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TSI Marc
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Re: [Cable] NEW RATES - Cogeco

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Yeah, that's why I'm looking into a rent-to-own....

 
THAT's the way !

And of course only offer D3 modems.

D3 only for sure. We'll stop selling the D2's at month's end.

rent-to-own.. everybody is telling me not to do it... you get all sorts of ppl that get the modem and never pay.. never get the modem back... :\ thinking to only have the option for existing users. ofcourse the modem would end up costing more over all but.. even if it was only a 3-6 month thing.. that would help most deal with the initial hit.
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Re: New ONTARIO Plans - Cogeco Network

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GRANDFATHERING
START supports it for customers already on all of their earlier discontinued plans, but of course if a customer chooses to switch to a newer plan, they cannot switch back.
TSI would only have existing Cogeco customers in Chatham, and I'm not sure what their plans are for THEM - Anybody know ?

I'm pretty sure Marc has said that they won't be grandfathering any plans, so I think that would include Chatham. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.

TSI Marc
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said by KnockKnock:

said by Davesnothere See Profile

GRANDFATHERING
START supports it for customers already on all of their earlier discontinued plans, but of course if a customer chooses to switch to a newer plan, they cannot switch back.
TSI would only have existing Cogeco customers in Chatham, and I'm not sure what their plans are for THEM - Anybody know ?

I'm pretty sure Marc has said that they won't be grandfathering any plans, so I think that would include Chatham. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.

that's right. the rates will go up.. I imagine most will switch to a different package.. and we will assume the nearest lowest cost option to migrate users too..
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said by Davesnothere:

 
ShetiPhian, glad you did this - Saved me some legwork.

I was following it all and figured others might like it in one place.
Thank you for expanding it.
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ACTIVATION
TSI ? - Not sure - Anybody know ?

I looked at my invoice,
$44.95 Activation Fee
-$20.00 Activation Discount (for buying the modem)

Davesnothere
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said by ShetiPhian:

said by Davesnothere:

ACTIVATION
TSI ? - Not sure - Anybody know ?

I looked at my invoice,
$44.95 Activation Fee
-$20.00 Activation Discount (for buying the modem)

 
Thanks for that, and I figured you to be following everything too.

So I should mention that in my post on Page 8 of current thread.

Also wondering whether TSI plans to waive/reduce the fee if a customer is doing a transfer from another [provider's] active [CABLE] account ? (even if that was not the situation in your specific case)

EDITED to be more clear in last above paragraph - see square bracketed additions.
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That I don't know, I changed form TSI DSL to TSI Cable.

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said by ShetiPhian:

I looked at my invoice,
$44.95 Activation Fee
-$20.00 Activation Discount (for buying the modem)

These are the current fees. New fee's have yet to be released.
said by Davesnothere:

Also wondering whether TSI plans to waive/reduce the fee if a customer is doing a transfer from another active account ? (even if that was not the situation in your specific case)

This is still uncertain.

neko
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Re: [Cable] NEW RATES - Cogeco

I can't speak for anyone else, but that sounds like a really good optional choice that may be offered; depending on the individual customer/situation.

It's great you are thinking of such measures.
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said by TSI Marc:

Yeah, that's why I'm looking into a rent-to-own....

I can't speak for anyone else, but that sounds like a really good optional choice that may be offered; depending on the individual customer/situation.

It's great you are thinking of such measures.

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said by TSI Marc:

rent-to-own.. everybody is telling me not to do it... you get all sorts of ppl that get the modem and never pay.. never get the modem back... :\ thinking to only have the option for existing users.



It is a very difficult question.. Believe it or not I get people who need a rent to own option on my used modems, so it is for sure helpful to some customers. I have to believe your advice is right, it is a huge risk.. but then just renting the modem should be equally risky, objectively.

Something about rent to own screams extra problems to me, and I can't really think of why. To that end, maybe have some set buy out rules. Don't call it rent to own, just say you can buy out the modem after 1 year at half price, or whatever seems reasonable.

Keeping it only for customers with a good track record will definitely reduce the risk, but it will not capture the broad base of people who could make use of the scheme.
said by TSI Marc:

ofcourse the modem would end up costing more over all but.. even if it was only a 3-6 month thing.. that would help most deal with the initial hit.

Used modems are a great way to help people with the initial hit
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Any idea when this is going to be live for non beta testers? I am itching to get rid of the 5/1 dsl connection I have. Yes the prices arent the greatest but I lay the blame for that squarely on the CRTC.

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So I see you adjusted these rates as well

petah
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I like the new rates much better! Might even switch to the 10mbps with 150gb download!
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Good job on reworking the rates Marc. I have both DSL and Cogeco through TSI and the initial rates would've had me cancelling one of them. Now I'll keep both, and keep both with TSI.
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Hey guys just curious... since those unlimited rates seem quite high... how do you guys plan on competing with Bell... They offer FTTH in my neighbourhood with speeds 50/50, 175/175, 10$ extra for unlimited downloads. If I get a package from bell that includes 3 services I will still be paying less than the teksavvy unlimited service.

Thats not good

Any thoughts/comments?

TSI Marc
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said by dustmaker:

Hey guys just curious... since those unlimited rates seem quite high... how do you guys plan on competing with Bell... They offer FTTH in my neighbourhood with speeds 50/50, 175/175, 10$ extra for unlimited downloads. If I get a package from bell that includes 3 services I will still be paying less than the teksavvy unlimited service.

Thats not good

Any thoughts/comments?

I'm expecting that few will signup for those unlimited plans.
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Just a quick question, in the first post of this thread it mentions unlimited usage during 2am-8am for plans with a usage cap but I see no mention of that on teksavvy.com

Just for peace of mind will that unlimited window still be offered?

TSI Marc
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said by Enigma114:

Just a quick question, in the first post of this thread it mentions unlimited usage during 2am-8am for plans with a usage cap but I see no mention of that on teksavvy.com

Just for peace of mind will that unlimited window still be offered?

yes. we'll be cleaning all these things up soon.
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please support more docsis 3 modems. not even canada computers carries the dcm 476 anymore. which is the only modem it says you guys support in cogecoland.

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Cogeco supports the DPC3008, as I have am using one at a location with Cogeco's retail Turbo 20. Are they now allowing the DPC3008 to be used with TPIA providers?