Need an ISP in TO

[James Golick]

My '4mbit' connection from Rogers is at VERY BEST about 1...and it
completely dies whenever I try to download anything by means of
torrent.  The worst part is, that if you call for support, they reply
bluntly with a shpeil about lack of support for torrent downloads,
because of their relation to illegal materials.

I guess Debian 3.1 is now considered illegal.

I had sympatico back when it first came out, and it was equally lousy.
 Apparently I'm really really far from the c/o...stupid dsl.

So what's left?  Nothing, right?

In montreal, when I'm at school, I had a 6.5 megabit connection that
regularly performed WELL above 6.5 megabits.  I could sustain 5
torrent downloads @ 700+k down.

Ugh...this is frustrating to think about.

Is there any solution?  I would spend up to 80$/mth.

James



On 7/18/05, Joseph Kubik <josephkubik-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Are you in a shared or standalone building? (is your dmark accessible?)
> 
> Try taking the phone down and plugging directly into the dmark next
> time the line is bad. If the building is unplugged and the line is
> still bad, have no fear, it's bell's fault.
> -Joseph-
> P.S. I am having bell issues as well.
> 
> On 7/18/05, Sy <sy1235-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 7/7/05, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > Howard Gibson wrote:
> >
> > > A friend of mine is on Primus.  Lot's of "fun".  Currently she has a
> > > problem, where she's occasionally disconnected and has to restart the
> > > connection.  It doesn't matter if she connects directly to the computer
> > > or goes through a router.  Also, the smtp server seems a tad slow.
> >
> > I'm having a similar problem.  Sympatico was quite helpful throughout
> > my bunch of phonecalls.  We did the standard braindead troubleshooting
> > stuff, but chatting with a level 2 tech we ended up confirming that I
> > must have a dirty line which has recently gotten dirtier, forcing
> > disconnections.  It also appears that I've had a dirty line all along,
> > giving me under a 500 kbit connection, as opposed to the 3Mbit I ought
> > to have.
> >
> > Now of course, calling Bell Telephone regarding the dirty line means
> > that I'll have a repair person sent out on the 18th of next month.
> >
> > Mind you, I signed up for their wiring care plan, so I won't be
> > further raped by their service charges if they find out that it's my
> > inside wiring, which it may well be.
> >
> >
> > I also bought a new phone, and can still hear pops and clicks during
> > times of poor connectivity.
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