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  • Pipecrew
    Master of Gfy.com
    • Feb 2002
    • 14888

    #1

    Bell Sympatico Users

    Anyone else hitting the 5gb download limits? I am touching cloth for both uploading and downloading....... Its a sweet 7.95 per gig overages, what a deal!
  • wannabeapornstar
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2002
    • 766

    #2
    siwtch to another dsl provider
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    • B40
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 7020

      #3
      Anybody switch yet?

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      • WiredGuy
        Pounding Googlebot
        • Aug 2002
        • 34512

        #4
        I bullshitted my way out of the first bill. I mean first they email my sympatico email account of the notice of price change and I haven't checked that email since I started using them over 1 year ago. Next, I get a bill for $128 or something like that instead of the usual $35.99 (I get a discount from the regular $39.99). Anyways, I BS'd my way out of the first bill and will probably cancel since 5gb is BS. I use like 1gb/day.

        Have you guys found any alternate providers that don't cap or at least have a higher cap than 5gb/month?

        WG
        I play with Google.

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        • Pipecrew
          Master of Gfy.com
          • Feb 2002
          • 14888

          #5
          Originally posted by WiredGuy

          Have you guys found any alternate providers that don't cap or at least have a higher cap than 5gb/month?

          WG

          I dont think there is anything DSL wise, Rogers but they suck and are putting a limit on soon as well....... I like bell over rogers since I havent had 1 minute of downtime with bell since signing up

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          • B40
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2001
            • 7020

            #6
            When Bell had the $20 unlimited long distance and cancelled it me and my roomie talked up a $800 bill. We called them and told them we didn't know they had cancelled the plan, which we didn't - and they charged us only $20. Then we switched.

            There's this site here that lists most of the ISP's, but I'm waiting for someone to switch to a company before I do.

            http://www.canadianisp.com/

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            • B40
              Confirmed User
              • Jul 2001
              • 7020

              #7
              Originally posted by Pipecrew



              I dont think there is anything DSL wise, Rogers but they suck and are putting a limit on soon as well....... I like bell over rogers since I havent had 1 minute of downtime with bell since signing up
              Check out that link. There's lots of DSL providers. Most require you to purchase your own modem, or rent theirs for a ridiculous amount.

              Just don't know which one to switch to.

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              • wannabeapornstar
                Confirmed User
                • Mar 2002
                • 766

                #8
                try look.ca dsl
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                • B40
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2001
                  • 7020

                  #9
                  Originally posted by wannabeapornstar
                  try look.ca dsl
                  Looks good except for that $150 they make you pay to purchase the modem - and you only get 2 phone filters.

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                  • WiredGuy
                    Pounding Googlebot
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 34512

                    #10
                    I'm using GT Internet @ my office here, its more expensive but its also a 3MB connection (3X faster than symaptico). I think it's $120/month for 20gb cap, but 3X faster than sympatico and no BS upload caps. Then again, these are also office rates, maybe they have home rates which are cheaper.

                    WG
                    I play with Google.

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                    • Pipecrew
                      Master of Gfy.com
                      • Feb 2002
                      • 14888

                      #11
                      Originally posted by B40


                      Check out that link. There's lots of DSL providers. Most require you to purchase your own modem, or rent theirs for a ridiculous amount.

                      Just don't know which one to switch to.

                      just did, ton of providers, sorta surprised there was that many!

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                      • B40
                        Confirmed User
                        • Jul 2001
                        • 7020

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Pipecrew



                        just did, ton of providers, sorta surprised there was that many!
                        Yeah my problem is not finding a new ISP, it's choosing which one. I don't want to switch to one and have to switch again b/c it sucks.

                        That's why I'm waiting for some reviews or referrals.

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                        • Martin
                          "Assassins"
                          • Dec 2001
                          • 17274

                          #13
                          Yeah this 5gb cap is garbage.. Gonna check that link out myself..

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                          • some_idiot
                            Confirmed User
                            • May 2002
                            • 1511

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Pipecrew
                            Anyone else hitting the 5gb download limits? I am touching cloth for both uploading and downloading....... Its a sweet 7.95 per gig overages, what a deal!
                            Turned the bastards down 2 weeks ago! Put wireless
                            cards in everything I own and now run off the AT&T
                            link in basement for biz and personal.

                            Turning Sympatico off was great...

                            Rep: "So what could we do to keep your business?"
                            Me: "Give me back what I signed up for instead of
                            fucking me up the ass, it's not like I'm running a server
                            or any peer to peer off the link."
                            Rep: "I'll put that on the close tag."
                            Me: "Make it a direct quote!"
                            Rep: "Where should I send the confirmation of the
                            cancelation? Your email?"
                            Me: "Yah sure, you just turned it off right???"

