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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:09:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>So we need a legitimate reason to use a lot of bandwidth?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Done and done:

http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2009/week48/Thursday/112604.htm

For once Rogers has done us a favour.

"Speaking of speed, videos will initially be available in standard-definition at 480 kbps and 1mbps; the opportunity to offer HD videos is currently being considered."

That means you can watch this service for 6 hours a day, after which you'll blow your (proposed) cap.  Three people in the house watching different stations?  2 hours a day.  And when HD is offerent?  I dunno, 10 milliseconds?  ;)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 15:42:59</pubDate>
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<title>Massive browsing lag while using uTorrent</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23404755</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hi there,
First of all thank you for your time for reading this post. I have a problem after I switched over to Teksavvy. Whenever me or one of my roommate (there are 5 of us) uses uTorrent, everyone else, except for the one using uTorrent, experiences massive lag. It takes like 5-10 second to load new pages while browsing internet, and youtube videos are impossible to watch. And what's interesting is that if one of us who wasn't using uTorrent before, start using uTorrent, the lag seems to go away him, but the other 3 (who are not using uTorrent) still experience massive lag. Any idea what could be causing this? We tried reducing the number of connection in uTorrent but it didn't help. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-27 22:32:22</pubDate>
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<title>Hi new to TekSavvy.</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23403220</link>
<description><![CDATA[I recently switched from Bell, saving a nice 30-40$ a month from the over bandwidth charges, and the phone charges.

Anyways I got my router today and I was just wondering how do I tell if I actually do have the tomato firmware installed? Also how would I port forward using the Thomson wireless router? Thanks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-27 15:13:49</pubDate>
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<title>Cable overbuild(maybe fibre) for Toronto and Surrounding</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23383904</link>
<description><![CDATA[CRTC Approved, could be interesting 
"The Commission approves an application by MTT Networks Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate a Class 1 terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking to serve Toronto and surrounding areas, Ontario."
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-713.htm]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-23 14:31:09</pubDate>
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<title>Speedtest server</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23403451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hey guys, I just made a whole bunch of changes in the tcp windowing of the kernel on our speedtest server.

http://speedtest.teksavvy.com

Can you guys check it out, see if it's any better? Or worst? :-P
--
TSI Gabe - TekSavvy Solutions Inc.
Authorized TSI employee ( http://www.dslreports.com/faq/14672#14672 )
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<pubDate>2009-11-27 16:22:12</pubDate>
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<title>Blade servers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All right! Uber Geek Alert! In other words, I don't know where else to ask this question. :)

As some of you know, I'm working on launching a cable television channel later this year. The automated broadcast system for this channel will be entirely computer based, and the distribution will be for the most part IP based. The performance requirements for the system will not be too high, but I'll still need quite a bit of equipment, and at least 10 terabytes of hard drive space for the video files.

To make life easier, I'm considering getting a blade server package which will be installed at a datacenter. I figured I can  squeeze everything I'll need for the next two years in a single IBM Bladecenter S chassis. Throw in a keyboard/monitor drawer, and I can fit everything in a 1/4 rack with 2U to spare.

The question is: are IBM Bladecenters reliable and cost effective these days? I'm having a lot of trouble finding ANY reviews on the product, including credible complaints!

I'm also checking out the offerings by HP and Dell, but haven't figured out if everything I'll need for the next two years will fit in that same 1/4 rack. If I have to upgrade to a 1/2 rack and extra power, the monthly co-location costs will double, possibly negating any potential cost savings achieved by going with a cheaper equipment provider (the equipment will be leased, not purchased).

So any opinions out there? Has anyone here worked with IBM Bladecenters or know someone who has worked with them? Was the experience on the whole positive or negative? And how was the cost, set-up and long term maintenance? Good or bad?

Thanks!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-06-07 18:35:28</pubDate>
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<title>Bell offering 175M service :)</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23401186</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just got a letter from Bell today:

"Dear Renton

We'd like to offer you Internet service that's up to 35 times faster than your current service - for less than what you're paying now."

The actual offer is 2Mbps for 21.95/mo the first 12 months in a bundle. They are assuming I have dial-up...
Rate after that is 32.00/mo or about what I pay right now for Teksavvy. So in the end I won't get 35x the service I have now but I would get less than half the speed for the same price.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-26 23:42:35</pubDate>
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<title>The Dissolve The CRTC petition has 10000 sigs!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Congratulations mlerner. Let's hope this gets somewhere.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-03 18:19:14</pubDate>
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<title>Just signed up for DSL. Hello fellow Teksavvy users!</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23035142</link>
<description><![CDATA[Okay so,

I just got off the phone with a fairly nice sales rep at Teksavvy... I felt like I was being rushed, but she was good-humoured at the same time. I ordered Residential Premium.

My line is currently still provisioned to 3web, but the cancellation date is on the 30th of September. 'Not sure which exact day it will start working again, but hopefully it will be smooth. In any case, I'm excited and looking forward to having a connection that I can actually use during the evenings again.

My router can already get a Teksavvy IP address and their DNS servers, but the internet still only seems to work through my 3web account. This is normal until the cancellation/activation day I hope...

I'm hoping now that I have the full force of Teksavvy behind me, I can man-handle Bhell into fixing my line :P I know, I know what you're thinking, but just let me have my moment.

I'm going to try to get a NID installed outside, considering the box outside is only a splice box and it's very hard to test from there.

I get errors even when connected to the splice box for less than a minute, but I'm on a 4032/512 interleaved profile right now, so the line only goes down every 2-3 days now that the profile has been tinkered with. With a 5000/800 fastpath profile, the line goes down dozens of times a day, especially in the evenings and over night. It stays connected almost all day during the day, though.

Anyways, I just wanted to say Hello to everyone and offer a heads-up because I'll probably be asking for help and advice. I hope that's okay.

I've already received a tremendous amount of help from a certain someone on this forum. You know who you are and thank you!

See you all around.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-09-16 17:55:37</pubDate>
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