Lexx
@cgocable.net
| June 1st - Leave Cogeco Day
Well the Day is almost here, and along with our amazingly rapish caps we now get a awesome bonus prize from cogeco! An Amazing price hike again! (sure some people will say its only a couple of dollars, but again like everything from cogeco, what do we gain as a consumer for that money??)
So I for one will be calling them up to cancel my service and switch to Teksavvy (only 1 meg a second, but still better than paying Corporate Cogeco Rapist). I will also be switching my parents service and suggesting any one I can do the same (as I hope you all do) To anyone that stays with Cogeco past June 1st... Good Luck
Lexx |
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SuperCM
join:2005-03-08
1 edit | I called up TekSavvy yesterday and am scheduled to activate with them on the 28th. If all goes well then I'll return Cogeco's modem over the weekend just before June 1st. |
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Airwolf
Merry Christmas. Shtter was full.
Premium
join:2001-10-30
Windsor, ON
clubs: | Wish I could, but DSL is crap in my area. I don't know if they improved it since I last had it. |
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Jeffer71
join:2008-09-13
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| said by Airwolf  :Wish I could, but DSL is crap in my area. I don't know if they improved it since I last had it. Go over to the Teksavvy side of things and have them look at your line stats. Won't cost you a thing and you might get surprised. |
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Airwolf
Merry Christmas. Shtter was full.
Premium
join:2001-10-30
Windsor, ON
clubs:
 ·Cogeco Cable
| reply to Jeffer71
Re: June 1st - Leave Cogeco Day
said by Jeffer71 :Go over to the Teksavvy side of things and have them look at your line stats. Won't cost you a thing and you might get surprised. How, I don't have a DSL modem. |
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nitzguy
Premium
join:2002-07-11
Sudbury, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Rogers Hi-Speed
| said by Airwolf :said by Jeffer71 :Go over to the Teksavvy side of things and have them look at your line stats. Won't cost you a thing and you might get surprised. How, I don't have a DSL modem. They can do a qualify based on your current phone number, but if you have Cogeco VOIP, it might be difficult to do. |
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javanox6
join:2004-02-05
nob2ko | reply to Lexx
Lexx
i am leaveing and my cogeco dies june 4th they still havent sent my box for me to throw the modem in to i going to call them wtf is takeing so long |
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cogecosucks
@cgocable.net | reply to Lexx
yes ill be leaving them too, asap. I truely hope alot more people do. This is rediculous. |
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SgtBDick
@cgocable.net | reply to Lexx
You are quite right sir, cogeco does suck. I am also leaving cogeco.
Charging $53 a month for a 60 GB cap is criminally high.
We won't take this lying down! |
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javanox6
join:2004-02-05
nob2ko
| reply to Lexx
i went with a company called hurontel they have a nice deal of 3 months free and then 34 plus 5 for modem plus tax for 12 months on a contract and its unlimited dls yesterday was my frist day of testing i am rolling at 500-700kb/s on news server all so torrents 400-600kb/s and my upload speeds are like 40-60kb/s i live in the bum of F now where lol and i am getting good speed this town is called rockwood lolol i am 100% sure they have there own Dslams |
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DAK
join:2009-05-27
Thorold, ON
| reply to Lexx
Talked to Bell and they tell me I can only get 2Mbit in my area for DSL... Teksavvy tells me I'd be lucky to get 3Mbit.. So I'm pretty much stuck I think, might almost be worth even taking the hit to drop to 3 with Teksavvy just for the high cap and not being with Cogeco, ugh.
It really is pathetic how bad the DSL offerings are in my area, not sure if it's distance to the CO or line quality, emailed Teksavvy to ask if they would be able to tell me and see what my chances are of being able to drop Cogeco as soon as possible are.
