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BitTorrent blocking goes north: Canadian ISP (Bell) admits to throttling P2P (pg. 2)
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| smuncky |
if u read bbreports, some people mention that it's only trafficing those who are exessive users and who have been sent letters. and by exessive i mean over 300-400gb.
i for one am not experiencing any slowdown on my BT, and i usually have 250gb traffic a month. |
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| eRRaTiK |
| quote: | Originally posted by djbruuen
i'd appreciate some better options! ;) |
+1
ok so it sounds like rogers is worse than bells but bells also sucks balls.
I'm looking for a landline and broadband provider. Any suggestions? |
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| smuncky |
| quote: | Originally posted by eRRaTiK
+1
ok so it sounds like rogers is worse than bells but bells also sucks balls.
I'm looking for a landline and broadband provider. Any suggestions? |
for dsl go with teksavvy
www.teksavvy.com
u wont find better tech support anywhere. and for 30$ unlimited is a good deal. the only catch is that u better hope u have a good connection and aren't far from a CO.
i suggest u give them a call and see how far u are from a CO by giving them ur address. they'll be able to find out if you might have a good or bad connection. |
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| DigiNut |
Can easily get the full 6 megabits on RS with Rogers. Weekends are slower, but that's no doubt due to higher overall traffic.
Rogers is not worse than Bell. Nobody is worse than Bell. Ted Rogers could walk right up to my front door, ring the doorbell, and piss on my shoe, and Bell would still be worse. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Rogers is not worse than Bell. Nobody is worse than Bell. Ted Rogers could walk right up to my front door, ring the doorbell, and piss on my shoe, and Bell would still be worse. |
+1
the only thing that is horrible with rogers is support
btw im using aurora cable and i get 1mb/sec download
9mps |
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| eRRaTiK |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Ted Rogers could walk right up to my front door, ring the doorbell, and piss on my shoe, and Bell would still be worse. |
LOL. You could ebay your shoe in that case! |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by geroin
+1
the only thing that is horrible with rogers is support
btw im using aurora cable and i get 1mb/sec download
9mps |
Is that the Extreme/Extreme+? The standard connection actually specifies a pipe of 6 Mbps (or 6.5 or something like that).
Rogers support is garbage, but that's true of almost every large company. Bell's support is abominable, even on the business side. Rogers makes you wait 20 minutes to talk to a support rep with an IQ of 65; Bell makes you wait 20 minutes to have your call disconnected. |
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| E2EK1EL |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chris Allen
True.
However Bell is continually getting sneakier and sneakier.
I found out that my account has a cap of 60GB/month, when the contract clearly stipulates that it's unlimited.
They won't enforce unless you're going over 250GB on a consistent basis however, but it's still a shady practice.
What ever happened to loyal and trustworthy companies not looking to screw over their own customers :( |
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I do 60GB in a week :( !
Anyone here have the Bell Total Internet service? |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Is that the Extreme/Extreme+? The standard connection actually specifies a pipe of 6 Mbps (or 6.5 or something like that).
Rogers support is garbage, but that's true of almost every large company. Bell's support is abominable, even on the business side. Rogers makes you wait 20 minutes to talk to a support rep with an IQ of 65; Bell makes you wait 20 minutes to have your call disconnected. |
I think it depends to if your area has a connection of 9 Mbps. I think the max I can get is 8 Mpbs right now. |
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| geroin |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Is that the Extreme/Extreme+? The standard connection actually specifies a pipe of 6 Mbps (or 6.5 or something like that).
Rogers support is garbage, but that's true of almost every large company. Bell's support is abominable, even on the business side. Rogers makes you wait 20 minutes to talk to a support rep with an IQ of 65; Bell makes you wait 20 minutes to have your call disconnected. |
i believe it is the fastest internet connection available in ON or canada for residential area, it is not an extreme, just normal connection they provide, more info on http://www.aci.on.ca
rogers i think is about 5mbps
aurora cable only works in aurora/king city area, it's basically a little square of land that they provide connection to
here is the coverage area
http://www.aci.on.ca/images/aci_service.area_map.jpg |
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| DigiNut |
Oh, I assumed we were talking about Rogers, not ACI. Maybe ACI offers more bandwidth.
Rogers claims 7 Mbps / 512 Kbps on their site for the "Express", which is the standard. The next is Extreme which is supposedly 8 Mbps / 800 Kbps. And the Extreme Plus is "up to" 18 Mbps / 1 Mbps, whatever that means - it sounds like they think they can deliver it as long as you're not on a crappy old 10 megabit switch.
The Extreme Plus is also $100/month. No thanks. Considering the marginal difference in downstream bandwidth between the Express and Extreme, Extreme seems like a waste of money unless you really need the extra upload.
Anyway, you really can get those speeds from Rogers, just not on Torrents. But torrents are always slow because half of your bandwidth is getting munched by the protocol itself. |
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| MikeyN |
| cant seed torrents for either. |
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