They are trying to exclude us...it hasn't happened yet. This one is part of the Bell/Bell Aliant petition to Governor in Council. It stems from Cybersurfs successful (thank god) Part VII application to the CRTC for speed matching (ie. if Bell offers 7meg to Symcrapico (sic) customers then they have to offer it to the wholesalers.
-----Original Message----- From: Shidan [mailto:shi...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:55 PM To: Douglas Pickett Cc: biz@taug.ca Subject: Re: [biz] Good DSL service to recommend Missed this note, this is pretty interesting if it's really the case. Does anyone have any references or can confirm this? > > From what I understand Bell had been excluding other ISP's from access to > this upgraded infrastructure - IANAL, but I believe their position was that > the CRTC's rulings that required them to allow other ISP's to access their > infrastructure at favourable prices only applied to equipment installed in > the CO's. From the non-Bell ISP's perspective this amounted to Bell > reserving higher performance only for Bell's own customers. I can't > remember now whether the CRTC was extending (or had extended) their ruling > to requiring Bell to offer access to this infrastructure, or whether the > non-Bell ISP's had merely made an application that the CRTC do so. > > Regards, > Doug. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shidan" <shi...@gmail.com> > To: "Peng Li" <lipeng8...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Adam Ronthal" <aront...@fugue.net>; "Claude Tambu" < > cla...@i-mailz.com>; <biz@taug.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [biz] Good DSL service to recommend > > > > Actually this is something I have been wondering about myself. Is it >> really >> an issue if you are greater than 21/2 miles from the CO in Toronto now >> days? >> Isn't all the DSL traffic going out PTM-TC on hydro's fiber network long >> before it hits any providers CO or DSLAM? >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Peng Li <lipeng8...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >>> Make sure you check with them (Techsavvy or Bell) that your home is about >>> 2 >>> 1/2 miles to CO, otherwise, no DSL service will be available with good >>> quality. Cable or Wireless might be the choices left. >>> >>> In my area, I tried DSL with Bell and the speed was so slow. They finally >>> figured that my neighborhood is a bit beyond that range and I have to >>> suck >>> up with Rogers. I don't like Roger's services of charging so much with >>> usage >>> caps. they also creep up the fee. >>> >>> peng >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Adam Ronthal <aront...@fugue.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > I have been with teksavvy for 5 years now and been very satisfied. >>> > >>> > Adam >>> > >>> > On 3/29/09, Claude Tambu <cla...@i-mailz.com> wrote: >>> > > Morning All, >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Not sure if I should post in the Business or Tech section, but the >>> > question >>> > > looks for business than technical... >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > I'm looking to purchase DSL service for my home office and was >>> wondering >>> > if >>> > > anyone would have a suggestion to make. For starters, >>> > > >>> > > I host my homegrown Asterisk box running and mail server. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > must-have Features: >>> > > - At least one static IP >>> > > - Absolutely No port block (e.g. Bell and Rogers blocks TCP 25) >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > It'll also be nice not to pay thru the roof for the said-service >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > I was looking at Techsavvy and I see their service/price offering to >>> > > be >>> > > appealing... anyone has experience with them or could recommend a > > >>> good >>> > > company out there? >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Thanks all and have a wonderful day! >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Warmest Regards, >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > Claude >>> > > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Sent from my mobile device >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: biz-unsubscr...@taug.ca For additional commands, e-mail: biz-h...@taug.ca
