Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Vancouver-Toronto-Dubai-Mumbai
High Speed Ultra here
I guess Strike maybe talking about ultra high speed from bell, which i currently have at home
the installation was a pain in the butt , but after they got everything setup it was smooth sailing, i agree DSL has its issues, but the speeds i get is awesome, no caps, i can download at 300-380k and upload speed is 70-90k
its a 3 mbps line, but its better than waiting on rogers, it took me sometimes forever on rogers.
Oct-27-2003 05:54
Matt
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
meh... I'm on velocet... and I still love it.
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Oct-27-2003 10:33
Fir3start3r
Armin Acolyte
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Kid Lax
could it be the modem that im using? we're still using the original one that we got when we first got sympatico, which was years ago when they first started offering it
Could also be the distance to the Telco CO (central office; a big ass phone switch).
There is a 5 km max from a CO before the digital signal starts to degridate; after 5 km you could get slower speeds etc. etc.
(Unless they've changed something in the last couple years, this should still be true).
Ask them how far your CO is from you location...
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Oct-27-2003 17:31
Nytehawk
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Somewhere Out There?
quote:
Originally posted by GT_TraNcE
i get 20 to 30 ping in quake 1 mega tf =)
ROFL!! Mega TF!! LOL... but I guess thats all people play now since the normal TF scene died.
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Oct-27-2003 19:19
quddha
the procrastinat0r
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Toronto, Ontario
cogeco was good.
bell was good.
rogers has only been problems for me. I'm getting massive packet loss, and all they do is give me the same generic response about how they're trying to fix it as soon as possible. Some technician called me and told me to call the 1-888 number and have them do something to fix it, but after waiting 15mins on the line, they told me they couldn't do anything. I asked why the technician called me then? and they didn't know.. wtf kind of customer support is that.
I think i'm gonna be switching to bell... anyone know if the ultra high speed edition is worth it?
I had it in windsor..and I wasnt too impressed with it. I had dsl 2 years ago..and it was awesome. But now, dsl is getting faded along with cable. Even though they guarantee a private line, its still slow as fuck at times. IMO, if you're not saving any money, stick with cable...you can avoid service charges and all that garbage.
Though I heard Primus is a little better...
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Oct-28-2003 16:13
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Retro*Master
Registered: May 2002
Location: Etobicoke, Ontario Canada
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Oct-28-2003 16:24
Strike
Mo Wax
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Markham, Ontario
quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
I don't know where you're getting that figure from, but that's physically impossible to get from a 1.5 megabit connection. The TOTAL bandwidth is 1.5 mbps, which is 192 kb/s (unless you meant kb/s as in bits, where 400 would actually be 50 kB/s, not sure if that's the case).
well this is what i get
i don't think it's ultra high speed
because i sure don't remember signing up for it
lol
Oct-29-2003 07:21
Tordan
Anti BS Alliance
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Strike
well this is what i get
i don't think it's ultra high speed
because i sure don't remember signing up for it
lol
345 KB/s is physically impossible on a 1.5 Mbit line as Diginut said. Therefore, if you're getting these speeds but not paying the $60+ price (for Sympatico Ultra) consider yourself lucky cuz the billing department fucked up.
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Oct-29-2003 15:14
Shudder
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2000
Location:
i used to have sympatico. hated it with a passion. the stupid connection would always disconnect onn me for no reason and the tech support didnt seem like and help either. now im on cogeco and theres been no problems so far.