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Davesnothere
Change is NOT Necessarily Progress
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New ONTARIO Plans - Cogeco Network

 
NOW REVISED to INCLUDE the LATEST TSI (MARCH 9th) ESTIMATES :

= = = = = = =

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

However, to make it more complete, let me add :

MODEMs
START charges an extra $5 plus tax for modem rental, or supports certain models if you own one already.
Cogeco includes one in their service price.
TSI - Likely extra, as before for other cable - Marc, March 9th commented this.

ACTIVATION
START usually charges $50 to setup cable Internet, and that includes a tech visiting, but it's FREE if transferring from an active service at the same jack from Cogeco or from another TPIA IISP, as long as no tech visit is needed.
Cogeco usually charges $30 to setup cable Internet, and that includes a tech visiting.
TSI ? - The next quote is from a TSI-Cogeco ATPIA Beta Tester, and the new policy on this is not set yet.
said by ShetiPhian:

my invoice : $44.95 Activation Fee, -$20.00 Activation Discount (for buying the modem) - Belleville, Cogeco-Land, coming from TSI DSL

QUEBEC
No need to show cap info (simpler chart) as no A-TPIA is active there yet, AFAIK.

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 ?

USAGE
Cogeco counts BOTH downloads and uploads, AFAIK, and Cogeco has NO free period.

UNIQUE PLANS
START has chosen to avoid the 10Mbps tier at this time.
Cogeco only offers 14Mbps to their own retail customers (not thru TPIA IISPs), and only to areas where that is the highest available speed, until they finish their upgrades of those areas.
said by ShetiPhian:

TekSavvy and Start are very close.
Tek has the advantage on usage (most of the time), while Start has the advantage on price.

Both have unlimited downloads between 2am & 8am
Both only count downloads

Speed/Tier Change Fee
Start: Free
TSI: $5

TSI Pricing: not final and is subject to change
Cogeco Pricing: rumoured to be having caps increased on April 1st
Start Pricing: goes into effect March 11th (other plans are also in the works)

6Mbps
$24.95 - 75GB - TSI
$29.95 - 100GB - Start
$32.95 - 300GB - TSI
$39.95 - Unlimited - Start
$42.95 - 30GB - Cogeco (soon 35GB)
$43.95 - Unlimited - TSI

10Mbps
$34.95 - 150GB - TSI
$42.95 - 300GB - TSI
$48.95 - 60GB - Cogeco (soon 80GB)
$57.95 - Unlimited - TSI

14Mbps
$61.95 - 90GB - Cogeco (soon 125GB)

20 mbps
$39.95 - 150GB - Start
$39.95 - 150GB - TSI
$49.95 - 300GB - TSI
$60.95 - 100GB - Cogeco (soon 150GB)
$79.95 - Unlimited - TSI

30 mbps
$49.95 - 200GB - Start
$62.95 - 150GB - TSI
$69.95 - 300GB - TSI
$71.95 - 175GB - Cogeco (soon 275GB)
$99.95 - Unlimited - TSI

60 mbps
$89.95 - 300GB - Start
$92.95 - 150GB - TSI
$109.95 - 300GB - Cogeco (soon 375GB)
$116.95 - 300GB - TSI
$191.95 - Unlimited - TSI

Cogeco changes source : »Ultimate 30 Cap Increase From 175 > 275gb /Month

KnockKnock
join:2010-12-06
Chatham, ON

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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.

TSI Marc
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Chatham, ON

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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..
ShetiPhian
join:2011-12-29
Belleville, ON

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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.
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)

Davesnothere
Change is NOT Necessarily Progress
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join:2009-06-15
Canada

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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.
ShetiPhian
join:2011-12-29
Belleville, ON

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That I don't know, I changed form TSI DSL to TSI Cable.

JenSuisUn
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Chatham, ON

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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.