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

[Vrej Melkonian]

Videotron has recently added a new service called "block de telechargement".
You pay 12.50$ for an additonally 30GB (up + down)
That is much cheaper than the 7.50$ per GB when you exceed the limit.
You can get up to 3 blocks of 30GB a month.

I recently switched from Bell to Acanac. Same speed. I don't need to care about limits.

--- On Tue, 3/24/09, Michael Sweeney <msweeney at lvlstudio.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Sweeney <msweeney at lvlstudio.com>
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] [OT] Yet an other ISP thread.
> To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <mlug at listserv.mlug.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 3:00 PM
> I've been with Acanac for close to a year now and am
> VERY happy. Speeds are great, I don't lag in
> MMORPG's and the torrents come in quick, I get close to
> 600k/sec on my downloads, so yes, DSL can do the job. 
> 
> However, it appears now that for all NEW clients, Bell caps
> you at 60Gigs/month, since I subscribed before that, I get
> to keep my 200G/month. I might be wrong about this but this
> is what I heard, inform yourself on the monthly limits.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlug-bounces at listserv.mlug.ca
> [mailto:mlug-bounces at listserv.mlug.ca] On Behalf Of
> ravnox at arkanox.net
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:25 PM
> To: Montreal Linux Users Group
> Subject: [MLUG] [OT] Yet an other ISP thread.
> 
> 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.
> -- 
> Ravnox
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