[MLUG] [OT] Yet an other ISP thread.

[Alex Bedard]

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Jeremy <me at jeremychapman.info> wrote:

> ravnox at arkanox.net wrote:
> > It's that time of the year.  I have to renew with my ISP and I will
> > not.  Videotron's prices are increasing and it's just ridiculous.  I
> > pay about 91$ per month currently.  Mind you, this is for the simple
> > high speed plan at 41$.  I'm always over-charged 30$ because I always
> > exceed my bandwidth usage.  I can exceed it by 20GB or 100GB, it
> > always cost me the extra 30$.
> >
> > They are now charging up to 50$ for exceeding bandwidth.  This is just
> > ridiculous.  So, good people on this list, I will more than likely
> > subscribe to TekSavvy, tell me, how is aDSL working out for you? I
> > switched to cable to get away from all those issues and to have a
> > stable link.  I am a little worry to go back to that technology.
> >
> > Thank you and sorry for bringing up yet an other ISP thread to this
> > list.
> >
> I have had teksavvy unlim dryloop for a couple of years, and while it is
> unlimited, the speed is umm.. not so good (250KB/s is most I have seen
> recently, from gulus I think), reliability ranges from ok to not so
> good. It is however fine for the server-ish stuff running through it
> (resumable remote backups is the bulk of the traffic). I still have VT
> extreme high speed capped at 100GB combined, which I have learned to
> live with for the great speed and reliability.
>
> I have done this cycle a few times now, fed up with one, go to other...
> in the end, cable is still the one for me at this time for my 'main'
> connection.
>
> I pay videotron an obscene amount each month right now, but can write
> some off as a biz expense luckily ;)
>
> What happened to "DSL2" @ supposed 50MB/s speeds that rolled out a year
> or more ago? They were testing in laval last I looked.
>
> Jeremy
>

They have it in downtown Montreal and Toronto, but it is not availlable as
of yet in the suburbs.
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