Rogers high-speed internet

[William O'Higgins Witteman]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 12:26:17PM -0500, JoeHill wrote:
>> > 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

The key is that there is no requirement for Rogers to allow resellers,
so you have to deal with Rogers.  This is a dealbreaker.  I always get
500kb/s, I have a static IP, my tech support (called four times in two
years) knows Linux, and I can run whatever servers I want, and it costs
$34 per month, tax in, total.  I'm with Teksavvy. 

>Looking at Teksavvy right now, just trying to figure out if the Alcatel Speed
>Touch modem I have is the right one, really cannot afford a new one right now
>(this has always been the breaking point for me, is having to buy/rent a new
>modem).

Call them - they'll know and they'll actually tell you.  I think it will
be fine.

With an ISP you want two things in terms of service (and in Terms of
Service, when it comes to that): 

1. tech support with a clue and reasonable policies
2. clout when it comes to dealing with the underlying carrier - a
reseller's business is much more valuable to BellNexxia than your
individual business is to any corporate entity.
-- 

yours,

William

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