canadians do u use shawcable for your internet ? - GoFuckYourself.com

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 07:51 PM

if u get the new motorola modem its like 5x's faster then the regular one its about 10bucks more a month but the speed is worth it , if
you're a webmaster

Spunky · 01-21-2005, 07:52 PM

Telus 2.5...I'm humming along pretty good

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 07:53 PM

i was gonna change ISP now forsure NOT

CybermedAndy · 01-21-2005, 07:53 PM

I'll never use Shaw again

Telus DSL

Steen2 · 01-21-2005, 07:54 PM

telus standard dsl

Spunky · 01-21-2005, 07:57 PM

The thing with cable is it tends to bog down depending on the number of users, with DSL it's a dedicated line.Also I have heard of quite a few people being bombarded with viruses and shit being on cable...

lawked · 01-21-2005, 08:06 PM

I have both shaw and telus.

Telus is worlds apart for shaw in reliability. About a week out of every month, shaw will be slow to US based servers... Yes, I said *a week*. Your max speed will be ~200KB/sec.

Shaw is definitely faster than telus overall... 450KB/sec max on Telus, 650KB/sec on shaw...

Ping times to the US usually favor Telus, on some routes.. shaw... Overall Telus.

Shaw will harass you if you do any big data transfers... whereas, with telus I can send/receive as much as I can in a month and they never call.

Telus *rarely* goes down, shaw occassionally.

I use shaw to game, and telus for work. You can't do large sends/receives on shaw over a period of time and expect to stay connected with them, they'll shut you off.

If you're doing relatively small transfers and enjoy the speed bursts, go shaw.

lawked · 01-21-2005, 08:08 PM

i forgot to mention, you can buy the modem for around 65 bucks and it will keep your monthly price the same.

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawked

i forgot to mention, you can buy the modem for around 65 bucks and it will keep your monthly price the same.

okay thats news thanks

AphEX · 01-21-2005, 08:16 PM

telus standard here.

fuzebox · 01-21-2005, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spunky

Telus 2.5...I'm humming along pretty good

Shaw Extreme is the shiznit.... 5mbps is pretty good for a home connection. The upstream is like 1.5mbps or something too

JustSasha · 01-21-2005, 08:18 PM

Thanks for the tip webgurl.. will get it when i get home

stev0 · 01-21-2005, 08:21 PM

motorola is all they give out here... my download speeds are often over 1 meg/second

stev0 · 01-21-2005, 08:21 PM

DSL is good, but will never be as fast as cable...

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stev0

DSL is good, but will never be as fast as cable...

that's what i think too thats why i have never switched ISP

dcortez · 01-21-2005, 08:41 PM

AOL DSL. Good enough.

NEVER Shaw!

-Dino

Smurfette · 01-21-2005, 08:41 PM

We use persona and its the shits! When we lived in St.John's we had DSL with Alaint and it was good. Fucking shit living in a little newfie port hole!

Smurfette

the Shemp · 01-21-2005, 08:41 PM

shaw extreme

JohnW · 01-21-2005, 08:42 PM

Novus Telecom here in Vancouver. I just ran 3 spped tests and averaged out at 2.9mbps. Not bad for $24.99/month.

;)

J.

cool1 · 01-21-2005, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawked

Shaw will harass you if you do any big data transfers... whereas, with telus I can send/receive as much as I can in a month and they never call.

Telus *rarely* goes down, shaw occassionally.

I use shaw to game, and telus for work. You can't do large sends/receives on shaw over a period of time and expect to stay connected with them, they'll shut you off.

If you're doing relatively small transfers and enjoy the speed bursts, go shaw.

I have been with Shaw for over 6 years now and never have I had that problem.
I do large sends and receives never have I been shut down by Shaw.
Have they shut you down?
Where in Canada are you located?
That may have something to do with it.

flashfire · 01-21-2005, 08:47 PM

I use shaw...gonna check into that new modem

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashfire

I use shaw...gonna check into that new modem

its a huge difference when i go to my downtown place i use the new modem and i notice a significant difference and my other home has the regular modem ....

Mike Okitch · 01-21-2005, 08:54 PM

I've switched to Shaw a week ago and love it.

