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Gigabit FTTH coming to Canada
Freedom Kira:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on October 22, 2010, 04:46:33 AM ---It's DSL. I still get disconnects and PPPOE login failures all the time.
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Sounds like Telus's High Speed. Absolutely terrible. I worked in a company once that uses Telus High Speed, and it cut out at least 3 times a week, sometimes for hours on end, and sometimes several times a day. I guess you get what you pay for.
I didn't realize the heavy stress that wireless companies get on their networks for mobile Internet, but I guess it makes sense when you think about it.
fohfoh:
With the recent new entrants to the cell market in western Canada... I can see things going wonky with usage. We also have some high levels of usage via post secondary institutions (Alberta has 4 universities alone, not counting Colleges. SAIT is a big player too) and we have a lot of corporate HQs here too, which add a bit here and there.
Phones...
Wind mobile is cheap, but their network sucks. Might improve though later on.
Koodo is a Telus spin off I think.
I dunno what happened to Virgin
Telus
Rogers
Fido (owned in different areas by Rogers and someone else I think)
Lots of entrants to the smart phone market.
I hear Shaw is hopping in sometime soon too.
dogsinafen:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on October 22, 2010, 04:45:18 AM ---I was wondering why I never heard of Aliant. Seems they only service the Atlantic provinces.
EastLink seems to offer similar services to Shaw. For both, the current fastest is 100/5. What's the pricing for EastLink? That's something they don't tell you right away. Shaw offers it for $150/month. Bundling is $10 off/month.
I looked into AllStream for a dedicated connection. For 10Mb symmetric, it was like $1716/month about a year ago. I wonder what it is now.
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Yeah Aliant only does the Atlanic region, now they are partly owned by Bell (yay :P) but they've been great so fare. I think EastLink is around the same as all the other providers. I never used them since they only offer services in NS and the border town to NS in NB.
I contacted Aliant and for 20/20 connection dedicated line it would cost me around 1.4k a month, from what I've been reading online this is the normal price for the type of connection. I believe a 100/100 connection would cost me 9k a month. You would not be using a dedicated connection for home use, rather for a business. Great thing about Aliant is that they are friendly to businesses that require dedicated connections and that will use A LOT of BW. Hell, even a home connection they don't care how much BW you consume every month.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on October 22, 2010, 05:08:45 AM ---With the recent new entrants to the cell market in western Canada... I can see things going wonky with usage. We also have some high levels of usage via post secondary institutions (Alberta has 4 universities alone, not counting Colleges. SAIT is a big player too) and we have a lot of corporate HQs here too, which add a bit here and there.
Phones...
Wind mobile is cheap, but their network sucks. Might improve though later on.
Koodo is a Telus spin off I think.
I dunno what happened to Virgin
Telus
Rogers
Fido (owned in different areas by Rogers and someone else I think)
Lots of entrants to the smart phone market.
I hear Shaw is hopping in sometime soon too.
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Virgin is 100% owned by bell.
bloody000:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on October 22, 2010, 03:25:22 AM ---Whee, I'm excited! I didn't think it would ever happen, but it seems like Shaw has put in a gigabit fiber network into Vancouver and some area near Calgary, and offering gigabit service. So awesome. They even let them try out the service for free for six months.
Just a matter of time before they put the service into my area. Oh man.
Telus, the main competitor for Internet service, already has a fiber optic service, but it's at a measly 15 megabit, or 25 mb in some areas. Absolutely ridiculous.
Ever think about moving to Canada? The next few months would be a great time to. ;D
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http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24787647-ALL-1-Gigabit-Internet-service-in-September-for-select-areas
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