These changes really are pathetic, the obnoxiously low cap didn't bother me before the UBB and apparently a price increase on the 16th, but it's just a money-grab now, no interest in providing a respectable service, they just want to milk us, definitely taking another option the first chance I get. |
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bob18
@cgocable.net
| i hear ya... im really pissed off with cogeco as well like everyone else..i cannot get DSL on my street yet so im screwed
i sent a nice email to cogeco and said they were fuckin scum bags and there reply was 'we dont want to loose you as a customer' if you have any comments or questions please call the number
ya... right on..thats there response to everything... there lke robots... |
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msrosie
join:2005-10-06
Kingston, ON
| I have no intention of leaving Cogeco - they have great speed and are very rarely down. I've used Sympatico at a friend's house - the best it's shown is "low signal strength", it's slow as heck and won't let me upload anything without constantly disconnecting me. So, thank you very much for great service, Cogeco! |
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cogecosucks
@cgocable.net
| reply to Lexx
Well, i used to live in hamilton and i had mountain cable, and recently moved back to st. catherines area with my parents (school is done) and they have cogeco cable, and it frankly sucks.
When i had mountaincable, i had no caps, no throttle, newsgroup access, and everything just worked, without any hiccups or problems.
On the cogeco side of things, not only did i hit my bandwidth limit, i am also noticing slow downs in the peak hours (my parents have been complaining about this for the past year).
All i can say is, that we too are leaving cogeco cable (parents are relocating) and they couldnt be happier to ditch cogeco.
Frankly i am just getting fed up with the high prices for mediocre service, bandwidth limits, mediocre speeds, and throttling. They are just taking advantage of us, the customers, and its BS.
I for one will never be a cogeco customer, but i will gladly be a mountaincable customer (too bad they dont service the niagara region) |
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msrosie
join:2005-10-06
Kingston, ON
| If you aren't a Cogeco customer, why do you spend time at a Cogeco board?
I have no problem with bandwidth caps. Why should I, who only uses half the cap, pay the same as someone who goes over the cap? It's only fair to make those who go over pay more, or suspend them. |
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Fireblade
join:2008-08-27
St Catharines, ON | reply to Lexx
Mountain Cable, really good shit. |
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metrotitan
join:2008-11-21
·Cogeco Cable
4 edits | reply to msrosie
said by msrosie :If you aren't a Cogeco customer, why do you spend time at a Cogeco board? I have no problem with bandwidth caps. Why should I, who only uses half the cap, pay the same as someone who goes over the cap? It's only fair to make those who go over pay more, or suspend them. Apologists, gotta love 'em.
Do you have any idea how cheap bandwidth is these days and how uncomfortably LOW these caps are? Do a little homework.
By your own logic, if your family only uses "half the cap", then YOU should pay HALF THE PRICE. Why would you draw the conclusion that the rest of us should be "punished" in some way? Go call Cogeco and demand a partial refund. How exactly am I hurting you if my household uses, say, 85GB/month (very easy to do on a 10Mb connection Cogeco provides as standard)? I ask you to once again do your homework when it comes to today's true bandwidth costs.
You do realize Cogeco and Bell compete directly with online media distribution services, no? You do see the foul play here, no? People are moving away from their cable/satellite providers for their entertainment needs and that scares these companies to death. Ask yourself why companies that are strictly Internet providers like TekSavvy are NOT implementing these ridiculously low caps.
You may not be cognizant of today's Internet and the changing face of content delivery, but many of us are. You can try to judge people and their families who choose to embrace change and support the new economy and display ill founded righteousness in the process, but you only reveal your lack of understanding of today's rapidly changing world. |
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urbanriot
join:2004-10-18
St Catharines, ON
·Cogeco Cable
| How is he an apologist? Because his point of view is different from yours?
said by metrotitan :Ask yourself why companies that are strictly Internet providers like TekSavvy are NOT implementing these ridiculously low caps. Well, right off the top of my head, they don't have the same overhead, maintenance and operating costs as Cogeco has. Now before you inaccurately accuse me of being an apologist, I also don't agree with the rediculously low caps; but Cogeco's business structure is completely different from their competitors which is the basis of one of your arguments and yet you attempt to complain that they should have a similar pricing structure.
said by metrotitan :You may not be cognizant of today's Internet and the changing face of content delivery, but many of us are. You can try to judge people and their families who choose to embrace change and support the new economy and display ill founded righteousness in the process, but you only reveal your lack of understanding of today's rapidly changing world. Well that's clever... assert that the poster (or anyone else) reveals a lack of understanding and ill founded righteousness in an attempt to trump further opinions that are contrary to yours.
Well, at least the boards will be quieter after June 1st if some of you are truly leaving  |
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