                            This AVS pays my mortgage!

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                            • Pipecrew
                              Master of Gfy.com
                              • Feb 2002
                              • 14888

                              #15
                              Originally posted by some_idiot


                              Turned the bastards down 2 weeks ago! Put wireless
                              cards in everything I own and now run off the AT&T
                              link in basement for biz and personal.

                              Turning Sympatico off was great...

                              Rep: "So what could we do to keep your business?"
                              Me: "Give me back what I signed up for instead of
                              fucking me up the ass, it's not like I'm running a server
                              or any peer to peer off the link."
                              Rep: "I'll put that on the close tag."
                              Me: "Make it a direct quote!"
                              Rep: "Where should I send the confirmation of the
                              cancelation? Your email?"
                              Me: "Yah sure, you just turned it off right???"
                              how much is that per month? and what did the wireless gear set you back?

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                              • some_idiot
                                Confirmed User
                                • May 2002
                                • 1511

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Pipecrew


                                how much is that per month? and what did the wireless gear set you back?
                                Running a full link is not for the faint of heart or
                                pocket book. Running an ether extention for me is
                                about $650 a month, but I'm very close to Queen st. so
                                it's a short haul. I also had my own router that had
                                WAN ether ports on it so I didn't have to lease one.
                                You'll have to get a quote, I've seen ether extentions
                                in Toronto range from $500 to $5000, as long as you
                                can get it in your area.

                                Old box at Factory Direct (College and Spadina) for
                                about $200, loaded up with FreeBSD. Ether to the
                                router, Orinoco silver in a TI carrier card, couple of
                                custom transceivers on the serial ports. $90 for
                                wireless, $50 for the carrier.

                                1 homebrew wireless router and 4 boxes hooked up
                                is about $800.

                                This AVS pays my mortgage!

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                                • mic
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Feb 2002
                                  • 277

                                  #17
                                  Anybody try Sympatico High Speed Ultra service?
                                  Feel the difference?

                                  Speed:
                                  Up to 3 Mbps downstream
                                  Up to 640 Kbps upstream

                                  Bandwidth:
                                  10 GB download
                                  10 GB upload

                                  $69.95/month

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                                  • Backov
                                    Confirmed User
                                    • Mar 2001
                                    • 1600

                                    #18
                                    Ya, I've got their high speed extra with static, it's running me like $149.95 a month, but well worth it.. No caps at all, 3mbps downstream, 640kbps upstream.

                                    When/if they cap it I will put in a T1, as the cable company already booted me for doing 3gb/day when the cap was 6gb per month.

                                    Cheers,
                                    Backov
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                                    • Gary
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2001
                                      • 6110

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by mic
                                      Anybody try Sympatico High Speed Ultra service?
                                      Feel the difference?

                                      Speed:
                                      Up to 3 Mbps downstream
                                      Up to 640 Kbps upstream

                                      Bandwidth:
                                      10 GB download
                                      10 GB upload

                                      $69.95/month
                                      I switched and i love it so much. Uploads are so fucking fast its as close to heaven as im ever gonna get

                                      Up to 35$ per join...!

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                                      • -=HUNGRYMAN=-
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Jun 2001
                                        • 4751

                                        #20
                                        http://www.terago.ca/services/detail_10BT_BI.php

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                                        I have heard nothing but good things about TeraGo

                                        I may even switch very soon ... I have no real complaints with ROGERS cable ... but this sounds like too sweet a deal !!

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                                        • Bob Carrick
                                          Registered User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 1

                                          #21
                                          I myself use the 3 meg Ultra service. As for switching ISPs last month Bell Sympatico lost 20,000 customers in a 30 day period. So yes people are switching.

                                          You can see end user ratings at http://www.canadianisp.com when you select a specific ISP and get a feel for what real users think about that ISP.
                                          Bob
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                                          • MadDog
                                            Registered User
                                            • Jul 2002
                                            • 97

                                            #22
                                            A friend of mine who was on Sympatico did some research and came up with IStop - http://www.istop.com/residential.html

                                            Reasonable prices for 15GB with lots of off-peak (if you disconnect and reconnect before raping the system so it registers you as off-peak), and the modem rental is cheap (but he bought it for $149). At least it's $CDN!

                                            Also, a static IP is available if you run servers and such.

                                            I'm on Rogers so I'll have to make a switch eventually, but right now I'm making the best of it

                                            Mad Dog
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