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Need to be tough on crime but don't have the budget for even more prisons? Just create an unlimited police state, online!: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5451/135/
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| # ¿ Nov 16, 2010 20:38 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 15:48 |
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DropDeadRed posted:So are you saying that switching from Rogers cable over to Teksavvy cable will not get me around any P2P throttling that they do? (I know it gets past the monthly bandwidth cap.... at least until Rogers files that UBB) I routinely max my Teksavvy cable when using bittorrent, and while Rogers certainly has the ability to implement throttling for TPIA customers, they haven't yet. Switching from Rogers to Teksavvy should remove any traffic shaping currently on your connection.
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| # ¿ Dec 22, 2010 16:17 |
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lucky13pjn posted:When I was looking around for other ISP's the last time I switched and when UBB was going to be implemented, Cogeco always seemed to have a much shittier selection of packages than everyone else. Teksavvy's website says my postal code (in Oakville) is in their cable coverage area, but I thought that was only available where Rogers was available. Teksavvy partnered with Cogeco as well (and Videotron in Quebec). Their postal code checker isn't perfect, but give them a call and they can check out your location and tell you for sure.
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| # ¿ Feb 20, 2011 01:09 |
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Dudebro posted:When was this? I called them earlier this week and Teksavvy couldn't hook me up because I'm in a Cogeco area even though I could walk outside for five minutes and hit a Rogers-connected house. Crap, I thought they'd signed with Cogeco, but it turns out not: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25...S-February-17th Sorry.
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| # ¿ Feb 20, 2011 15:48 |
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Nomenklatura posted:Why IS that, anyway? You'd think they'd just rent the things. No facilities to track the cable modems (Rogers tools don't show this to them), too much administrative hassle to collect and refurbish modems from people who cancel the service, way to difficult to deal with people who just stop paying. Rogers and Bell can manage it because they have other services which depend on it (set top box, phone, etc) so adding another device is very low cost.
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| # ¿ Jun 27, 2011 16:00 |
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Alctel posted:Going to join up with TekSavvy it looks like DCM475. You want *at least* a DOCSIS 3.0 compatible cable modem, and the SB5101N is not.
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| # ¿ Sep 1, 2011 15:07 |
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thexerox123 posted:Am I wrong, or doesn't Rogers have to give the wholesalers like TekSavvy access to the same speeds that they offer? Why is Rogers trying to sell me on 32 Mbps service when I can only get up to 15 with the TekSavvy cable that I have? The CRTC needs to decide on pricing for a tier, based on submissions from the provider and the resaler. They've done this for basic tiers, and have until December 31st 2011 for all other tiers. Also, tiers are set by their 'name', not their speed. Rogers is upping their 15 mbits offering to 24 mbit, and Teksavvy users are getting the same bump for free. (also, 10 to 15 for all userS)
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| # ¿ Sep 7, 2011 18:37 |
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DarkJC posted:How come TekSavvy Cable upload speeds are so anemic? I'm assuming this is something they're limited to by Rogers? For cable providers, and somewhat but less so for DSL, all the costs are in the upstream channel. The transmitting equipment is the end users modem, which is going to be lower cost, lower power, less efficient, and much 'noiser' than head end equipment. The upstream channel must therefore be quieter and 'wider' than the downstream channels. Most users also favour downloading heavily over uploading, and the end result is that only a small amount of the available spectrum is allocated for 'upstream' usage, and it costs a lot of money to allocate more of it to less users, because you have to cut the users up into smaller and smaller groups. Rogers is just being cheap, really, but the DOCSIS standard also doesn't offer a lot of cost effective solutions here. Teksavvy can only offer plans that Rogers offers (by law) and is doing what it can.
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| # ¿ Mar 28, 2012 19:13 |
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Why is it so difficult to find more options for business internet that just cable/dsl resellers? If anybody knows any ISPs in the Toronto/North York area that do business connectivity with symmetric speeds in the 20 to 50mbit range, please do tell me. They don't seem to be as easy to find as I would have thought.
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| # ¿ Aug 13, 2012 19:53 |
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| # ¿ May 20, 2013 15:48 |
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Sprawl posted:They do let you use your own if its on their supported list of modems This is true for ADSL/ADSL2, but for all VDSL speeds, you are required to use (buy or pay rental on) a Bell modem, either a Sagemcom if you are on a 7330 based line, or a Cellpipe if you are on a Stinger based line. If you are on a 7330 based line, you can use other VDSL modems with some success, but you *still* need to rent (or buy) the modem from Bell as part of the activation process. This probably will get knocked over via the CRTC or courts eventually, but that's at least 2 years away. Teksavvy is also trying to work with Bell about getting a less locked down firmware for the modems, but there is no timeline on that.
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| # ¿ Apr 13, 2013 00:17 |
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