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

[Alex Bedard]

2009/3/25 Leslie Satenstein <leslie.satenstein at gmail.com>

> Why are you so negative about Bell. I ordered internet access from
> Acanac.net, and they ordered the dry DSL line for me. Bell does not do
> installations, it is out-sourced to a company. They came, added a new cable
> to the house, and that was it. I get about 6300kbps download and 5955kbps at
> the end of a wireless connection.
>
> The dry dsl was $8.00/mo tax in.
>
> Colba, Acanac and others must be about the same functionality and rates.
> Compare.  Pubnix may match rates.
>
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> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:18 PM, <ravnox at arkanox.net> wrote:
>
>> I thought the technology or Bell would have matured by now but I guess
>> not.  Thank you CRTC for pointing to us how much choice we have and how
>> healthy the market is...
>>
>> Basically, what I understand is that if I'm lucky, I will have a good
>> aDSL link but if there is any problem with the line, Bell are still as
>> stupid as before and they still have no incentive to fix it since they
>> probably don't like leasing their lines to resellers.
>>
>> At this point, I'm even considering switching to Videotron business. I
>> think it's 70$ per month (That is less than what I would pay with the
>> increase fees), and business have unlimited bandwidth.
>>
>

Depends what region you live in, Bell doesn't have many subcontractors left
for installs (excluding ExpressVU). And they are still responsible for line
problems/issues/repairs. You call your ISP to report the issue, and they
report the issue to Bell.
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