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Resident Pentaxian
Premium,Mod
join:2002-06-09
Chicoutimi | What a cload of crap 249.95$ for a 200GB cap?
"More value" for your money. People who can afford will not be morons, this is so insulting. | |
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ztmike
Mark for moderation
Premium
join:2001-08-02
Michigan City, IN | Re: What a cload of crap Its no better than Comcasts Extreme tier with a cap of 250GB. | |
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join:2003-05-10
Harrison, TN | Re: What a cload of crap It is no better. It's actually worse. Much worse.
This is insulting and pathetic on so many levels. | |
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| Mustafa
join:2006-10-04
| A couple of things how many servers are actually going to be able to give you those speeds?
Shaw also has 10Mbs and lower packages that most people can barely get half those speeds especially during prime times. This is from my own experience testing my computer and some of my neighbors (east end of town) and my sisters and some others on the west end of town. So what’s the guarantee that you would actually get those speeds unless you had your own personal node or one with few people on it?
I guess it looks good on commercials. | |
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adisor19
join:2004-10-11 | Ewww This is disturbing actually. If i'm not mistaking, they also throttle bit torrent as well so not only is it called to 200GB but it's also gonna be dog slow to transfer files.
Adi | |
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pnjunction
Teksavvy Premium
Premium
join:2008-01-24
Toronto, ON | Re: Ewww So pretty much I'm no better off than with my 5MB (unthrottled) DSL and 200GB cap for 30$/month. You don't need 100mbps to load web pages or watch Youtube videos. | |
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Frank
is chilling
Premium
join:2000-11-03
somewhere
 ·Verizon FIOS
| the scary part is Hardly anybody will sign up for this horrible plan and then some tool in their marketing dept will use it as 'proof' that nobody wants higher speed internet when in reality the only reason nobody signs up for it is because it has a horrible pricepoint and a horrendous cap.
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At first I thought everyone on the highway was drunk but then I realized I was driving in Florida  | |
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andyb
Premium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| Re: the scary part is said by Frank  :Hardly anybody will sign up for this horrible plan and then some tool in their marketing dept will use it as 'proof' that nobody wants higher speed internet when in reality the only reason nobody signs up for it is because it has a horrible pricepoint and a horrendous cap. That about sums it up nicely. | |
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Qlinky
@rogers.com | wtf what a universally dumb idea, like really? I don't understand how these people run a business with shit like this.
i feel sick where is the barf bucket | |
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IWould
| I 'd take it My 5meg dsl is throttled too.
Pricepoint issue? Where?
$40/5meg = $8/meg
$250/100meg = $2.5/meg
Especially important for me is the upload @ 5 meg.
Yes, I'm not the average user, and wouldn't reach the 200g limit anyway, so the caps do not bother me. | |
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| NeoandGeo
join:2003-05-10
Harrison, TN | Re: I 'd take it Yes it's a better price, but it's nearly worthless since they cap you. There really is no need for 100Mbps if you're not hitting 200GB a month. | |
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| Philbo
join:2009-02-03
Whitby, ON | Hey, good luck finding an upstream server that will send you something anywhere near that speed. This is marketing bullshit. | |
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Hpower
Roflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA | Lame The cap just kills it. I hit 200gb cap so easily with my 10mbps connection, pfft.
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | One more useless product subject says all. | |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| Can 5Mbs up SUPPORT 100Mbs Down? There is a need for an Uplink stream to support your downloading (sending ACKs, etc. to say "It Got Here - Send More Packets" and "Resend Packets that did not get here successfully"). Depending on how you are set up, a slow Uplink can throttle the downlink if the ratio is to large. The maximum ACHIEVABLE download speed is based on the upload speed as well as latency between the two nodes and a number of other factors. To get full download speed, the request for more packets must arrive soon enough to keep the sender going at full speed. | |
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Jake1234
@verizon.net
| If the contain caps They should just list them as the average sustained speed + peak speed.
So this is a ~600kbit connection with a 100mbit burst down and 5mbit burst up for $204/month.
What's amazing is you can easily hit the cap on the 5mbit connection let alone the 100mbit!
Joy...I'll stick with my 20mbit/20mbit connection with no caps for $65. | |
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chronoss2009
join:2008-09-23
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| lets talk abou tthe capacity a second 100megabit unlimited = 31.6 Terabytes a month
200GB means that you will reach that in 4.7 hrs of use
do you want ot pay 249$ for 4.7 hrs of net time. AND
with teksavvy
a 5 megabit unlimited account means i get 31 days of use and can get around 1.5-1.6 TB
7-8 times the value at ONE FIFTH THE COST.
COME ON SHAW, pretty lame nice try. | |
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| praetoralpha
join:2005-08-06
Mount Vernon, OH | and also lets talk about the fact that someone is probably not going to get 100megs down, much less for 4.7 hours straight. | |
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hobojobo
@telus.net | Ya teksavvy is the only way to go if you want to use your internet connection. 200gigs is a joke but i guess bad PR is better then none. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | 5mbps up? meh | |
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| ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB
| Re: I wouldnt Worry too much about the caps. I guarantee you will get noticed on this plan if you go over. Guar-an-tee.
It will be like the car that drives by a cop at 110 km/h and gets ignored. Fly by at 200 km/h and see how fast you get noticed. At 100 Mbps people won't be going over their cap by a bit. | |
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jadebangle
Premium
join:2007-05-22
Olathe, KS
·SureWest Internet
·AT&T Yahoo
 ·Comcast
| Re: I wouldnt Worry too much about the caps. said by ErikRP :I guarantee you will get noticed on this plan if you go over. Guar-an-tee. It will be like the car that drives by a cop at 110 km/h and gets ignored. Fly by at 200 km/h and see how fast you get noticed. At 100 Mbps people won't be going over their cap by a bit. What he mean is that its not really enforced so it must be like you got to be on their top ten heavy user list  | |
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Shaw Expands 100Mbps Availability
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Re: lets talk abou tthe capacity a second