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Rogers High Speed Internet
I've heard you just need to purchase a modem to upgrade to the higher speed internet, just wondering if that's all there is and if there are other charges but most importantly I'm wondering about the problems that come with it because I've heard of quite a few.
Should I be changing internet companies to something more reliable? I love how cable is connected all the time but it can be an annoyance as far as problems go sometimes and I'm wondering if ultimate is a bad upgrade.
i bought the new modem, speed doubled, no problems, no extra charges.
90bucks plus tax 112$ for the modem.
if you are lucky, you can call for a modem replacement, and they will replace it with the motorola modem.
Yeah I just did that last month. Its the same price every month, all you have to do is buy the modem, which it says is $99, but probably comes to $112 like arek said. Goes from like 800kbps to 3-5MB a second! Mad faster! hehe
They gave me the motorola modem same as arek 
In order to get truly high-speed internet access from Rogers, you need to purchase a miracle.
what am I? god! fack! lol
you really dont pay for the modem, u pay for them connecting it up...cuz i had the motorola on teh extreme high speed and then i cancelled it cuz it waasnt goin as fast as i had hoped.
so when they came, they gave me a new motoralla modem and took the other one away. so the modem is free, but they charge for the connection.
I suggested upgrading to my dad but he told me he heard there were a lot of complaints because of problems with the service.
Is that old news from when they first started it or something?
I have extreme, and haven't noticed any significant change in the downtime now versus before.
I do find that the speed comes no where close to 5mb/sec though... speed tests typically put me in the 2-3 range (may have something to do with the fact that I live in a large apartment tower in the downtown core though... *shrug*)
i've upgraded to rogers extreme, and ever since then the speed was just insane... blazing! and no complaints about the service whatsoever... I used to call them up all the time a year or two ago when the connection went down, but this time I haven't called them in more than 5 months. that should tell you something...
also, if you are switching over to rogers hi-speed (meaning you're not a current customer already), PM me and I'll hook you up with the same deal I got - 2 months free for extreme (plus $10 fee if you're not with rogers cable tv already waived for a year) with you buying the modem for regular price, or $15 rebate per month for 6 months for express. 
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| Originally posted by smuncky you really dont pay for the modem, u pay for them connecting it up...cuz i had the motorola on teh extreme high speed and then i cancelled it cuz it waasnt goin as fast as i had hoped. so when they came, they gave me a new motoralla modem and took the other one away. so the modem is free, but they charge for the connection. |
transmotion, does it again! yea!
It's not just the modem, goofs. You DO need a DOCSIS 2.0 modem to be able to take advantage of the "extreme high speed", but even if you've got the modem, your connection is still CAPPED unless you pay the extra money. I've got the Motorola sitting right in front of me and I can assure you it's not capable of more than about 400 kb/s (3.2 megabits) without changes on the server side.
Maybe I should pay them to uncap it... but right now I feel more inclined to just get DSL.
Caps suck. I remember back in the day when there were programs to supposedly "uncap" your modem.
Routinely I'm getting download speeds of 4MB/sec, but of course it goes down to about 400KB/sec within about 10 seconds of download start.
Rogers regular.
The internet peaked in 1999.
Those were heady days.
It's been all downhill ever since.
kick ur dad in the ass and make him give u rogers high speed...
But seriously i was sympatico user before...and the bandwidth issue raped me...was paying like 80 dollars amonth...but this was 2 yrs ago...
its about 50 dollars a month im playing with a plan i forget...i got no probs...but when i download alot...they seem to block me for 10 minutes
other then that no issues...make sure u got everything straightened out the first week...cuz waitin on the phone for them is enough to make u want to end ur life
Sebasano
oh man, don't even mention dsl and sympatico... the worst couple of months in my "online" history ever.
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| Originally posted by Crazy Serb oh man, don't even mention dsl and sympatico... the worst couple of months in my "online" history ever. |
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| Originally posted by DigiNut In order to get truly high-speed internet access from Rogers, you need to purchase a miracle. |
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| Originally posted by AwakenedAddict DSL>Cable anyday |
forget cable and dsl.. get t1
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| Originally posted by Pettiscool so reliable and fast 350k/b consistant off websites and service has never gone down |
Sympatico I would not touch (nor anything else from Bell). However, there are hundreds of DSL companies in Toronto alone.
And a little note to all you naysayers out there who whine that we don't need U.S. competition in the telecom industry because we can't have better quality AND lower prices: Over the past 3 or 4 years, personal DSL has doubled in speed and halved in price. Toronto is a perfect example of what competition in any telecom sub-industry (i.e. DSL) will do.
Got a new computer today and my download speed is around 1.3MB at the present time 
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