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reply to technocar2

Re: Unlimited Internet option on Rogers for a limited time

He is referring to ultimate, which is 10!

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reply to Viper359
ultimate who? how many people are insane enough to pay for it, 1-2% of the total client base? the only bell's offer that is comparable is the fiber 175 - 175 up and 175 down. Unlimited for 10 will not save rogers. if they don't increase upload speeds for money-making tiers such as express and extreme - they will see the floodgate open. and yes I have express

reply to bt
my house hold of 5 use between 300-500gb/mnth w/6mb dsl
paying now $37+tx 6mb dsl, $30+tx pots
will cancel both of the above and use voip from freephoneline, we hardly ever use the damn phone anyways w/ 5 cellphones in the house.

just signed up w/rogers, $66 +tx express 25/2 w/unlimited usage, free modem rental/free install, its the only service i have/getting from rogers
6mnth promo deal, can call to cancel from 1week to 5month to see if they will continue/better the offer
if not, by then aggregate should be fully done i then can goto to an indie like start or tsi,

reply to chrismcpole
I have ultimate, but I don't pay full price. I pay $49.99 plus tax, per month. I get 50% off, plus free modem. I don't have a single service that I pay Rogers anywhere near full price for.

Maybe for you, upload is an issue, but I doubt for the vast majority it is. If it comes down to speed, and I have to choose, I will take download over upload anyday.

Considering Bell's best offering right now for my area is 25/10, with 100 gigs of usage to my current 75/2 and 250 gigs, I am not even remotely thinking about switching to them. Add into that, at peak times in my house, internet bandwidth can easily hit 20-30Mbps, constantly for several hours. No thanks, my network cannot take a 1/3rd of the speed.

I seriously doubt your floodgates comment. If upload was that important, it would have already happened, and lets be honest, the vast majority of broadband users are clueless to how the internet works, or why. The just expect it to deliver their youtube cat videos quickly.

reply to chrismcpole

How are you all getting no modem rental fee and no contract? I signed up for ultimate about 3 months ago and the best I could do was 25% off on a 2-year contract. I have no other services with rogers at this location.

reply to Viper359

reply to Viper359
With 50% discount ultimate will be 61 + tax... so either you're getting some other discounts or your math is a bit off Besides, rogers no longer does contracts, so your 2 year commitment will have to be renewed with 30% off max (no contract). And 50% discount is no longer in the system. And that is very bad. No longer leveraging them with commitment -- sucks. They can't lock you in, but you cant push them that much anymore.

As of upload - yes DL is important, but 10 up is really the lowest that should be offered by any provider.

reply to elitefx
I agree with you on that, put it is as you said, a growing trend, which I am sure Rogers will eventually increase. Look how long it took them to give 10Mbps up. At my old address, so close to two years ago, I was in the beta group for 7Mbps. I call it a beta, but that is lose, as most people in my old area never knew they had it, unless they found out about it by accident using a speed test site. I do know that they were messing around with stuff back then. On two occasions we received calls from techs wanting to replace a modem on one, and check (ended up replacing a coax line) our residence on another. these were out of the blue calls, no issues reported to Rogers etc. Other neighbours reported the same sort of thing.

reply to chrismcpole
I am on the 75/2 which is $99.99, minus 50%, plus a $7.00 charge then a $7.00 credit for my modem. My math is fine, but thanks

Further, I am not on any two year commitment, and never have been. I have also received the 50% for many years, without issue, even when others have told me there is no code in the system. YMMV

reply to RogersElise
There is a growing realization amongst business that cloud computing is a very risky business with data distributed all over the place for security, integrity and data protection. Leaks of data become more feasible from hacking and integrity from network and storage failures.

Cloud computing may be an idea that may (and I hope it will) find its rightful death.

reply to Viper359
how did u get this deal?

reply to sbrook
I agree, maybe I just don't know enough about it, but I don't trust the cloud for my personal files. Heck, I don't trust most of these online sites with my personal info. Seems every week a major company is reporting a hack.

if i call in as a new user viper can i negotiate a deal like that? or is it something when you said i am going to cancel?

I get it because yes, at one point I was going to cancel, and have a long history of real issues and complete and total screw ups with Rogers. For example, getting a massive telephone bill from them, when I never had their service at the time.

A new user, I doubt very much will get it, nor anyone just calling because they saw some guy on the net who gets 50% off.

i am interested in ultimate..but i want to call in as a new customer and get some kind of deal..122 + 30 + modem fee is too much for unlimited...if i can even get it down to 130-135 dollars max for unlimited i would take a deal like that..and wud sign up with them..but i guess as a new customer i don't stand a chance?

You can always read the thread over at redflagdeals. they have a new customer / retentions thread, that lists what sort of deals a new customer could get. I would link to it, but, not sure if that would be against DSLR policy.

reply to Satya
@Satya

if you were to get home phone + cable tv, Rogers will offer 70% internet
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