#9923621 - 10/15/20 04:59 AM
What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Risky Business
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TekSavvy just jacked up their rates by 20% which is pretty crazy, was paying $49 (now $59) for 30 down/unlimited.
The service has been excellent for the 5 years I've used them, I think I've had a total of 2-3 outages in 5 years that were resolved within hours. Speed has never been an issue and I don't want to deal with new modem setup/etc.
That said, is it worth switching because of price or are other internet providers around the same?
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#9923642 - 10/15/20 07:54 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Awesome, thanks. Looks like $39/month gets me better than what I have now. Need to confirm modem/router are accepted and I am switching.
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#9923672 - 10/15/20 08:40 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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How do you find their speeds? Their posted speeds seem significantly lower than what Rogers/Bell provide or rather advertise, as experienced speed is not exactly the same as advertised speed.
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#9923684 - 10/15/20 08:57 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Senor Eduardo_82
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I'm only on 30D/5U, no issues. Speed tests regularly show hitting those targets. Occasionally YouTube lags, but that's pretty rare. I don't stream from other platforms but I'd probably go up to the 75/10 plan if I was.
For Risky:
https://www.ebox.ca/en/compatible-modems/
FWIW: Some RFD people had issues getting signed up with eBox this summer. Their billing is a bit odd for the first few cycles so prepare for that, as they bill everyone from the first to the last of every month. If you start service in the middle of the month that has to be corrected for on their end.
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/ebox-ca-internet-75-10-43-50-10-40-1-year-contract-2377715/
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#9924214 - 10/15/20 04:44 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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#9924263 - 10/15/20 05:47 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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28.8kb dial up? like porschetr?
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#9924604 - 10/16/20 08:44 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Senor Eduardo_82
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For high-speed that might be true. I don't game, or stream, or really have any need for a 150, 300, 500, or 1GB speed. I had 75 for a while on a promo and it was faster, but do I really need CSi and Reddit to load faster?
BTW: Any cheap places to get gas this week? 
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#9924705 - 10/16/20 10:20 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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#9924788 - 10/16/20 11:19 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Gas? That's so yesterday...
i have a lot of gas
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#9925368 - 10/17/20 05:43 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Called Ebox. The promo I wanted is for DSL and I currently have cable so my modem isn't compatible.
There is a $50 Setup Fee, $15 Shipping fee for the modem they ship you for free rental for 12 months (duration of promo) and the part that made me put the brakes on is they said they have to run a credit check on me unless I buy the modem direct from them for $120. Don't want credit check over $40, wtf. Anyway I am still considering them, I can't figure out what DSL modems are compatible, everything listed is for Cable internet.
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#9928701 - 10/21/20 03:31 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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i was getting robbed with bell. fucking $100/mo just for internet i guess since my promo's expired.
just signed up for fido, got 75dl and 10 up for $45/mo
Is 75 fast enough for streaming? I was on gigabit and now on 300 and it feels slow as balls lol
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#9930581 - 10/23/20 07:22 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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i was getting robbed with bell. fucking $100/mo just for internet i guess since my promo's expired.
just signed up for fido, got 75dl and 10 up for $45/mo Is 75 fast enough for streaming? I was on gigabit and now on 300 and it feels slow as balls lol
were on 150/10 as a family and we have had 0 problems, streaming is basically all we use (no cable boxes)
typical morning is someone streaming youtube on main tv, little one on tablet watching youtube while eating breakfast and both my wife and I using laptops/phones getting ready for work
sometimes my wife does online google classroom while my son is still streaming youtube and no buffering so even 150 is plenty
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#9932376 - 10/27/20 09:16 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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i was with ebox DSL and have the modem still kicking around that you can have for free if you want it. I was on the 50meg service.
I'm still with Ebox but switched to their cable service back in June because I wanted something faster due to working from home most likely long term. I've never had an issue with ebox service and have been with them since 2015.
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#9951626 - 11/17/20 02:14 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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What a painful process all these internet services are, jfc.
I am going to try Cannet for $35 unlimited 75 down and see how it works.
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#9951640 - 11/17/20 02:40 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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lol
Bad reviews were mostly regarding customer service, not the actual service. Fingers crossed /famous last words
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#9951941 - 11/18/20 04:56 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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There is no Rogers or Fido deal that comes close to cannet, do share if you have a link. I couldn't find one. And I am not going to get a 'bundle' with cable and other nonsense to get their good internet 'deal'.
