OT -> Toronto telephone service provider

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Oct 15 01:16:25 UTC 2004


Austin wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 17:56 -0400, daniel wrote:
> 
>>what do you do for bandwith though?  is rogers the only option for 
>>non-landline people?  'cause i really don't like them.
> 
> 
> I'm fortunate enough to live in a townhouse owned by the university, so
> there's 10 MB lines in every room (not to mention the 100 MB line in my
> office).  :-)
> 
> Although, I don't even know why I bother paying the $25 per month for
> access, since there are at least six open wireless networks beaming
> through my apartment right now.  But that's even more off-topic.
> 
> Rogers... completely mixed reviews.  A friend of mine has three hookups
> from them in Toronto (one at her place, one at her parents', one at her
> old apartment) and all three were shady.  Signal dropouts, crazy speed
> changes, poor service.  Then again, my brother in Ottawa says his has
> been flawless for two years.  Dunno if it's regional, or just luck.

I'm on Rogers and the my service tends to be very reliable and with the 
"Extreme" service, it's also very fast.  A couple of days ago, I 
downloaded a 102 MB file in just over 2 minutes!
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