Just recieved an upgrade in my area for internet

[Captain]

It's Teksavvy's new fiber DSL.

[Eraser]

I heard "Ziggo" customers in the Netherlands that have a 100Mbps connection are getting a free upgrade to 150Mbps

[^Ghost]

about 100$ a month including phone and cable tv

[obsidian]

It's Teksavvy's new fiber DSL.

"Fiber" DSL is still just DSL. There is no residential fiber service in Canada. That's why Bell quotes the service as "Fibe", because they can't legally call it a fiber line to your house. But anyway, who can complain about free upgrades, right? Teksavvy FTW.

I took a look at TekSavvy's website and noticed different pricing packages now. My last bill was for $32 but still stuck at 5mbps, I wonder if I'll be upgraded soon or at least get a cheaper bill next month.

[Captain]

Fiber is still a new and exciting piece of technology in Canada. In Europe and the rest of the civilized world, it's ancient history

Your bill should be automatically adjusted by now if you're still on the copper. Call them and make sure.

(doesn't hurt to triple your speed for the same price either, the activation fee is now $50 instead of $95)

[DTS]

[shaft]

[AmIdYfReAk]

i feel so SLOW!

[obsidian]

Amidy, are you on cable or DSL? What kind of modem do you have there?

I'm thinking of upgrading to TekSavvy's DSL 15/10, but apparently Bell has shit infrastructure that only supports one shitty model of modem.

[Whiskey 7]

"Down Under" on ADSL2?

$80/ mth, free national calls telephoen (mobiles are extra)
10Gb/ then shaped



Here's an old one on cable, yes a different ISP & technology, a couple of years ago but doubled d/l speed


Dates top right hand side.
You can see below sometimes it was near worthless but fortunately I changed address (and ISP)

[Captain]

Amidy, are you on cable or DSL? What kind of modem do you have there?

I'm thinking of upgrading to TekSavvy's DSL 15/10, but apparently Bell has shit infrastructure that only supports one shitty model of modem.

A TP-Link TD-6816 ADSL2+ Modem will work fine with 15/10 on Teksavvy. Just depends on whether your area supports to 10Mb up.

[obsidian]

I already have an ADSL2+ modem. 15/10 or above service requires a VDSL2 modem, and the only one supported by Bell's wonky draft DSLAM infrastructure is the Sagemcom 2864, which has a faulty Bell locked firmware that causes constant connection drops. Thanks Bell for once again fucking shit up.

[GONNAFISTYA]

"Down Under" on ADSL2?

$80/ mth, free national calls telephoen (mobiles are extra)
10Gb/ then shaped



Here's an old one on cable, yes a different ISP & technology, a couple of years ago but doubled d/l speed


Dates top right hand side.
You can see below sometimes it was near worthless but fortunately I changed address (and ISP)

lol Telstra/Bigpond suck massive cock. Probably always will.

Switch to Internode or burn in hell.

[obsidian]

Ultrafast internet speeds that most Canadian city dwellers can only dream of will soon be available to all 8,500 residents in a rural Alberta community for as little as $57 a month, thanks to a project by the town's non-profit economic development foundation...

"Because we're a community-owned project we get to balance out profitability versus what's best for the community."...

All told, the project will probably have cost $13 million to $14 million when it's complete, Gustafson said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story ... -olds.html

$13-14 million is really just peanuts for infrastructure... all achieved though government and non-profits. Bell/Rogers/Shaw corporates can probably make that much in profit in a week, yet they have no incentive to upgrade their own infrastructure. Makes one wonder just how much Bell, Rogers and Shaw is swindling the entire country.

[AmIdYfReAk]

Amidy, are you on cable or DSL? What kind of modem do you have there?

I'm thinking of upgrading to TekSavvy's DSL 15/10, but apparently Bell has shit infrastructure that only supports one shitty model of modem.

Cable, Thompson DCM475.

As said above, the TP link modem works well, and sells cheap ( goes on sale for $15. )

[SOAPboy]

Wish id see the 150 I pay for, But itll do.

[plained]

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2934005172

[DTS]

Just got a new ISP, they say it doesn't work flawlessly for the first 3 days, so I'll run the test again after 3 days.

They also said you can make it better by using your connection as much as possible; what's that about?

Also getting that Q3W at 56k speed effect that people were mentioning in another thread (in GD). Some pepole were getting it, some not, I wasn't on my old ISP but am on this new one. Anyway that ping is lower, that's good, right?

http://duckduckgo.com loads quickly, only other site I just tried.

[SoM]

They also said you can make it better by using your connection as much as possible; what's that about?

Also getting that Q3W at 56k speed effect that people were mentioning in another thread (in GD). Some pepole were getting it, some not, I wasn't on my old ISP but am on this new one. Anyway that ping is lower, that's good, right?

http://duckduckgo.com loads quickly, only other site I just tried.

whoever said that is an idiot, especially if you're on a cap

site is fix0red now, and low ping0r is always good, you should know that

thx for the search engine, i like it

[DTS]

What they meant is you can make the 3 days transition get the connection up to a better performance by the end of it (the 3 days) if you use the connection as much as possible. Just to clarify.

Is it still bullshit?

There's no transfer cap.

Yeah, I knew lower ping is better, just not whether the Speedtest site is a good indication of the sort of ping you'd get elsewhere.

[DTS]

[SoM]

How to speed up your slow internet connection

posted last night on geek

[SoM]

new modem, new plan

hybrid fiber 60/10
+25% off for a year guarantee


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same plan as above

[Captain]

lol Rogers...

Full speed during peak hours and a 300GB cap that only counts downloads and is unlimited between 2am-8am. Teksavvy wins.

[DTS]

I should be playing online games with that ping, right? About time I got a new PC and/or online console.