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 ·magicjack.com
 ·Start Communicat..
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
| [Extreme] Rogers Pricing Being Slayed by Start.ca Rogers: $61.99
Extreme 28 Mbps Down 1 Mbps Up 120GB Cap $1.50/GB overages
THROTTLED: In some areas, Rogers manages upstream peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing applications speed to a maximum of 80 kbps per customer for Rogers Hi-Speed Internet (delivered over cable). This policy is maintained at all times. (taken from rogers website as of today)
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Start.ca: $49.95
Advanced Cable Internet 28 Mbps Down 1 Mbps Up 300GB Cap $.50/GB overages
UNTHROTTLED
Rogers pricing is NOT KEEPING PACE. I'd like to remain a Rogers customer like I have been for the last 20 yrs, but they are making it impossible to stay. |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Start Communicat..
| The one key thing to remember is that Start's overages are uncapped. So anything more than 524GB in a month on the 28/1 package will be more expensive than with Rogers. Though there was talk of unlimited options coming in the future. Of course, under that it's cheaper with Start - drastically so between 187GB and 300GB.
Throttling is going away for Rogers, just hasn't disappeared everywhere yet. |
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plebelPremium
join:2011-01-27
Ottawa, ON | reply to abitbent
said by abitbent:Rogers pricing is NOT KEEPING PACE. I'd like to remain a Rogers customer like I have been for the last 20 yrs, but they are making it impossible to stay. Why would you want to remain a Rogers customer? What benefit(s) do you incur by being loyal to this company? From my point of view, doing so only increases your costs and allows them to subject you to their questionable "traffic management" practices. |
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 elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | said by plebel:What benefit(s) do you incur by being loyal to this company? From my point of view, doing so only increases your costs and allows them to subject you to their questionable "traffic management" practices.
Amen Brother. Time to cease glossing over Rogers "stick it to the consumer" policies and spread the word...... |
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resa1983Premium
join:2008-03-10
North York, ON
kudos:7 Reviews:
·TekSavvy Cable
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said by plebel:said by abitbent:Rogers pricing is NOT KEEPING PACE. I'd like to remain a Rogers customer like I have been for the last 20 yrs, but they are making it impossible to stay. Why would you want to remain a Rogers customer? What benefit(s) do you incur by being loyal to this company? From my point of view, doing so only increases your costs and allows them to subject you to their questionable "traffic management" practices. Only reason to remain a Rogers customer is the increased upload speeds - if your area is upgraded and you're on a Docsis 3 modem, you can request your upstream speed increase. You can't get it on TPIA yet.
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | said by resa1983:if your area is upgraded and you're on a Docsis 3 modem, you can request your upstream speed increase. Why would you need to "request" anything?
An open honest transparent ISP would automatically pass on any benefits/rewards of a system upgrade as a Thank you for customer loyalty and continued customer business....... |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Start Communicat..
| said by elitefx:said by resa1983:if your area is upgraded and you're on a Docsis 3 modem, you can request your upstream speed increase. Why would you need to "request" anything? Because the increased upload speeds are still officially in testing, and not yet part of the actual retail packages. |
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | said by bt:Because the increased upload speeds are still officially in testing, and not yet part of the actual retail packages.
Not buying it. Even M$ beta tests new software with a free pre-release beta period. This is just more "glossing over" Rogers lame ass attitude towards their paying customers. Sorry my friend. No disrespect meant to you....... |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Start Communicat..
| said by elitefx:Not buying it. Even M$ beta tests new software with a free pre-release beta period.
Yes, but you still have to go to them to get it. They don't mail out copies to everyone who registered a copy of the previous version.
How is that any different than Rogers with the upload speed upgrades? You go to them to get it, and they don't charge you any more for it than you're paying now. |
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | A great mind once said "An open honest transparent ISP would automatically pass on any benefits/rewards of a system upgrade as a Thank you for customer loyalty and continued customer business"
Oh, maybe that was me........  |
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bt
join:2009-02-26
canada
kudos:1 | ...except the upgrade isn't complete yet.
Everyone eligible (AKA: has a Docsis 3 modem) will get the speed upgrade when it is complete. |
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | said by bt:Everyone eligible (AKA: has a Docsis 3 modem) will get the speed upgrade when it is complete.
Just got my Rogers speed upgrade here in London tonite. How's this for smokin' hot Docsis 3 Express speed. Eat your heart out folks:
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Rogers Extreme Plus at 1906 hours today = Etobicoke, ONTARIO |
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1
3 edits | said by Sarge :Rogers Extreme Plus at 1906 hours today = Etobicoke, ONTARIO
Just when I thought my Docsis 3 Express 56KB/s upload speed was smokin' fast.......
Update: Improving  |
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| Getting you to your paltry usage cap quicker than ever before. |
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| reply to abitbent
They're slayed if you compare retail price, but if you take into account the fact that Start.ca has no wiggle room on price but anybody can call into Rogers and get a retentions deal, then it's not such a slaying after all.
For example 75/2 (hopefully 75/10 in the near future) only costs me $32/mo, which is much faster and cheaper than what you listed for Start.ca. Sure my cap is lower, but since I average 60GB/mo it's not really a problem. |
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kliles
join:2007-06-26
Mississauga, ON | said by Ree:They're slayed if you compare retail price, but if you take into account the fact that Start.ca has no wiggle room on price but anybody can call into Rogers and get a retentions deal, then it's not such a slaying after all.
For example 75/2 (hopefully 75/10 in the near future) only costs me $32/mo, which is much faster and cheaper than what you listed for Start.ca. Sure my cap is lower, but since I average 60GB/mo it's not really a problem.
Almost all 'deals' offered by retentions involve re-upping with another longish term contract don't they? start.ca is month-to-month... |
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 Txbronx cheers from cheap seatsPremium
join:2008-11-19
kudos:3
·FreePhoneLine
·Rogers Hi-Speed
·TekSavvy DSL
| reply to elitefx
said by elitefx:said by plebel:What benefit(s) do you incur by being loyal to this company? From my point of view, doing so only increases your costs and allows them to subject you to their questionable "traffic management" practices.
Amen Brother. Time to cease glossing over Rogers "stick it to the consumer" policies and spread the word...... Hey i totally agree with your comment but i believe the reasoning is getting the connection directly from the source. Increased response time and though i'm still a teksavvy customer AND rogers customer in my 20 years myself with Rogers back with @home and the old fin modems rogers for me in mississauga has always been reliable (connection that is). Very stable and in 20 years rarely have i ever seen an outage.
I'm with TSI for bandwidth but with rogers for speed. We cut cable tv today but we can't walk away from the ultimate plan, it's strong, stable and fast... 250 gig cap is low but we manage ourselves |
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Txbronx cheers from cheap seatsPremium
join:2008-11-19
kudos:3 Reviews:
·FreePhoneLine
·Rogers Hi-Speed
·TekSavvy DSL
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elitefx
join:2011-02-14
London, ON
kudos:1 | Nice results. Too bad they're not real.
Speedtest always gives inaccurate off the charts results.
Cogeco usually disregards speedboost and gives a more accurate result.
From my experience, you can go to 5 different sites and get 5 completely different results.
Gotta wonder if Speedtest gets paid off by Rogers................ |
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