Bell Canada DSL users?
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Anyone in the Toronto area using Bell DSL service? I was wondering what you thought of the d/l speed and QOS compared to Rogers.
Rogers not satisfactory for you, old pal?
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Anyone in the Toronto area using Bell DSL service? I was wondering what you thought of the d/l speed and QOS compared to Rogers.
Rogers not satisfactory for you, old pal?
Regards, Nish
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My latest book : C++/CLI in Action / Amazon.com linkNishant Sivakumar wrote:
Rogers not satisfactory for you, old pal?
Heh. I'm less than enthralled with Rogers' service record. When it works it's great, but the all too frequent service interruptions are getting to me. Also, if I select DSL, I won't have to snake CAT5 from my living room to the bedrooms. /ravi PS: Belated congratulations to you guys! :rose::cool:
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Rogers not satisfactory for you, old pal?
Heh. I'm less than enthralled with Rogers' service record. When it works it's great, but the all too frequent service interruptions are getting to me. Also, if I select DSL, I won't have to snake CAT5 from my living room to the bedrooms. /ravi PS: Belated congratulations to you guys! :rose::cool:
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
Heh. I'm less than enthralled with Rogers' service record. When it works it's great, but the all too frequent service interruptions are getting to me. Also, if I select DSL, I won't have to snake CAT5 from my living room to the bedrooms.
I was pretty happy with Rogers. They pulled the extra cable to my bedroom for free. But yeah, once in a while their service would go down for 10-15 minutes at a stretch - which can be quite annoying.
Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
PS: Belated congratulations to you guys!
Thanks :-)
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Ravi, I'm using the Bell DSL, and I live in midtown (near Bayview/Eglinton). I just did a speed test: http://www.speedtest.net/result/173160623.png[^] 4280 kb/s download 673 kb/s upload I don't have any hard stats, but subjectively the speed always seems consistent, and that download speed is enough that I can download 300 MB+ files in a few minutes. Any more speed would be a waste for me, so I didn't go for Bell's fiber optic offer (IIRC it was about $90/month). The only service interruption I've had was when a squirrel chewed through the telephone line going across the back of our property. I can't really fault Bell for that, since the cable line is in the same location, so the same thing could have happened if I'd been on cable. I pay $45.95/month (Canadian $) which includes the model rental, but I get $5 off of that for a "bundle discount". (If applicable) you should also consider your TV and mobile-phone decisions and go with one company for all of them. You can usually get a decent discount that way (say $10 - $15 / month). Hope that helps... Warren
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Ravi, I'm using the Bell DSL, and I live in midtown (near Bayview/Eglinton). I just did a speed test: http://www.speedtest.net/result/173160623.png[^] 4280 kb/s download 673 kb/s upload I don't have any hard stats, but subjectively the speed always seems consistent, and that download speed is enough that I can download 300 MB+ files in a few minutes. Any more speed would be a waste for me, so I didn't go for Bell's fiber optic offer (IIRC it was about $90/month). The only service interruption I've had was when a squirrel chewed through the telephone line going across the back of our property. I can't really fault Bell for that, since the cable line is in the same location, so the same thing could have happened if I'd been on cable. I pay $45.95/month (Canadian $) which includes the model rental, but I get $5 off of that for a "bundle discount". (If applicable) you should also consider your TV and mobile-phone decisions and go with one company for all of them. You can usually get a decent discount that way (say $10 - $15 / month). Hope that helps... Warren
Want robust software? Use the new Vista Kernel Transaction Manager[^]
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Usually with Bell (Sympatico in Montreal), I always manage to get a discount. I call them and ask when is my renewal date, because I want to change provider. They ask me why, I say I'm very happy with the service they offer, but I can find cheaper.. It usually ends up with them matching the other (29.95$/month instead of 44.95$) If it does not work, I hang up and call again, and again, and again until it works :-D
Stephane
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Ravi, I'm using the Bell DSL, and I live in midtown (near Bayview/Eglinton). I just did a speed test: http://www.speedtest.net/result/173160623.png[^] 4280 kb/s download 673 kb/s upload I don't have any hard stats, but subjectively the speed always seems consistent, and that download speed is enough that I can download 300 MB+ files in a few minutes. Any more speed would be a waste for me, so I didn't go for Bell's fiber optic offer (IIRC it was about $90/month). The only service interruption I've had was when a squirrel chewed through the telephone line going across the back of our property. I can't really fault Bell for that, since the cable line is in the same location, so the same thing could have happened if I'd been on cable. I pay $45.95/month (Canadian $) which includes the model rental, but I get $5 off of that for a "bundle discount". (If applicable) you should also consider your TV and mobile-phone decisions and go with one company for all of them. You can usually get a decent discount that way (say $10 - $15 / month). Hope that helps... Warren
Want robust software? Use the new Vista Kernel Transaction Manager[^]
www.IconsReview.com[^] Huge list of stock icon collections (both free and commercial)
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Usually with Bell (Sympatico in Montreal), I always manage to get a discount. I call them and ask when is my renewal date, because I want to change provider. They ask me why, I say I'm very happy with the service they offer, but I can find cheaper.. It usually ends up with them matching the other (29.95$/month instead of 44.95$) If it does not work, I hang up and call again, and again, and again until it works :-D
Stephane
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I'm moving to an apartment building at Yonge & Sheppard and expect I'll receive about the same speed.
Moving so fast? I thought your current apartment was at Sheppard and Yonge too.
Regards, Nish
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