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Does anyone have Rogers Gigabit? How is it? Does it maintain its advertised speeds? Just saw that they're available in my area (KW), and man, 1Gbps does sound sweet. Downsides, of course: expensive ($150/month) and ... Rogers.
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Aug 26, 2016 22:57
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Shomi is shutting down in case you are one of the 5 people that use it.
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Sep 26, 2016 22:35
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sbaldrick posted:Shomi is shutting down in case you are one of the 5 people that use it.
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Sep 26, 2016 22:37
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sbaldrick posted:Shomi is shutting down in case you are one of the 5 people that use it. I didn't even make it through the free two weeks. What the gently caress were they thinking; yeah, I totally want to watch a show that's missing entire seasons. And their foreign content is basically nonexistent. 
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Sep 26, 2016 22:45
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sbaldrick posted:Shomi is shutting down in case you are one of the 5 people that use it. I had an issue with my Shaw router a few months ago, and after they cleared it up the tech offered me 3 free months of Shomi. Even though it was free I declined, and the techs response was basically "Yeah.... Yeah, make sense....."
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Sep 26, 2016 22:46
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Volguus posted:Does anyone have Rogers Gigabit? How is it? Does it maintain its advertised speeds? I got it as soon as I saw it available. Here's my speedtest result  Stays pretty consistent around there. Actual highest download I've gotten is about 85 mb/sec through steam. DarkEnigma fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Sep 26, 2016 |
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Sep 26, 2016 22:54
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Rest In Piss, Shomi
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Sep 26, 2016 22:56
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Thank christ. Hopefully Crave won't be far behind.
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Sep 27, 2016 03:05
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DarkEnigma posted:I got it as soon as I saw it available. Here's my speedtest result Do you use any games that distribute their patches via torrents? Many years ago it was quite the issue with them that with their deep-packet inspection they were throttling even legitimate torrent traffic. Do they still do that? Have you noticed anything?
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Sep 27, 2016 03:34
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Anyone here on Telus Pure Fiber? 150/150 sounds pretty sweet, my area should be lit up next month.
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Sep 27, 2016 05:04
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Frank Dillinger posted:Anyone here on Telus Pure Fiber? 150/150 sounds pretty sweet, my area should be lit up next month. The large usage cap makes it a no brainer if you're using more than 250gb/mo. 150/150 with 1tb usage is only $2 more than 15/1 with unlimited.
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Sep 27, 2016 05:59
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shadow puppet of a posted:Inevitable given the size of the "12 months free Netflix!" stickers that adorn the windows of every Rogers store out there. I'm not going to complain about the self destruction of Rogers Cable TV empire but I wonder what possessed Rogers management to invite the fox into the hen house.
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Sep 27, 2016 07:08
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8ender posted:I'm not going to complain about the self destruction of Rogers Cable TV empire but I wonder what possessed Rogers management to invite the fox into the hen house. Inevitability.
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Sep 27, 2016 07:49
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Frank Dillinger posted:Anyone here on Telus Pure Fiber? 150/150 sounds pretty sweet, my area should be lit up next month. Yep I am on that. It's great. My lines test around 168 up/down consistently. The server running in the other room means I still had to get the unlimited package though. Managed to get it for $100/mo so I'm not really complaining.
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Sep 27, 2016 17:14
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Volguus posted:Do you use any games that distribute their patches via torrents? Many years ago it was quite the issue with them that with their deep-packet inspection they were throttling even legitimate torrent traffic. Do they still do that? Have you noticed anything? They don't do that any more.
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Sep 27, 2016 17:18
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ChubbyThePhat posted:Yep I am on that. It's great. My lines test around 168 up/down consistently. The server running in the other room means I still had to get the unlimited package though. Managed to get it for $100/mo so I'm not really complaining. I know some areas of Edmonton are getting set up with it (my friend was told the line is being put in to his neighborhood, but he has to pay 1200 for it to get to his house or whatever. When i do a postal code search on telus' website, it says I have it available to me so I assume I don't have to pay for that. I currently pay 83 for internet (450gb cap) so 150/150 seems like a no brainer for 80.
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Sep 27, 2016 18:58
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Skeematic posted:I know some areas of Edmonton are getting set up with it (my friend was told the line is being put in to his neighborhood, but he has to pay 1200 for it to get to his house or whatever. When i do a postal code search on telus' website, it says I have it available to me so I assume I don't have to pay for that. I currently pay 83 for internet (450gb cap) so 150/150 seems like a no brainer for 80. You know it. You can call Telus and get them to double check that your address is already set up for it. They'll enable it, likely send a line tech to replace your modem, then boom you're done.
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Sep 27, 2016 19:03
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ChubbyThePhat posted:You know it. You can call Telus and get them to double check that your address is already set up for it. They'll enable it, likely send a line tech to replace your modem, then boom you're done. Cool, thanks
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Sep 27, 2016 19:53
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ChubbyThePhat posted:You know it. You can call Telus and get them to double check that your address is already set up for it. They'll enable it, likely send a line tech to replace your modem, then boom you're done. Edmonton... I'm hosed for service here in Calgary. Pretty much capped at 25 down in varsity
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Sep 27, 2016 21:46
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Skeematic posted:Cool, thanks No problem fellow Edmonton goon. w00tmonger posted:Edmonton... I'm hosed for service here in Calgary. Pretty much capped at 25 down in varsity I thought Shaw rolled out their Wide Open 150 in Calgary as well? Maybe see if they can give you a good reason why you can't get it.