For those with Shaw extreme, can you tell me what the speed difference is with the regular connection?

webgurl · 01-21-2005, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Okitch

I've switched to Shaw a week ago and love it.

For those with Shaw extreme, can you tell me what the speed difference is with the regular connection?

is "SHAW EXTREME " the special motorola modem i am talking about
or something different ?

Mike Okitch · 01-21-2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webgurl

is "SHAW EXTREME " the special motorola modem i am talking about
or something different ?

I have the Motorola SB5100 and if that's what you're talking about, then no.

Shaw have 3 different internet options. One is "lite", one is regular and the other is extreme. Each has a higher speed than the other. I just don't know how much faster extreme is in comparison to regular. That's what I'd like to know.

gwilkins · 01-21-2005, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by webgurl

its a huge difference when i go to my downtown place i use the new modem and i notice a significant difference and my other home has the regular modem ....

It's the area, not the package your on or the modem. Some areas in Vancouver were getting patchy 1mb/s D/L connections with the motorola modem on the extreme package ( supposed to be 8mb/s... Support told me to expect 5mb/s or more..).

Wiggles · 01-21-2005, 09:15 PM

shaw was driven out here, Persona took over everything.

maja · 01-21-2005, 09:18 PM

stop making me jealous. there's only 1 option here and their cable service sucks. I'm hoping that shaw buys them out soon

jact · 01-21-2005, 09:21 PM

I'm on Cogeco here in Ontario, we've got 10 mbit down and 1 mbit up, fastest home internet in Ontario according to the Globe and Mail. I'm pretty happy with it except for slow DNS lookups. I can't imagine getting less then 700 kB/s downloading anymore, usually I get 1000 kB/s though.

Strife · 01-21-2005, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Okitch

I've switched to Shaw a week ago and love it.

For those with Shaw extreme, can you tell me what the speed difference is with the regular connection?

Regular shaw is 1.5 mbps. Shaw Extreme is up to 5 mbps

huey · 01-21-2005, 10:41 PM

Webgurl we use telus and shaw for redundency. THe extra 10 bucks is worth it for shaw.

BradM · 01-21-2005, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AngelDollarsAndy

I'll never use Shaw again

Telus DSL

Ditto. I feel the same way.

rambler · 01-21-2005, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawked

I have both shaw and telus.

Telus is worlds apart for shaw in reliability. About a week out of every month, shaw will be slow to US based servers... Yes, I said *a week*. Your max speed will be ~200KB/sec.

Shaw is definitely faster than telus overall... 450KB/sec max on Telus, 650KB/sec on shaw...

Ping times to the US usually favor Telus, on some routes.. shaw... Overall Telus.

Shaw will harass you if you do any big data transfers... whereas, with telus I can send/receive as much as I can in a month and they never call.

Telus *rarely* goes down, shaw occassionally.

I use shaw to game, and telus for work. You can't do large sends/receives on shaw over a period of time and expect to stay connected with them, they'll shut you off.

If you're doing relatively small transfers and enjoy the speed bursts, go shaw.

Thats odd. The reverse is true for me.

rickholio · 01-21-2005, 11:59 PM

Out here in the sticks (halifax) we have Alliant DSL and Eastlink cable. Eastlink is solid, never bitches about large downloads, and I routinely get over 200k/s to the west coast from here, most time more than that. 99.9% uptime.

Surprisingly every time I call up tech support for whatever reason (hey, it's halifax... we get helluva snows out here, another 40-50cm predicted for sunday even) I invariably get someone on the phone with a genuine CLUE, not some $6.50/hr flunkie reading from a list. That's worth the price of admission right there.

We get it as part of a deal... digi cable box w. tivo, 2 phone lines w. LD calling plan, cable modem for I believe $120 (my wife pays all the bills, but that sounds about right). Beats the pants off the rogers cable stuff I had when I was still living in Maple Ridge in BC.

austinth · 01-22-2005, 12:03 AM

shaw cable since 99

Vitasoy · 01-22-2005, 02:46 AM

Don't you have to pay additonal 10 bucks just for the modem rental?

