TekSavvy → Moving next month.. forced to leave Teksavvy :(

So this is devastating...

Just found out the building I'm moving to next month only has FTTH/FTTP so Teksavvy can't provide Internet, meaning I have to *cancel* Teksavvy. :'(

This sucks. Way to go CRTC/Government/ConglomeratesFromHell. Now my money gets to go reinforce our flawed internet industry.

These last 8 years have been great. I'll miss you.

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On a slightly positive note, now I can get gigabit Internet. so Bell or Rogers? which evil is less painful?

Hey tecsys3,

Happy to hear you have been happy with us and our service, we will miss you too!

Please keep an eye out for when we do have things set up, then you can rejoin us. =)

Don't hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.

Respectfully,

If it was me, I'd give Bell gigabit a try, because it's real FTTH not mickey mouse DOCSIS 3.0 (not even 3.1) and Rogers modems are terrible in terms of stability. If you're a gamer true FTTH will be better.

Thanks. Yea, I heard FTTH is coming "soon" but I'm not holding my breath. I was leaning the same way, thanks for the reassurance

I always wondered about true FTTH in a condo building, but given that teksavvy can't supply it, it must be pretty damn true.

On the contrary, most FTTH deployments are probably condos, since it's much cheaper to wire up.

Wholesale ISP's will eventually get access to incumbents FTTH, the CRTC said they have to share it, but it will take a few more years of hearings/proceedings/stall tactics by Bell/etc before it's available.

Exactly why I'm not holding my breath. I feel like by the time Teksavvy gets it, I'll be moving to another building and who knows what problems I'll encounter there.

Not to mention I'm sure the first 10 hearings will involve Rogers/Bell whining about the enormous cost to provide it. And how supporting teksavvy users will be such a burden on them without buckets of cash. And how their IPTV doesn't use the Internet.

It is an old debate, but I can't help bringing it back up. Bell's FTTH is something called GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network). That is, the fibre to your unit carries the same signal as the fibre to each of the neighbouring units. There is a passive optical splitter, which is like a prism essentially, that sends the same blinks of light to typically 32 homes at a time. Sharing out access among those 32 'drops' is surprisingly similar to DOCSIS.

Since there is no copper there's no electromagnetic interference. Also, Bell has tight control over everything that gets connected to the system, which helps eliminate sources of problems. Overall it should be the most reliable choice. However, I wouldn't call it "true FTTH". For that you need Beanfield.

We have bell fttb it is glorious.

Yes, and you get multiple circuits on a single fibre. Glorious like I said.

I'd go with Bell. I have the Gigabit Fibe and do like the 100 up instead of Rogers' 20 up for their gig package.

Their support is useless for anything advanced but mine has been solid. I've that their FTTH since 2012 and it's been very solid.

I hope Teksavvy gets access sooner rather than later but yeah.