Net Brutality
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I remember when my dad would never upgrade his plan with Cable One which meant we were still getting 5Mbps down 1Mbps up for the longest time when 50Mbps was the constantly advertised speed. Could not convince him that we weren't getting what we should have been getting.
Years later, got cable internet set up for grandparents after years of Dial-up/DSL and the speed was as advertised.
Where my parents live now? Not sure what options are there besides Comcast, but it's Comcast. And it's not bad. Can't remember exact speeds but it's probably something like 100Mbps down 10Mbps up.
Granted, I'm sure my parents are paying out the ass for that. And it's still Comcast.
Years later, got cable internet set up for grandparents after years of Dial-up/DSL and the speed was as advertised.
Where my parents live now? Not sure what options are there besides Comcast, but it's Comcast. And it's not bad. Can't remember exact speeds but it's probably something like 100Mbps down 10Mbps up.
Granted, I'm sure my parents are paying out the ass for that. And it's still Comcast.
Ah, somebody finally mentioned Shaw. I was wondering why they had been left out.canadamus_prime said:
That's where the mugger analogy falls down. The monthly mugger takes your money and fucks off, he doesn't keep arguing with you on why you need cable tv and a telephone landline for half an hour.
Oh yeah, I HATE that. Thankfully Shaw hasn't called me recently, but damnit if it isn't annoying when they'd call to try and sell me digital cable or phone service.Holythirteen said:
I live in semi rural Australia on Telstra internet.
The shafting is very real and very painful. It's like the mugger ties you to a chair and just watches you for 6 hours before beating you, taking your wallet and then resumes watching you.
The shafting is very real and very painful. It's like the mugger ties you to a chair and just watches you for 6 hours before beating you, taking your wallet and then resumes watching you.
Eh, life's too short for despair. take heart!Signa said:
At least people such as those are in the minority. If they weren't, the ISPs would have never hit a roadblock in their plans to begin with.
Assuming they're not trolls, though... those people are either hardcore right or libertarian beyond all reason. o.o
Alex Baas said:
I am surprised nobody has mentioned Teksavvy. I keep hearing great things about them and they are supposedly in most provinces Except the northern ones and Saskatchewan. I actually use Sasktel myself and have had no real problems but I would put serious consideration into Teksavvy if there ever did come here.aegix drakan said:
I suspect people get this idea from that segment from "Bowling for Columbine" where Micheal Moore walked around some Canadian neighborhood, tested "random" doors and none of them were locked. Later on it was revealed that they found a lot of locked doors, but edited those out, because it didn't prove his point that "Canadians are more trusting and better then Americans".Westaway said:
Me neither, actually. Could've sworn they were British.Rituro said:
Meh, take it as a hidden blessing that the worst Canadian stereotypes get is "The people there are pretty nice, but they eat weird food sometimes". You should see some of the bullshit other countries have to put up with.Westaway said:
I live in Hungary, and in the capital, we actually have enough choice. I'm on 240/20 right now, and could double that if I wanted to. We have a choice of ADSL providers (any one of them can provide provided you have a landline), cable providers (usually at least 1, sometimes 2 that has a network where you are), and there are some alternative providers as well that build their own fiber optics network. These are usually separate, but not exclusive, e.g. T-online provides ADSL and has a budding FiOS/cableTV network. Oh, all of these are actually unlimited. Well, they usually come with a fair usage policy of some sort, (my cable says 350 GB/month, but I'm way over that. The ADSL had actually no limit, but was 120/10 max) but those are not enforced.
I always laugh at the US state of affairs. Seriously, "land of the free", "home of possibilities"? It's a joke, you can't even get decent internet 9 out of 10 cases! ...nor mobile internet. The only thing they have is a too strong monopoly every single place.
I always laugh at the US state of affairs. Seriously, "land of the free", "home of possibilities"? It's a joke, you can't even get decent internet 9 out of 10 cases! ...nor mobile internet. The only thing they have is a too strong monopoly every single place.
In Auckland, New Zealand, we're spoiled for choice. The providers better have a reliable service or folks quickly jump ship.
It's not much better down here in the south west. I live on a bloody main road (200 cars must drive by each day) yet we still don't have fibre optic, and what internet we do have is patchy at best. Like many good things in this country it's entirely London-centric.rosac said:
Heh.Quiet Stranger said:
I'm using Eastlink too. But that is mainly because I encountered some of the most appallingly bad customer service I have ever witnessed from Bell 3 years ago when they mislead me about an install date for service when I moved, tried to blame me for the error, tried to tell me that I had to wait for a week for a new appointment, refused to give me access to a manager at the time I had access to a phone ( my phone was with them too). So faced with the choice of waiting for a week to get service from a company that apparently was taking me for granted and giving the cheaper competitor a chance I chose the latter. I did not mind the extra 10 bucks a month as at least for a while the service was excellent. Now they can go to hell.
I'm just glad that it was Eastlink to go with alternatively and not Rogers *shudders* I have heard things about Rogers.
I remember when they both had deals, and it was cheaper to switch every 3 months just because they actually fought over customers. Seems those days have gone. I live alone, Bell is cheaper for me.Quiet Stranger said:
Anyway, High-Five me, mah Provincial bro.
Oh, and the Fibre Op is a trap, they give you a lower price for 3 months, and then jack it up insanely high after that. Heh, no fuckin' thanks!
In Denmark we have several companies to choose... although most of them have the same owner, if you live in CPH there is a 95% chance that your ISP is either owned by TDC or 3. Outside of the Capital the choices are surprisingly varied. Who is socialist now Murica!