<div dir="ltr">Hmm. I think that even a sweet retention deal will not keep me. Ditching Rogers and going TekSavvy will cut my monthly costs by more than two thirds, recovering my hardware costs in a hurry. And this past week I received an email that Rogers was "improving my TV experience" by moving a channel I liked out of my channel bundle and into another that would have cost me even more. Enough!<div>
<br></div><div>Anything I can't find on Netflix, Sickbeard, what I can get on OTA or Plex's streaming channels may not be worth watching :-P.<br><div><br></div></div><div style>- Evan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 April 2013 19:02, ted leslie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">I know someone who went down the same path :)<div>on talking to Rogers about the high cost, to make a long story short , to keep the customer, specials, etc, where put in place to </div><div>cut cost by 1/2 to receive the same tv/internet services. Its amazing how these companies will magically have massively different pricing if you express a </div>
<div>need to leave.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-tl</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Evan Leibovitch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi folks.<div><br></div><div>Well, my kids have been badgering me to stop paying stooopid prices to Rogers and I'm ready to leap, switching my Internet and dumping my cable TV completely in favour of Internet/Netflix/Usenet/etc.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Any assistance would be appreciated to help me with these:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>This will be cable rather than DSL. Any comments, good or bad, about Teksavvy's cable service? Most of the comments I've read seem to be able the DSL stuff.<br>
<br></li><li>Is anyone here using (or looking into) vMedia? It looks too good to be true. I am especially intrigued by what their "VBOX" is beyond just a Google TV box.<br><br></li><li>Recommendations on a good router are welcome. Preferably something that could run OpenWRT and has gigabit on all wired ports.<br>
<br></li><li>Does the router need to be placed between my switch and the modem, or can it be just another device hanging off it?<br><br></li><li>Are there any tips based on previous experience on how to handle the transition from Rogers to Teksavvy or vMedia? How hard will Rogers try to talk me out of it (ie, like the retentions program they have for phone customers that can negotiate better deals?) Otherwise, how hard will Rogers make it to leave them?<br>
<br></li><li>Is anyone having any like with OTA, ie a good old antenna? I have a south facing wall on a three storey house in northwest Toronto, should I even try this?<br></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>
All replies are appreciated.</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:left">Evan Leibovitch</div><div style="text-align:left">Toronto Canada</div>
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