Fido had something decent, slower speed, but required modem rental and it came to just under $50/month. I also don't think it was unlimited.
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#9952028 - 11/18/20 08:49 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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The deals aren't advertised, but if you go on facebook chat or through their support page and ask what they have they usually make you a good deal, either 12 month contract or now they changed month to month for me.
When i started I was on the 150/15 plan for $35 a month
now I'm on the 300/20 plan for $65 tax in a month as it went up a bit but still better than cannet at $69 + tax
lots of threads on RFD about what plans you can get and how to get them
https://forums.redflagdeals.com/rogers-rogers-winback-300u-35-m-ymmv-2402256/
Edited by loudsubz (11/18/20 08:52 AM)
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#9952030 - 11/18/20 08:51 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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#9952104 - 11/18/20 10:19 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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All of those plans are more expensive and require more "work".
Going to pass here.
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#9952199 - 11/18/20 11:43 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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If you have home phone or cableTV going on ...
You can lower your overall payments by going VoIP for phone, or Android pirate IPTV box.
For me:
- ~$2CAD/mth for VoIP (+ 1-time $100 VoIP hardware) -- http://www.voip.ms
- ~$6CAD/mth per IPTV box (+ 1-time ~$160 for IPTV box) -- OK2 servers
Rarely use the 'landline', but wife needs to fax when she's WFH.
re: cheap internet provider rates, can't help you there. I'm w/Cogeco (no Rogers around here) ... and I'm coming up for renewal soon FML.
The VoIP thing might be a good idea for your line of work -- you can order multiple phone numbers, 1-800 numbers, even fax-specific numbers (that'll PDF the faxes) ... and, super cheap.
Edited by furball (11/18/20 11:49 AM)
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#9952310 - 11/18/20 02:15 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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I've been a long time Rogers customer but we have all our home services with them. I just find it so exhausting, frustrating, and draining having to play their stupid game every 12 months when its renewal time.
This is the 'work' I am referring to. Would rather avoid.
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#9952312 - 11/18/20 02:15 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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All of those plans are more expensive and require more "work".
Going to pass here. unless you're getting something different than whats advertised on the cantel page their offerings are cable 75 $34 cable 150 $39 cable 300 $69 Rogers 150 $35 Rogers 300 $57 unless my math is wrong not sure how those are not "better" deals and when you mean "work" you mean just send a message on their FB page and they come back with the price? I thought you were the type of guy to put in effort? Its really not that hard I didn't really do any extra work unless you consider sending a message on FB or their support chat "tough"
Both plans will load the forum at the same speed, I will live 
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#9952666 - 11/19/20 08:48 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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furball
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Bury the cable? ... Dream on ...
This one time, at bandcamp, when I first moved into my Markham home, they grafted a line from my neighbour (it was winter -- no way to dig.) ; it looked like I was stealing internet.
Kept calling every 4-6 mths, eventually they 'lost track' of it, no record of it, and ... ended up selling the home 5-6 yrs later with the ghetto line still there, never buried.
Edited by furball (11/19/20 08:49 AM)
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#9953190 - 11/20/20 07:57 AM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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furball
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Did some preliminary Googling ... wtf there's no alternative to the Gigabit fibre from Cogeco  ... I can't head to retention dept if there's no alternative to jump to ...
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#9955761 - 11/24/20 03:41 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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damn, that's a great deal.
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#9965995 - 12/11/20 04:04 PM
Re: What's the latest with Internet providers?
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Raocorp
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I had some bad contractors cut my internet line while working on a neighbours house and because i was with 3rd party (Ebox) it took Rogers 8 days to come out and fix the line. I waited 3 days to no avail so I called Bell and they installed next day. I was still waiting for rogers for another 4 days after my Bell was installed.
I'm working from home so 3 days without being able to work would could have potentially been a full week is a no go. Good thing I called Bell instead. I cancelled with ebox the next day after the line was finally "fixed"
I'll likely never go 3rd party ever again. Bell is expensive yes, but it works well and is fast. We use the internet all day everyday. Why cheap out on it? Would I rather pay less? of course I would. But I'd also like to have service when bad things happen. Its ok....i'll cut something else out of my life in order to make up that difference from the price I was paying before to the price I am paying now.
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