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Sympatico Speed Increase

Would you mind sharing the source of this information? Do you have any links or an ETA on official release?

As for price, *shrug*, it's the same with my cable provider, I pay 60$/month for an extra megabit. It may be worth it depending on what other changes they include with it. But I am highly skeptical of these claims until I see some evidence.

reply to ATCtech8
I highly doubt that because of the distance limitations of ADSL...

reply to ATCtech8
Yeah, sounds like BS to me.

reply to Irenic
Sure, it's from www.newswire.ca and it came out at 5:30 this evening.

Bob

Looks pretty real. If that's true then I'm switching right back down to normal HSE!
Could see them lifting the unlimited bandwidth after a change like this...

reply to EveryName
Damned if he's not right! And in the first Quarter to 2004!

»www.newswire.ca/en/releases/arch···122.html

Bell to double download speed for High-Speed Internet - Improve upload performance by five times
TORONTO, Dec. 15 /CNW/ - Offering the best performance in its class, Bell
Canada will double the speed of its High Speed Internet service from 1.5 Mbps
to up to 3 Mbps. Also receiving increased speeds are Bell Internet customers
who are currently on the 3Mbps service will move to up to 4 Mbps. Uploading
performance for both of these customer groups will increase five times to up
to 800kbps.
These speed upgrades will deliver measurable performance improvements
through Bell's further investment in network capability, not achievable by
just changing modem settings. The price for the enhanced service will not
change for either Bell residential Sympatico customers or Bell Business
Internet customers.
Bell's high-speed Internet service is the country's broadband market
leader with 1.4 million business and residential customers. Unlike cable high-
speed, Bell's high speed connections are carried via a dedicated line and are
not shared among users. This provides for greater consistency of speed
regardless of the time of day.

More Speed for Consumers

"More than half of our customers use the Internet for instant messaging,
online games and sharing digital photos - all activities where speed in both
directions matters," said Charlotte Burke, senior vice-president, Consumer
Internet Services, Bell Canada. "By doubling our speed and increasing our
upload performance, we give our customers a much larger door to the Internet
and all it has to offer."
"Canadian Internet subscribers are looking for a total Internet
experience that includes dependable access and speed, as well as online
information, entertainment, applications, gaming, networking and security,"
added Burke.

Meeting Demand from Business Customers

"Business customers require more speed to store large amounts of data
off-site to ensure back-up and security," said Pat Tremaine, Senior Vice-
President, Marketing - Small and Medium Business. "Speed is required to allow
them to share large files with customers and suppliers. Bell customers are
also turning more and more to videoconferencing over the Internet. These and
other functions demand considerable two-way speed and we're responding to that
demand."
More than 75 per cent of Bell business and residential high-speed
customers will experience speed and performance enhancements in the first
quarter of 2004.
Bell Canada currently offers DSL high speed access to approximately 80
per cent of its service territory, and has plans to expand it further. Bell
Canada recently filed a proposal with the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which calls for the continued expansion
of broadband connections to homes, businesses and public institutions in rural
and remote areas of Ontario and Quebec where service is unavailable. If its
proposal is approved, Bell Canada plans to invest up to $170 million to add
200,000 connections over a three-year period.
In addition, the company provides high-speed Internet access just about
anywhere in Canada through Bell ExpressVu's Direct PC service.

About Bell Canada
-----------------
Bell Canada, Canada's national leader in communications, provides
connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless
voice and data communications, local and long distance phone services, high
speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business
solutions and satellite television services. Bell Canada is wholly owned by
BCE Inc. For more information please visit www.bell.ca .

For further information: Don Blair, Bell Canada Media Relations,
(416) 581-3311, 1-888 482-0809, don.blair@bell.ca

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reply to ATCtech8
It would only make sense... Lucent and Bell are doing a great job for us.

reply to ATCtech8
Well, pass the ketchup because I'm going to eat my hat!

Stickied!

reply to ATCtech8
*gasps and dies* So Hell did freeze over...

reply to MacGyver
How does this compare with Rogers? Higher speed? Lower cost?
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I hope higher speed and no usage caps still in place...

reply to DKS

said by DKS:

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How does this compare with Rogers? Higher speed? Lower cost?

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reply to ATCtech8

said by ATCtech8:

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Just received a press release that 1.5 MB Sympatico is going to 3 MB, and the Ultra 3 MB service is going to 4 MB. Upload speed will increase "up to" 800 kB.

No price changes will take place as a result of these improvements.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but does an extra $30+ a month justify only a potential (maximum) 25% speed increase for Ultra customers?

Comments??

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reply to elusion
I take you back to my original post though.... let's suppose the typical 1.5 MB customer sees 2.7-2.9 MB for free after the change, but an Ultra customer like me sees my 2.8-2.9 MB connection go to only 3.5-3.6 MB. I know I'll be "downgrading" to retain my current level of service unless the Ultra price is forced to drop. If the speed can't get beyond 4 MB due to technical limits in ADSL delivery then it's simply not worth the extra dollars.

said by ATCtech8:

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I take you back to my original post though.... let's suppose the typical 1.5 MB customer sees 2.7-2.9 MB for free after the change, but an Ultra customer like me sees my 2.8-2.9 MB connection go to only 3.5-3.6 MB. I know I'll be "downgrading" to retain my current level of service unless the Ultra price is forced to drop. If the speed can't get beyond 4 MB due to technical limits in ADSL delivery then it's simply not worth the extra dollars.

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reply to ATCtech8
If current Ultra customers can't get 4meg then they can downgrade to Regular HSE and pay a lower price for the same speeds they were getting before... For current Ultra customers who can get the 4meg service, they get 1mbps extra for the same price... I'm sure Bell will do all they can to make sure everyone be able to get at least 3mbps sync

reply to ATCtech8
Apparently the new deployment technology Bell is starting to use is the reason why they are going to start offering higher speeds.

From what I hear, it can support DSL over a 25 km range.

I'll try to get a link to the site and post it up here, unless someone else finds it first.
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reply to BliZZardX
I had been mulling a switch from HSLD + ExpressVu to Cogeco Cable. Mulling ends.

reply to Deadpool
»(Ooops) Will 25mbs ADSL2+ obviate FTTH? (NO!)

Is it ADSL2+?