I am paying for 5Mbit now.
Curious to see your review of the whole experience. Mike I'll definitely review the install procedure, & ongoing service offering. It will be interesting to see how things run.
I was just about to pull the trigger on a 16/1 service from Tek, when I read the announcement from Start.ca. I was actually on the 'phone to Tek, getting the final definitive details about the upgrade procedure, 30 minutes prior to reading the announcement.
Like many others who frequent DSLR, I simply ask to have options & choice. Being stuck in Canada's duopoly system of Internet incumbents isn't good for consumers. It's great to see another TPIA provider.
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3 edits | said by n3k0 :Ad victorem spolias...
et cetera
Actually, I did not visit this forum much when I was a TSI customer, so I do not know much about its past, but things sound plausible, the way you explained it.
I too am continuing to keep my pre-booking for START 20/1.5/300 cable, and will report back in CBB forum about the progress.
In some ways, it's a shame that I must make another ISP change, as the Cogeco feed here is solid and fast.
It's just their politics and greed which they forgot/neglected to overhaul when they upgraded their network. |
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| said by Davesnothere:In some ways, it's a shame that I must make another ISP change, as the Cogeco feed here is solid and fast.
It's just their politics and greed which they forgot/neglected to overhaul when they upgraded their network.
Man, I was so happy with my Cogeco connection. Stupid fast, solid as a rock. It was nice to just not have to worry about it. Very disappointed I had to cancel, and very disappointed in the direction Cogeco is going in.
Mike
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said by Shrug :Time and time again in this forum you "early adopters" (AKA suckers) jump ship without a copany even showing they can support or even sustain what they sell.
As opposed to the suckers who pay way too much for data @ Gougeco. |
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said by Gixxer:Where did all the GougeCo diehards go? There used to be waves of drones defending this shitty company, I don't see them any more.
They're still here, just no one (thankfully) believes their tripe anymore. |
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| said by ruddypict:They're still here, just no one (thankfully) believes their tripe anymore. I feel real bad for the Cogeco guys who still do or have in the past posted here. They've all been extremely helpful and have not only assisted myself but many others on numerous occasions for all sorts of issues. It's not their fault that Cogeco's Quebec-based executive management doesn't know their head from their ass. The Cogeco employees are stuck between a rock and a hard place, because as sure as I am that they know what is going on is a bunch of bullshit, they aren't exactly in a position to speak out about it because, you know, they have families to feed and can't exactly loose their job. |
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said by Gone:....The Cogeco employees are stuck between a rock and a hard place, because as sure as I am that they know what is going on is a bunch of bullshit, they aren't exactly in a position to speak out about it because, you know, they have families to feed and can't exactly loose their job.
Some of them have sympathized with my reasons for leaving.
One said that where he/she lives (in or near Barrie, I think it was), that there IS no cable at all, and so at home has been forced to choose from among the least evil of B$ELL and their Indies. |
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Hmmmm....
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I feel bad for them as well. Some of them have been spectacular. I suppose some of them are shying away a bit because the Cogeco forum has become somewhat of an unfriendly place. I've done my share of contributing to that. Just to say, it isn't me or the other avid detractors who brought this on.
Nonetheless, I'm sure this may be having an impact no-one here intended. While I relish the thought of depriving Cogeco of business, I would not want a user or visitor going without help or guidance from DSLr regulars or Cogeco champs simply because a) they see us in here trouncing Cogeco at every turn, or b) as soon as they post asking for help we're in there like dirty shirts telling them how bad Cogeco is and to go elsewhere.
No, I'm not going to let up with the criticism where due, but I am going to try to dial down the snarky rhetoric a tad and be a little more helpful.
Besides, now that I'm back on DSL I can blow off steam bitching about Bell.
Mike
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kudos:6 | said by dillyhammer:....No, I'm not going to let up with the criticism where due, but I am going to try to dial down the snarky rhetoric a tad and be a little more helpful.
Besides, now that I'm back on DSL I can blow off steam bitching about Bell.
But Bell is SUCH an easy target !
Where's the challenge ?! 
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