ISP Recommendation? (was "Rogers Breaks DNS")

[Tyler Aviss]

Teksavvy's service is great. But they do share Bell's lines in
many/most places. Bell sucks, and their service as a customer of a 3rd
party is even more suckish.
You might want to check into what the status is of DSL in whatever
neighborhood you're moving too. In mine the service sucks, not because
of Teksavvy (which has smart staff, quick answers, and overall good
service thus far), but because of Bell's overextended line-runs from
the CO can leave you with some suckish speeds that your actual ISP
cannot remedy.





On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 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++ :)
>
> Jamon
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