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Sep 27, 2016 21:52
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ChubbyThePhat posted:No problem fellow Edmonton goon. Depends on area in the city I think. My dad jumped in the new shaw deal. I know varsity has a weird node problem though. Would murder for a 150/150 plan. Rocking a cheapo teksavvy plan at the moment so I can't really complain
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Sep 27, 2016 21:55
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I just upgraded to Pure Fibre 150/150 maybe two weeks ago, I got a new job and was gonna treat myself to 50mb(up from 25). Turns out 150 was the same price. I too am seeing 168 down. This is in Capitol Hill. It sounds like Telus at least is building out their fibre network with a quickness - hopefully the major cities will have broad coverage very soon. Now it sucks to think about even the possibility of moving and having to deal with lovely caps and lesser service.
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Sep 27, 2016 23:35
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w00tmonger posted:Edmonton... I'm hosed for service here in Calgary. Pretty much capped at 25 down in varsity Same here in Lethbridge. The little satellite towns have full fibre but Lethbridge itself is screwed. Hopefully I will be able to get it through teksavvy by the time it gets here though.
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Sep 28, 2016 02:50
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Is it my imagination, or is Bell gigabit Fibe available in less than 10% of Toronto? Any chance of full coverage before 2025? Rogers says their gigabit service is available in my neighbourhood. Though I couldn't begin to afford it at $150/month. Is that not FTTH, or is it over DOCSIS?
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Sep 28, 2016 21:09
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Would be DOCSIS
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Sep 28, 2016 21:22
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zergstain posted:Is it my imagination, or is Bell gigabit Fibe available in less than 10% of Toronto? Any chance of full coverage before 2025? Bell kinda put the breaks on/slowed down roll out until the crtc decision came out about de-aggregation on resale. Still being done, but it's still the easiest/most profitable neighbourhoods are being done first (and that's across ontario, not just GTA).
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Sep 29, 2016 20:01
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unknown posted:Bell kinda put the breaks on/slowed down roll out until the crtc decision came out about de-aggregation on resale. Still being done, but it's still the easiest/most profitable neighbourhoods are being done first (and that's across ontario, not just GTA). They didn't slow down, their footprint is just that small in growth. Bell can't afford to be childish and slow development of their FTTH network, DOCSIS 3.1 is being launched with Gbps+ speeds on existing copper infrastructure while most VDSL2 ITU G.993.2 offerings cap off at 50Mbps.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:59
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Has anyone transferred from another ISP to start.ca? How smooth was the transition, and how has start's service been? I'm looking to finally ditch a craptastic and antiquated plan from Rogers.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:52
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I did, back in April. The hardest part was being put on hold by Rogers over and over again for half an hour. There've been maybe a handful of brief service outages since then, which is a lot better than what I'd got from Rogers in the year before. Haven't had to call support during office hours, but apparently they're quite responsive on social media.
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Sep 30, 2016 21:56
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Looks like E-Box has changed their pricing after the CRTC decision. 120/20 for $70/m unlimited for the first year, $80 after the first year. That's... a really good price  I can only hope that other ISPs follow suit quickly.
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Sep 30, 2016 23:03
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Migishu posted:Looks like E-Box has changed their pricing after the CRTC decision. 120/20 for $70/m unlimited for the first year, $80 after the first year. 120/20 for $70/80 is only for Videotron's footprint though, not all incumbents.
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Sep 30, 2016 23:29
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Yeah I just realizes that. Still, hope I can upgrade my connection soon.
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Oct 1, 2016 04:28
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John Capslocke posted:They didn't slow down, their footprint is just that small in growth. Ah, must've reallocated/moved resources then or something (chatting with a couple of techs who were expecting stuff to come to them in a bit). But I do agree they need to go gang busters on the gpon/ftth roll out to catchup to d3.1
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Oct 1, 2016 15:06
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http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1133779quote:After analyzing the tariff applications, the CRTC is of the view that the rates proposed by certain of the large companies were not just and reasonable and had to be revised downwards. The CRTC is very concerned that certain large companies have not conducted their cost studies in accordance with well-established costing principles and methodologies. Holy poo poo guys. We might just join the 21st Century after all
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Oct 6, 2016 22:28
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Holy poo poo, we won!
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Oct 6, 2016 22:33
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It's happening.
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Oct 6, 2016 22:35
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C'mon guys, it's 2016. We're well on our way into the dystopian future movies predicted for us. This ruling will somehow make it worse for us, in the end.
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Oct 6, 2016 22:41
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:C'mon guys, it's 2016. We're well on our way into the dystopian future movies predicted for us. The big 3 getting angry in defeat, suggesting they can't turn a massive profit at those unreasonable rates so there's no point in carrying on as a business, and sending 100,000 volts through their entire infrastructure to burn it to the ground.
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Oct 6, 2016 23:42
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"Mmm, yeah, were just gonna cancel any and all infrastructure expansion and maintenance. "
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Oct 7, 2016 00:40
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MTS stopped laying fibre 2 years ago after the CTRC made that ruling that they had to sell access to it. Now everyone's just going to stop altogether.
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