imported_twizzlerboy

hey guys, just wondering some things about dsl... does anyone know any good dsl home internet services other than sympatico, and can you have dsl without having a home phone number?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

imported_civic_blondie87

dont know any companys but im pretty sur eyou have to have a phone number to have dsl... isnt that what it runs through??

imported_starboy869

I have DSL w/o paying for a home phone line.

Basicly you still get a home number that can only call 911 and use dsl. I know Bell Canada offers that.

imported_dazednconfuzed

look through this list.
there are a few DSL providers in Ontario.http://www.broadbandreports.com/isplist?c=CAN

imported_twizzlerboy

thanks everyone, hope i can work this out... i don't wanna have to go to cable... any more suggestions would be great

stock94block

why not

Cynikal.Mindset

cable ownz dsl

steeleclipse

cable is waaay quicker at downloading **** than DSL is... Uh I mean looking at car stuff...

kwikb16a2

dsl dont got a cap, so dsl owns cable

Cynikal.Mindset

cogeco destroys dsl for speedtests...and whats this cap u speak of?

kwikb16a2

dsl has no cap, i believe cogeco has there download/upload set to 30gig or sumthin

steeleclipse

everything is capped... dsl's is just worse. If there weren't any caps, whoever logged on at the perfect time would dominate the bandwidth of the network... dont buy into dsl's "not shared" argument...

everything is shared somewhere

steeleclipse

30gig? Um... you work at best buy don't you?

Cynikal.Mindset

I dont have a cap if thats the case...I downloaded over 30gb in a week (had to make use of my new HDD)...this cap is a figment of your imagination

steeleclipse

a cap is a Mbps (speed) restriction, not a total quantity restriction...

kwikb16a2

no i dunt work at best buy and no cyn its not in my head

http://www.cogeco.ca/en/high-speed-internet-_o.html

kwikb16a2

u want me to find the site for sympatico and show u theres no upload/download cap?

steeleclipse

dude, forget it. ask a i.t. tech if dsl is uncapped. you have no idea what your talking about...

kwikb16a2

im confused, all im saying is that if i were to download 60GBs on sympatico i wouldnt get charged. If i download 60GBs on cegeco i would have to pay more. Is there anything else to it?

steeleclipse

and all im saying is a cap is something that restricts the speed of your download. Dsl is more restricted than cable is. That means that if you have cable, you can download stuff faster than you can with DSL.