[MLUG] OT: ISP Provider in Montreal

[Vrej Melkonian]

570 Kbps down seems rather low. You should be between 1 Mbps to 3 Mbps.
My distance is less than 1 Km and I have 5 Mbps.
Up is probably 860 Kbps or something like that.

--- On Fri, 4/15/11, Valery Shaevitch <ossdevel at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Valery Shaevitch <ossdevel at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] OT: ISP Provider in Montreal
> To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <mlug at listserv.mlug.ca>
> Received: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:09 AM
> Thanks to all
> I think I'll stick to acanac. I about 1km to the switch
> center
> I have ~ 570 kbyte down, ~ 85 kbyte up
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 13:02 -0700, Leslie S Satenstein
> wrote:
> > I used acanac from toronto.  Yearly price is a
> great competitive
> > deal. 
> > 
> > Having moved to a new home where Bell is the
> distributor, I have not
> > checked Acanac out since, but I think they still offer
> unlimited
> > downloads.  Speed is about 7k-8k in our office
> with DSL from Acanac.
> > But we are 100 meters wire to the Bell Distribution
> panel that
> > terminates with fibre.  Remember what Bell says
> (they provide dry
> > loop),  Your speed may vary.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  Leslie
> > 
> > Mr. Leslie Satenstein
> > 40 years in IT and going strong.
> > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day,
> > and tomorrow will be even better.
> >  
> > mailto:lsatenstein at yahoo.com
> > alternative: leslie.satenstein at itbms.biz
> 
> > www.itbms.biz  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/13/11, Nick Sklav <sklav at teksavvy.com>
> wrote:
> >         
> >         From: Nick Sklav
> <sklav at teksavvy.com>
> >         Subject: Re:
> [MLUG] OT: ISP Provider in Montreal
> >         To: mlug at listserv.mlug.ca
> >         Date: Wednesday,
> April 13, 2011, 10:38 PM
> >         
> >         On Wed,
> 2011-04-13 at 19:52 -0400, Gabriel Marrero wrote:
> >         > I am using
> teksavvy  and it is dls however you have all port
> >         opened
> >         > and static
> public IP.
> >         > 
> >         > For this
> prices ( around  $40)  it is good deal
> >         > 
> >         > xgabo
> >         
> >         
> >         I have mentioned
> this before, Teksavvy allows people to create
> >         groups
> >         and get
> additional discounts I have a group called "Tonic"
> >         which a
> >         friend and I
> started a few years back anybody is welcome to
> >         join all you
> >         have to do is
> mention the group name when you sign up. If they
> >         ask any
> >         question like
> name Just say Nick Sklavenitis is a friend and I
> >         refered
> >         you.
> >         
> >         Im just not sure
> if they offer it still but it does not hurt
> >         to try.
> >         
> >         I am currently
> paying 32.xx for 5M down 800k up and static ip.
> >         Obviously
> >         the dry loop
> will add some but maybe under the group discount
> >         it might
> >         be cheaper my
> limit is 300Gig a month and i run web server
> >         mail server
> >         etc... Hell i
> even used to host family and friends websites
> >         and i never
> >         passed the limit
> and that included distro hoping and
> >         downloading iso
> >         every other
> day.
> >         
> >         Later
> >         
> >         Nick Sklav
> >         
> >         
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