 jmckformerly 'shaded'
join:2010-10-02
Ottawa, ON
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Re: Major CRTC decision next week. - CBB said by mlerner:Yeah qualifying on postal codes never works. Bell's online tool is fairly accurate these days so if it says 5 megs, not likely you'll get any better elsewhere.
bell.ca says my address doesn't qualify for any service, however TSI can see I qualify for 25/10 and the Bell DSLR direct forum guy was able to see my address qualified for 25/10 too. |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to TSI Marc
said by hm :4 channel bonding on upstream w/ videotron. Been like that for about 4 years minimum, as far as I recall. In Quebec City, yes. Everywhere else in Quebec, no, Videotron's cable offering has been much more primative, only a basic 4x1 setup.
That's why they didn't offer anything more than 60/3 outside of Quebec City until recently.
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 GonePremium
join:2011-01-24
Fort Erie, ON
kudos:3
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said by jmck:bell.ca says my address doesn't qualify for any service, however TSI can see I qualify for 25/10 and the Bell DSLR direct forum guy was able to see my address qualified for 25/10 too. You might have been lit up for 25/10 recently enough that it hasn't populated to every database they have. |
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TypeS
join:2012-12-17
London, ON
kudos:1 Reviews:
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said by jmck:said by mlerner:Yeah qualifying on postal codes never works. Bell's online tool is fairly accurate these days so if it says 5 megs, not likely you'll get any better elsewhere.
bell.ca says my address doesn't qualify for any service, however TSI can see I qualify for 25/10 and the Bell DSLR direct forum guy was able to see my address qualified for 25/10 too. Bell has reps on DSLr forums? o.o |
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | said by TypeS:said by jmck:said by mlerner:Yeah qualifying on postal codes never works. Bell's online tool is fairly accurate these days so if it says 5 megs, not likely you'll get any better elsewhere.
bell.ca says my address doesn't qualify for any service, however TSI can see I qualify for 25/10 and the Bell DSLR direct forum guy was able to see my address qualified for 25/10 too. Bell has reps on DSLr forums? o.o Yeah look at their forum. |
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| said by kovy:Yeah look at their forum.
...with oodles and oodles of praises I suppose !! NOT!!  |
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TypeS
join:2012-12-17
London, ON
kudos:1 | reply to kovy
Oh nice, guess I will go ask about if Fibe speeds up to 25/10 are really available in my area. |
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | reply to WaitForGodot
said by WaitForGodot:said by kovy:Yeah look at their forum.
...with oodles and oodles of praises I suppose !! NOT!! Well I heard its better then calling. |
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if bell gonna upgrade their speed, teksavvy also will match up ? |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | reply to InvalidError
said by InvalidError:said by MaynardKrebs:(and CNOC's collective 5% of the market) That 5% is from something like two years ago. TSI alone has gone from ~70k in their pre-TPIA days to ~200k today so I would expect 3rd-party awareness to have pushed that 5% figure up a point or three over the past year or two.
Right.
Actually, it was 6.2% (550K subs, IIRC) at the time when the Open Media Anti-UBB petition began.
Then TPIA cable caught on as a way to diversify from the evil of Bell.
TSI Marc recently posted here of them having over 200K subs overall, and it seems to me that it was something like 50 or 60K back then.
I'm not sure where the newer stats would be found, but rest assured folks, it's no 6.2% anymore for Indies' total, let alone 5% ! |
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DavesnothereNo-BHELL-ity DOES have its Advantages
join:2009-06-15
START&Cogeco
kudos:6 | reply to MaynardKrebs
said by MaynardKrebs:said by InvalidError:That 5% is from something like two years ago.
TSI alone has gone from ~70k in their pre-TPIA days to ~200k today so I would expect 3rd-party awareness to have pushed that 5% figure up a point or three over the past year or two.
Call me when the indies have 20-30% market share. Then we may have a market.
Would 10% be believable at present ? |
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 andybPremium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
kudos:1 | I thought I saw 7% in one of the CRTC sheets Thursday |
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cant wait to see what this means for vdsl service! want to make the jumpt to 25/10 or maybe even 50/10!
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 TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | reply to TSI Marc
So being as the prices for cable now suck for tek and they will cover my area this year at least I'd hope are they keeping unlimited or is that retiring now? |
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| said by TOPDAWG:are they keeping unlimited or is that retiring now? They will most likely stick around but expect a $10-30 hike. |
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TOPDAWGPremium
join:2005-04-27
Midland, ON
kudos:3 | hm that sucks prices are high as is 28/1 over 50 I mean damn. The state of the internet is Canada so damn pathetic. |
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And you can thank the CRTC for keeping it that way. They have been taking bribes from Rogers and Bell forever to do what they want. This is just one more example. |
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if TekSavvy raises their cable 28 unlimited price -- even by $10 -- it is once again cheaper to stay with the incumbents -- and faster -- with proper direct support.
As it took me 1 minutes with a calculator to deduce this -- i am sure Tek is aware of this -- as would the CRTC. |
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I wonder if anyone is going to do the math to see if the costs as stated in the decision match up with the price/profit margin shown on Bhell's year end for it's internet division. |
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| said by JMJimmy:I wonder if anyone is going to do the math to see if the costs as stated in the decision match up with the price/profit margin shown on Bhell's year end for it's internet division.
The average Bell subscriber uses ~70% less data per month than the average wholesale subscriber so the CBB charges do not affect Bell anywhere near as much as they affect 3rd-parties.
Another factor that may help Bell claim lower CBB costs for their own subscribers is that traffic is divided between peering in Boston, Chicago, NY and probably other places which should allow more even and balanced loading across the core network rather than funneled directly to Toronto like most GAS traffic is. I could see this reducing Bell's own retail CBB costs by ~30%. |
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