cowwoc
join:2007-05-19
St John'S, NL | reply to Guspaz
Re: [DSL] Good News - DSL upgrades said by Guspaz:It's very rare that you qualify for 15/10 but not 25/10...
Well, according to Bell's website this is the case for me. According to Teksavvy employees as of a few months ago I only qualify for 15/1 under their service offering.
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | said by cowwoc:said by Guspaz:It's very rare that you qualify for 15/10 but not 25/10...
Well, according to Bell's website this is the case for me. According to Teksavvy employees as of a few months ago I only qualify for 15/1 under their service offering. Gili Bell only sells 15/10, no 15/1...and it's "up to" service... you will get it if you can, chances are if you can't get 25/10... your chance of getting 15/10 is non existant. Upload is the first thing getting affected by distance issue for Bell VDSL. |
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cowwoc
join:2007-05-19
St John'S, NL | said by kovy:said by cowwoc:said by Guspaz:It's very rare that you qualify for 15/10 but not 25/10...
Well, according to Bell's website this is the case for me. According to Teksavvy employees as of a few months ago I only qualify for 15/1 under their service offering. Gili Bell only sells 15/10, no 15/1...and it's "up to" service... you will get it if you can, chances are if you can't get 25/10... your chance of getting 15/10 is non existant. Upload is the first thing getting affected by distance issue for Bell VDSL. I don't need the full 15/10. I just need something with a higher upload speed than 1mbps. Even getting 3-4 mbps up would be great.
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | said by cowwoc:I don't need the full 15/10. I just need something with a higher upload speed than 1mbps. Even getting 3-4 mbps up would be great.
Gili
But are you sure you can even get VDSL ? Just because the website says 15/10... maybe you area doesn't have VDSL to start off with.
This is what they have on their webpage for 15/10, notice the option for 15/1 is no more available.
"Actual speeds will vary depending on the distance between the customer’s modem and switching equipment from Bell. Min. 680 Kbps and max. 10 Mbps up speeds."
And if you're at St John'S, NL... no way is Bell Canada serving there, more like Bell Alliant ? |
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cowwoc
join:2007-05-19
St John'S, NL | said by kovy:said by cowwoc:I don't need the full 15/10. I just need something with a higher upload speed than 1mbps. Even getting 3-4 mbps up would be great.
Gili
But are you sure you can even get VDSL ? Just because the website says 15/10... maybe you area doesn't have VDSL to start off with. How do I find out? One of my neighbors works for Bell. He mentioned we have FTTN but not FTTH in our area. Does that help?
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | said by cowwoc:said by kovy:said by cowwoc:I don't need the full 15/10. I just need something with a higher upload speed than 1mbps. Even getting 3-4 mbps up would be great.
Gili
But are you sure you can even get VDSL ? Just because the website says 15/10... maybe you area doesn't have VDSL to start off with. How do I find out? One of my neighbors works for Bell. He mentioned we have FTTN but not FTTH in our area. Does that help? Gili You should go in the bell direct forum here on DSLR... and ask what you qualify with and if he can do a neighbour check to see what speed they have. You could be on FTTN, but if there's no VDSL2 card then it's useless. In order to have more then 1mbps upload with Bell you need to have at least VDSL2 or FTTH. |
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cowwoc
join:2007-05-19
St John'S, NL | said by kovy:You should go in the bell direct forum here on DSLR... and ask what you qualify with and if he can do a neighbour check to see what speed they have. You could be on FTTN, but if there's no VDSL2 card then it's useless. In order to have more then 1mbps upload with Bell you need to have at least VDSL2 or FTTH.
Good advice. I asked on the Bell Direct forum as you mentioned and it turns out VDSL2 is not available in my area 
I'm a bit surprised. There are million dollar homes in my area (not my own) and all construction is less than 7 years old. You'd figure they'd put out the latest technology...
Anyway, what do I do now? Just sit and wait a couple of years?
Thanks,
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | said by cowwoc:I'm a bit surprised. There are million dollar homes in my area (not my own) and all construction is less than 7 years old. You'd figure they'd put out the latest technology...
It's hard to say without knowing why.. some of the most expensive homes in the US and UK do not have high speed connectivity because the neighborhood residence do not want the remotes in their neighborhood. I wouldn't be surprised if that was not the case for some Canadian neighborhoods too. |
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