Rogers high-speed internet

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 10:42, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 09:25:46PM -0500, Charles philip Chan wrote:
> > Sympatico is not too bad if you can support yourself. Although
> > the speed is slower than cable, but the speed is constant since I
> > don't have to share my connection with the whole neighbourhood.
>
> But you do have to share the ISP and the rest of the internet with
> them. Big freaking deal.  That claim is one of the lamest marketing
> scams the DSL people have come up with.  DSL is very nice, and has
> the advantage of not having to deal with rogers, but the sharing
> with your neighbours thing is just a load of crap.  Some cable
> areas may be badly designed and have too many users on one segment
> (cogeco seems to love doing this), but from what I have seen rogers
> does a decent job keeping the number reasonable (I have no problem
> getting 700KB/s transfers regularly).

I find the Sympatico ads annoying and misleading as well. I'm 
surprised someone hasn't complained to the appropriate authorities 
(Competition Bureau?) about their claims that Sympatico users don't 
share their connection. I haven't seen any evidence whatsoever that 
DSL is more consistent or faster, or vice versa. It really depends on 
the neighbourhood and even the specific installation.
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis Corporation
3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419
Toronto, ON
Canada  M4N 3P6

+1 416-410-3326
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