On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Jeremy <m...@jeremychapman.info> wrote:
> rav...@arkanox.net wrote: > > It's that time of the year. I have to renew with my ISP and I will > > not. Videotron's prices are increasing and it's just ridiculous. I > > pay about 91$ per month currently. Mind you, this is for the simple > > high speed plan at 41$. I'm always over-charged 30$ because I always > > exceed my bandwidth usage. I can exceed it by 20GB or 100GB, it > > always cost me the extra 30$. > > > > They are now charging up to 50$ for exceeding bandwidth. This is just > > ridiculous. So, good people on this list, I will more than likely > > subscribe to TekSavvy, tell me, how is aDSL working out for you? I > > switched to cable to get away from all those issues and to have a > > stable link. I am a little worry to go back to that technology. > > > > Thank you and sorry for bringing up yet an other ISP thread to this > > list. > > > I have had teksavvy unlim dryloop for a couple of years, and while it is > unlimited, the speed is umm.. not so good (250KB/s is most I have seen > recently, from gulus I think), reliability ranges from ok to not so > good. It is however fine for the server-ish stuff running through it > (resumable remote backups is the bulk of the traffic). I still have VT > extreme high speed capped at 100GB combined, which I have learned to > live with for the great speed and reliability. > > I have done this cycle a few times now, fed up with one, go to other... > in the end, cable is still the one for me at this time for my 'main' > connection. > > I pay videotron an obscene amount each month right now, but can write > some off as a biz expense luckily ;) > > What happened to "DSL2" @ supposed 50MB/s speeds that rolled out a year > or more ago? They were testing in laval last I looked. > > Jeremy > They have it in downtown Montreal and Toronto, but it is not availlable as of yet in the suburbs.
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