Your internet provider?!
12-Oct-2006, 10:16 AM
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Your internet provider?!
Give me the scoop 
Who do you use? What is the name of the service? How much do you pay monthly? Is it worth it? I'm shopping for a new provider. I need a fast and stable connection for mostly online gaming. Please don't suggest Rogers, as that is who I am leaving. Thanks in advance, your help will aid me in my decision.
Who do you use? What is the name of the service? How much do you pay monthly? Is it worth it? I'm shopping for a new provider. I need a fast and stable connection for mostly online gaming. Please don't suggest Rogers, as that is who I am leaving. Thanks in advance, your help will aid me in my decision.
12-Oct-2006, 10:30 AM
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i'm with rogers. call and complain that it is slow nonstop.
they eventually sent a guy to do some tests. he concluded that the lines on our street were old and they couldn't do anything until spring.
so he hooked up all the channels for free, and they dug like 120 feet to replace a bunch of the lines on my street in the spring. haha
he also gave me a signal amplifier cause i had so many splits.
they eventually sent a guy to do some tests. he concluded that the lines on our street were old and they couldn't do anything until spring.
so he hooked up all the channels for free, and they dug like 120 feet to replace a bunch of the lines on my street in the spring. haha
he also gave me a signal amplifier cause i had so many splits.
12-Oct-2006, 10:30 AM
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your only REAL choices are Rogers Or Bell .... ive been on both in the past and honestly .. i prefer Bell ... only because when i use a router its constantly connected .. i dont have to reconfig **** every month when they decide to change my ip .. where as Bell just has a login and password that never changes ...
other than that speed wise .. meh .. if ur leaving rogers ..your going to bell .. unless u have othre providers like Cogeco but i think thats only im bumfukk no where heh .. aka. oakville
other than that speed wise .. meh .. if ur leaving rogers ..your going to bell .. unless u have othre providers like Cogeco but i think thats only im bumfukk no where heh .. aka. oakville
12-Oct-2006, 10:34 AM
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Ive been with rogers for 8 years or so. 10% VIP discount, and the 10% better choice bundle (we will get that once we switch the home phone over) discount for having home phone, digital cable, cellular and internet with rogers.
12-Oct-2006, 10:40 AM
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Originally posted by JoonyaSI
your only REAL choices are Rogers Or Bell .... ive been on both in the past and honestly .. i prefer Bell ... only because when i use a router its constantly connected .. i dont have to reconfig **** every month when they decide to change my ip .. where as Bell just has a login and password that never changes ...
other than that speed wise .. meh .. if ur leaving rogers ..your going to bell .. unless u have othre providers like Cogeco but i think thats only im bumfukk no where heh .. aka. oakville
your only REAL choices are Rogers Or Bell .... ive been on both in the past and honestly .. i prefer Bell ... only because when i use a router its constantly connected .. i dont have to reconfig **** every month when they decide to change my ip .. where as Bell just has a login and password that never changes ...
other than that speed wise .. meh .. if ur leaving rogers ..your going to bell .. unless u have othre providers like Cogeco but i think thats only im bumfukk no where heh .. aka. oakville
they are both pretty similiar, if your having problems with rogers give them a call first, maybe they will give you an incentive to stay....
I had Bell in the past....although Rogers isn't much better, I HATE dealing with bell a lot, their CS is total crap....
12-Oct-2006, 10:43 AM
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I moved into a loft recently, about 2 months ago. One day while my girl & I were painting, we decided to hook up the TV to see if maybe the cable had been left on. It had!! It's still going.. ALL of the channels. In the meantime, I have been using my buddy's connection, he's 2 doors down & is running a wireless network. He's moving in a few weeks, so there goes my free ride. I know that if I call Rogers to get the net, they will either cancel my cable or start charging me for it. I had Roger's at my parents place.. nothing special. Pretty much slow for most of the time, with often disconnects. Is the Bell Lite service any good?
12-Oct-2006, 10:43 AM
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Originally posted by viper_2_4
I haven't had to reconfigure my router since I've got it (4 years ago) and I'm with Rogers....hmmmm
they are both pretty similiar, if your having problems with rogers give them a call first, maybe they will give you an incentive to stay....
I had Bell in the past....although Rogers isn't much better, I HATE dealing with bell a lot, their CS is total crap....
I haven't had to reconfigure my router since I've got it (4 years ago) and I'm with Rogers....hmmmm
they are both pretty similiar, if your having problems with rogers give them a call first, maybe they will give you an incentive to stay....
I had Bell in the past....although Rogers isn't much better, I HATE dealing with bell a lot, their CS is total crap....
12-Oct-2006, 10:47 AM
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Originally posted by JoonyaSI
ive been told many times that its prolly my router thats causing the problem .. do u have it set as a static IP or dynamic ? thing is its my roomies account and i just plug into the router so i really have no say on the account .. but the router we use is SMC barracade G .... ive been told to try a dlink ... but i have problems using torrents all the time ..
ive been told many times that its prolly my router thats causing the problem .. do u have it set as a static IP or dynamic ? thing is its my roomies account and i just plug into the router so i really have no say on the account .. but the router we use is SMC barracade G .... ive been told to try a dlink ... but i have problems using torrents all the time ..
It's been a decent router, but sometimes its had issues dropping connections on wireless to some of the Thinkpad notebooks we've had in the house, but we've never had a problem with dropped connections on any of the desktops (wired in), or on laptops using wireless cards....
12-Oct-2006, 10:49 AM
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Originally posted by viper_2_4
I'm using a D-link router, I believe I have it set to dynamic IP...
It's been a decent router, but sometimes its had issues dropping connections on wireless to some of the Thinkpad notebooks we've had in the house, but we've never had a problem with dropped connections on any of the desktops (wired in), or on laptops using wireless cards....
I'm using a D-link router, I believe I have it set to dynamic IP...
It's been a decent router, but sometimes its had issues dropping connections on wireless to some of the Thinkpad notebooks we've had in the house, but we've never had a problem with dropped connections on any of the desktops (wired in), or on laptops using wireless cards....
13-Oct-2006, 01:19 AM
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I'm with bell for obvious reasons... the employee discount doesn't hurt much either ..
for a long time I was with Rogers ... I find in my area Bell is faster ... when highspeed stuff first came out Rogers was the only provider in the area for awhile and captured a good chunk of the market .. Bell took time to reach where I am .. so it's faster because everyone else is using cable and that slows it down...
for a long time I was with Rogers ... I find in my area Bell is faster ... when highspeed stuff first came out Rogers was the only provider in the area for awhile and captured a good chunk of the market .. Bell took time to reach where I am .. so it's faster because everyone else is using cable and that slows it down...
