Rogers high-speed internet

[Jose A. Dias]

Stephen Allen wrote:
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:05 PM
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Rogers high-speed internet
> 
> James Knott wrote:
> 
> > Bell will now supply a modem/router/firewall combo, but that's
useless
> > for my work, which requires only a modem.
> 
> Well just use it for a modem then ...
> 
> My experiences have been a little different.
> 
> Two years ago I lived in Scarborough and used Cable Internet. It was
> atrocious, and even though I was on high speed, (as opposed to Ultra),
I
> achieved a maximum 70 kbps usually averaging 40 kbps. This was in 3
> different locations in Scarborough.

I live in the Eglinton and Martin Grove area, and DSL was not available
until 2006. Everyone around had it, but I couldn't get it.

My only choice was Rogers and I went with it. First with Teryon devices
and it was hell. The things worked like crap (they just sat there and
stunk up the place) and were not much faster then my old modems. When
Rogers introduced their "new" Ultra I jumped on it. I bought the device
and all of a sudden My speed doubled.

Like any other business, Rogers is in the marked to make money. In a
corner of a neighborhood, bound by the 427 and 401 on two sides, "good
enough" was all I was getting. Good enough to use it, but nothing
spectacular. By going to the "new" Ultra service I was no longer sharing
this end of the segment. I hooked up early to Rogers, but most of my
neighbors have now signed up, so congestion on our segment is an issue.

I'm paying more for a service I feel I should have been getting from the
beginning, but "full of choices" is not a classification I'd use for the
internet connectivity market here in Toronto. It's available, but on
"their" terms.
 
> Since I"ve moved to downtown Toronto, DSL from Sympatico, has been
> reliable -- More so than Cable ever was for me. I'm getting faster
speed
> as well,(a steady average of 350 kbps, (sometimes higher) on most of
my
> surfing/downloads.
> 
> For $35/month (contract) I get better service, faster throughput, and
a
> great little wireless/conventional router/switch/modem, that works
> better than my Linksys, ever did.

IPCop is your friend. A Pentium 90 with a couple nic's will work non
stop!

> 
> YMMV

YMWV

> 

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