HenryVIII
join:2008-09-01
| Wired broadband in a suburb with no copper phone lines?
I live in a new residential development just north of Toronto that had its broadband infrastructure (coax and cat5e) laid by FCI Broadband. When I was with FCI, it was beyond amazing. 8000/8000 PPPOE over ATM residential internet connection with no caps to speak of and not a single call to their customer service in the three years of service I enjoyed with them. Perhaps I became spoiled? 
After FCI had gotten a nice little presence established here, Rogers decided to buy out the entire area. They've killed the ethernet and forced everyone to Rogers Hi-Speed. Grandfathering? Ha! Ha! We're all fresh meat.
If there are any regular copper phone lines in this neighborhood, they don't connect to anything resembling Bell's network. I tried to get DSL when I first moved in, but after months of calling various places I eventually discovered that Bell has nothing to do with the wires in this area. There's a CAT5e cable running to every house that used to bring internet and glad tidings, but I don't know where the other end of that cable lies.
What options for wired broadband are there if all you have is Rogers coax? Is the cost of laying a telephone line less than 6 figures? I've already looked on canadianisp and can't find any ISPs meeting my needs. I want an internet connection with speed comparable to my current 7/1 mbit connection, and I want the company running it to not have a penchant for crapping in peoples' cornflakes.
I'm moving sometime in the next year, so I'm not interested in spending hundreds to get wireless installed. Satellite is off the table. Any ideas? |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON | 3web and Rogers cable are likely your only options. Maybe portable internet (pre-wimax) is available there but you won't get anywhere near 7 megs. |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | reply to HenryVIII
There was big fight years go when Bell and Robbers were ticked they were locked out.
Guess Robbers fixed the problem by just buying the company |
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mlerner
Premium
join:2000-11-25
Nepean, ON
 ·Rogers Hi-Speed
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| said by elwoodblues  :There was big fight years go when Bell and Robbers were ticked they were locked out. Guess Robbers fixed the problem by just buying the company Yes and the funny part is Bell still won't bring service to those areas. I guess it's more expensive to wire telephone lines then getting new customers. |
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