ISP Recommendation? (was "Rogers Breaks DNS")

[Aaron Vegh]

On 19-Jul-08, at 10:36 AM, Jamon Camisso <jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>  
wrote:

> Marc Lanctot wrote:
>> Colin McGregor wrote:
>>> Just to note, Rogers has decided to break DNS. As of now any trip  
>>> to a
>>> website with an invalid URL and you will be taken to a Rogers/Yahoo
>>> search website (with Rogers adverts.). I have called, complained and
>>> been told "that is the way it is supposed to work".
>>>
>>> Is it my imagination or is Rogers totally determined to offer the
>>> WORST possible Internet service in Canada?
>>>
>> Ouch!
>> I'll be moving to Etobicoke soon (from Alberta).. if I want cable,  
>> do I have a choice (ie. Cogeco?). I've also heard Rogers does  
>> traffic-shaping. Sounds like I might want to avoid Rogers if I can.
>> A few more questions about Rogers: do they block incoming traffic  
>> on ports other than 80 and 8080? If I leave my machine on all the  
>> time and want to SSH in remotely (and run a web server on a non- 
>> standard port), will they crack down on this? I know Shaw here nor  
>> Videotron in Quebec ever gave me problems, but if Rogers will then  
>> I might consider my other options.
>> I'd really rather avoid DSL.. who provides it there, Bell? I'd like  
>> opinions on that-- has anybody done the switch from one to the  
>> other? If so, why, and was it worth it?
>
> TekSavvy++ :)

I tried TekSavvy over Rogers for a while, and ended up going back.  
Yes, the torrents were faster (slightly) on TS, but the overall speed  
was dramatically better with Rogers. I may have my issues with the  
company, but you just can't beat 10Mbps service, and TS just doesn't  
offer that.

Cheers,
Aaron

>
>
> Jamon
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