ChiGGz
join:2002-12-17
| reply to TilhasBB
Re: Teksavvy + SpeedStream 5360
Good info. thanks!
I think I'm about less than a mile from the CO. There's a small brick shack with bells logo on it. Doesn't look like a commercial structure cause its small.
Is there anyway to know?
For reference my postal code is M9W2K1
So will teksavvy work with this modem? |
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TilhasBB
Formally Goden99
Premium
join:2000-08-05
canada | Telephone wires dont go in a straight line.
Best way is to call teksavvy and I think they have a tool that gives an estimate with bell's system to see how far you are and how much speed you can get. but its a very rough estimate. |
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BellVictim
Premium
join:2006-04-17
| reply to ChiGGz
said by ChiGGz  :There's a small brick shack with bells logo on it. Doesn't look like a commercial structure cause its small. Heh, if there's a Bell logo on it then I'm disposed to think that it's *not* a CO.
Why? Well, from my experience Bell doesn't like to 'advertise' the locations of the CO's ... at least in years past. If one asked for an enumeration of CO's from Bell they'd not provide the info.
Yet anyone in the telecom biz, working downtown, knew that there was CO called 'Asquith' ... and there's only one street, a quite small one, in TO called "Asquith" (downtown no less - Bloor & Yonge)... and thereupon sits a mid-sized, windowless building .. a CO perchance?!
With no Bell identifying info on it. At least not in years past ... maybe they're 'branding' the CO's these days?!
Anyway, being as small a building as you say, it's probably not a CO. These buildings in past had /floors/ of old telecom switching gear. When everything went digital they had much leftover real-estate.
Then again, it /could/ be a relatively new, very-small, CO.
Is there anyway to know?
Enter your area code and NXX (1st three digits of your 7-digit phone number) here:
»www.telcodata.us/telcodata/telco
So will teksavvy work with this modem?
Short: Yes
Long: TekSavvy themselves (or more specifically, their service) doesn't care about DSL modem types. If your modem can connect to Bell's DSL gear (which always [for all intents and purposes] sits between you and /any/ DSL-based ISP) then TekSavvy and every other DSL-based ISP can serve you. |
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metalhawk
join:2007-02-06
Nepean, ON | Usually, what is the maximum distance from a CO one can be and still be able to get full speed over DSL? I realize that there's many factors to take into consideration as well, but this is an important factor in the equation... |
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TilhasBB
Formally Goden99
Premium
join:2000-08-05
canada | it depends on your lines.
I've seen some people "according to bell" that are 4km away and get full 5meg sync and some at 2km that can't get 5meg
it also largly depends on your inside wiring. |
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ChiGGz
join:2002-12-17
| reply to BellVictim
[Blockquote]
Heh, if there's a Bell logo on it then I'm disposed to think that it's *not* a CO. [/blockquote]
Thanks for the site, was exactly what I was looking for. So about that building I thought was a CO, the site points directly where I thought the CO was. It's basically a small brick house (kinda like a big shack) with no windows and a Bell logo.
So it seems the CO is 1.18 miles (3 minutes drive) from me physically. Now I live right by the main road, and the CO is on the main road as well, so I would suspect it reasonable to think that the telephone line is would be straight.
Bell provided us right now with a Speedstream 5260. So I would think it reasonable that a 5360 would suffice @ a distance of 1.18 miles.
What's your opinion?
I could get a speedstream 5360 for $25.00 shipped. |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON
1 edit | Damn.... That is a sweet little tool!
Guess this is a follow-up area within dslr as well (»/coinfo/clli/CHHMON17)
Nice!
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Rocky/TSIGUY - TekSavvy Solutions Inc. |
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BellVictim
Premium
join:2006-04-17
| I think the DSLReports version is busted tho?
I enter 416-969 (TTBOMK an Asquith-based NXX; used to terminate at Bay & Bloor) and it's saying "2664 ISLINGTON AV (EBCK)". It gives the same addy for 416-925 which used to terminate in the vicinity of Avenue & Bloor, and presumably still does.
TelcoData.US says Asquith for both, which jives with my recollections.
Wish I knew who to contact at DSLReports to notify them of this possible bug. Maybe someone else does? |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | Generally one of the head people ren@dslreports.com is probably one of the better connected ones in the organization and might know who to talk to.
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Rocky/TSIGUY - TekSavvy Solutions Inc. |
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BellVictim
Premium
join:2006-04-17
| said by R0CKY :Generally one of the head people ren@dslreports.com is probably one of the better connected ones in the organization and might know who to talk to. Okay, sent an email notifying them of the apparent bustage of the DSLReports implementation.
Thx for the lead! |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | NP |
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BellVictim
Premium
join:2006-04-17
| reply to R0CKY
Bummer, ren's email addy has left the server:
quote:
5.1.0 - Unknown address error 550-'{ren@dslreports.com}: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table'
Per:
»/contacts
Looks like I need to append a '_kolka' after the 'ren'. |
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R0CKY
TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON | LOL.... Oops... just checked in my mailbox and you're right, it's ren_kolka@dslreports.com.
Sorry 'bout that.
Rocky
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