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nirajshah7
join:2008-11-12
Markham, ON

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Re: New speed tier

no 75M package ?

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join:2008-11-16
London, ON

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said by nirajshah7:

no 75M package ?

Not yet, still working on that one.
bt
join:2009-02-26
canada

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said by nirajshah7:

no 75M package ?

I think you mean 150M.

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join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON

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said by bt:

I think you mean 150M.

As far as I understand, 150 is a new tier, not a replacement for 75. 150 also has limited availability so far and Rogers is using some sort of special modem for it.

The latest rumour is that Cogeco's 55 is turning into 75, at least based on the speeds some people are reporting. Cogeco has a history of turning up a tier for a month or two before officially announcing anything.
bt
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canada

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said by Gone:

said by bt:

I think you mean 150M.

As far as I understand, 150 is a new tier, not a replacement for 75.

It's a replacement, but 75 still exists... Ultimate is 150/10 "in select areas", and 75/2 (at the old Ultimate price) everywhere else. People on the 75/2 plan aren't being upgraded automatically because of the price difference.

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said by bt:

It's a replacement, but 75 still exists... Ultimate is 150/10 "in select areas", and 75/2 (at the old Ultimate price) everywhere else. People on the 75/2 plan aren't being upgraded automatically because of the price difference.

If 75/2 is still available and people aren't being automatically upgraded, 150/10 isn't really a replacement, now is it?
bt
join:2009-02-26
canada

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It's more that 150/10 isn't available everywhere and 75/2 is grandfathered where 150/10 is available. But signing up for 75/2 where 150/10 is available would be tough, you'd have to find a CSR willing to jump through a few hoops to do it.

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If there are grandfathered customers it means that there will be a tariff available for Start to use, even if Rogers isn't actively signing up customers.

It only becomes an issue if they replace the previous tier with a higher speed and upgrade all of the customers. Cogeco has a way of doing this, and are probably doing it again when 55 gets bumped up.
bt
join:2009-02-26
canada

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said by Gone:

If there are grandfathered customers it means that there will be a tariff available for Start to use, even if Rogers isn't actively signing up customers.

Not necessarily. 10/1 wasn't available anymore when it went to 15/1, but it was grandfathered due to the cap difference on the Rogers side and all of the 10/1 TPIA became 15/1. 10/1 ceased to exist on TPIA. Same with 18/512, 12/512 and even 10/512.

But then 15/1 was around for awhile for TPIA when it went to 24/1, so it does happen. I suspect 75/2 will be available for awhile yet, at least until the entire Rogers territory is 150/10 capable and they completely stop offering 75/2.