Reviews:
 ·Time Warner Cable
 ·Verizon FiOS
 ·voip.ms
| Note to complainers While retail pricing in Canada is abusive, they also regulate and have CLEC-type providers (TPIA) there. I switched my inlaws from Bell which had a 20GB limit (DSL) for $45/month to Teksavvy on the lite 6 Mbps with a 300 GB cap for $30. With the regulation, if the carrier increases the speed the TPIA gets the same benefit, so those people get a boost too. As a note this is Rogers who is the carrier.
When I cancelled the service the Bell guy automagically offered 20->60GB for free for 3 months, and I told them they have to get in the ballpark. They couldn't even come close.
Oh and if you go over 300 GB : 10 CENTS PER GIG. THey also have an unlimited tier....
Also, no modem fees however he had to buy a D3 modem for $100 which is no different than TWC here. That modem has 8 channel bonding so it should last a good 6-8 years.
Also, I think they over-provisioned because I regularly see over 10 Mbps, but no difference.
I think you would have a hard time finding 6Mbps/300GB for $30 in the US for a NORMAL (not promo) rate.
So we complain, but Canada has a more robust competitive model than the US. |
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| said by elefante72:While retail pricing in Canada is abusive, they also regulate and have CLEC-type providers (TPIA) there. I switched my inlaws from Bell which had a 20GB limit (DSL) for $45/month to Teksavvy on the lite 6 Mbps with a 300 GB cap for $30. With the regulation, if the carrier increases the speed the TPIA gets the same benefit, so those people get a boost too. As a note this is Rogers who is the carrier.
When I cancelled the service the Bell guy automagically offered 20->60GB for free for 3 months, and I told them they have to get in the ballpark. They couldn't even come close.
Oh and if you go over 300 GB : 10 CENTS PER GIG. THey also have an unlimited tier....
Also, no modem fees however he had to buy a D3 modem for $100 which is no different than TWC here. That modem has 8 channel bonding so it should last a good 6-8 years.
Also, I think they over-provisioned because I regularly see over 10 Mbps, but no difference.
I think you would have a hard time finding 6Mbps/300GB for $30 in the US for a NORMAL (not promo) rate.
So we complain, but Canada has a more robust competitive model than the US.
blah ....blah ( i have 1600 GB capacity and 5 megabit ) blah ...blah blahhhh
smart people are laughing at you no really we are. |
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Reviews:
·Time Warner Cable
·Verizon FiOS
·voip.ms
| They also have unlimited tiers too, unlike Rogers. So just because you have x capacity does not mean you will use it.
So maybe instead of blathering, you tell people where you get this deal and how much it costs? I'm always open to a better deal.
I have unlimited on FIOS too (50 Mbit), but last time I checked that wasn't up in Canada. |
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bklassPremium
join:2012-02-06
Canada Reviews:
·Shaw
| reply to elefante72
Let's not forget that Ontario and Québec aren't all there is to Canada...
Most of the rest of the country doesn't have nearly as much competition as the Golden Horseshoe area.
In Manitoba, for instance, we only have a choice between MTS and Shaw, and that's only if you live in Winnipeg or Brandon. Living outside of the major cities, it's likely that you have access to only one or at most two WISPs who have to rent their transit from MTS anyway. |
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mlord
join:2006-11-05
Nepean, ON
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·TekSavvy Cable
·TekSavvy DSL
| said by bklass:Let's not forget that Ontario and Québec aren't all there is to Canada... In Atlantic Canada, fibre-to-the-house is commonly available, uncapped, at symmetric speeds up to 75/75 mbits/sec, for reasonable rates. |
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