<div dir="ltr">OK. deed is done. Rogers retention made me an offer - unlimited Extreme Plus (45/4) for $100 but I turned it down. Let's hope TekSavvy does the trick. Because I'm going from cable to DSL, I can actually have them in parallel while I do the transition. I have till May 29 to return my rental boxes to Rogers.<div>
<br></div><div style>BTW -- is the FTTN equipment at the home end a router (with NAT and firewall), or just a modem?</div><div><br></div><div style>- Evan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 22 April 2013 11:52, 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">I've been checking out vmedia as part of my shopping. IPTV isn't just piggybacked onto regular Internet service, though if you buy IPTV from vMedia you *must* buy your Internet pipe from them too.<div>
<br></div><div>And, as you say, its minimum service includes all the other CRTC mandatory cruft. Given that I can get five local channels with the equivalent of rabbit ears, I think I can do without basic cable or IPTV.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Update: Just got off the phone with TekSavvy. They can do 50/10 FTTN to my house for $55 (plus $8 mandatory modem rental) per month. That's half of Rogers , with a higher cap that offers unlimited 2-8am. If I want 24/7 unlimited the cost is $85 -- still cheaper than Rogers with its 230GB cap.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now to call Rogers. Let's see what their retention folks have in store. Can they match this?</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>- Evan</div><div><br></div><div> </div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 April 2013 11:26, Walter Dnes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org" target="_blank">waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:56:31AM -0400, John Myshrall wrote<br>
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> I wish the other ISP's would start carrying TV. Hopefully this will<br>
> happen in the near future.<br>
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</div> There are some like <a href="http://vmedia.ca" target="_blank">http://vmedia.ca</a> and http://<a href="http://zazeen.ca" target="_blank">http://zazeen.ca</a> The<br>
good news is that they're CRTC-compliant and legal.<br>
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The bad news is that they're CRTC-compliant and throw in all the usual<br>
mandatory pay-TV channels into their "basic" packages. E.g. APTN, MUCH,<br>
CBC Newsworld, CP24, Weather Network, TSN, YTV, etc. And I believe you<br>
have to subscribe to their internet service as well.<br>
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