01-21-2005, 07:51 PM	#1
webgurl Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Clouds with Carebears Posts: 7,954	canadians do u use shawcable for your internet ? if u get the new motorola modem its like 5x's faster then the regular one its about 10bucks more a month but the speed is worth it , if you're a webmaster

01-21-2005, 07:52 PM	#2
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	Telus 2.5...I'm humming along pretty good __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

01-21-2005, 07:53 PM	#4
CybermedAndy Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 4,170	I'll never use Shaw again Telus DSL __________________ Add some upsell items to your pages here!

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01-21-2005, 07:57 PM	#6
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	The thing with cable is it tends to bog down depending on the number of users, with DSL it's a dedicated line.Also I have heard of quite a few people being bombarded with viruses and shit being on cable... __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

01-21-2005, 08:06 PM	#7
lawked Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 354	I have both shaw and telus. Telus is worlds apart for shaw in reliability. About a week out of every month, shaw will be slow to US based servers... Yes, I said a week. Your max speed will be ~200KB/sec. Shaw is definitely faster than telus overall... 450KB/sec max on Telus, 650KB/sec on shaw... Ping times to the US usually favor Telus, on some routes.. shaw... Overall Telus. Shaw will harass you if you do any big data transfers... whereas, with telus I can send/receive as much as I can in a month and they never call. Telus rarely goes down, shaw occassionally. I use shaw to game, and telus for work. You can't do large sends/receives on shaw over a period of time and expect to stay connected with them, they'll shut you off. If you're doing relatively small transfers and enjoy the speed bursts, go shaw.

01-21-2005, 08:08 PM	#8
lawked Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 354	i forgot to mention, you can buy the modem for around 65 bucks and it will keep your monthly price the same.

01-21-2005, 08:16 PM	#10
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01-21-2005, 08:18 PM	#12
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01-21-2005, 08:21 PM	#13
stev0 Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 6,801	motorola is all they give out here... my download speeds are often over 1 meg/second

01-21-2005, 08:41 PM	#16
dcortez DINO CORTEZ™ Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 2,145	AOL DSL. Good enough. NEVER Shaw! -Dino

01-21-2005, 08:41 PM	#17
Smurfette Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: A little place on the ROCK! Posts: 542	We use persona and its the shits! When we lived in St.John's we had DSL with Alaint and it was good. Fucking shit living in a little newfie port hole! Smurfette

01-21-2005, 08:41 PM	#18
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01-21-2005, 08:42 PM	#19
JohnW Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: under your bed Posts: 642	Novus Telecom here in Vancouver. I just ran 3 spped tests and averaged out at 2.9mbps. Not bad for $24.99/month. ;) J.

01-21-2005, 08:47 PM	#21
flashfire ICQ 1 6 7 8 5 3 4 9 2 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 13,098	I use shaw...gonna check into that new modem

01-21-2005, 08:54 PM	#23
Mike Okitch Confirmed User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Posts: 4,126	I've switched to Shaw a week ago and love it. For those with Shaw extreme, can you tell me what the speed difference is with the regular connection? __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.

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01-21-2005, 09:18 PM	#28
maja Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Dirty D is my human bong! Posts: 868	stop making me jealous. there's only 1 option here and their cable service sucks. I'm hoping that shaw buys them out soon __________________ FETISH SITES PAYS ME WELL! DOES IT PAY YOU TOO? If you're in vancouver / westcoast stop by here! ~~~zombiegirl~~ I've made out with Dwreck, have you?

01-21-2005, 09:21 PM	#29
jact Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oakville, Canada Posts: 9,134	I'm on Cogeco here in Ontario, we've got 10 mbit down and 1 mbit up, fastest home internet in Ontario according to the Globe and Mail. I'm pretty happy with it except for slow DNS lookups. I can't imagine getting less then 700 kB/s downloading anymore, usually I get 1000 kB/s though. __________________ Free agent

01-21-2005, 10:41 PM	#31
huey Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: vancouver Posts: 3,802	Webgurl we use telus and shaw for redundency. THe extra 10 bucks is worth it for shaw. __________________ opinions are like assholes................. "They aren't after me, they are AFTER YOU! Im just in their way" -D.J. Trump

01-21-2005, 11:59 PM	#34
rickholio Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Nor'easterland Posts: 1,914	Out here in the sticks (halifax) we have Alliant DSL and Eastlink cable. Eastlink is solid, never bitches about large downloads, and I routinely get over 200k/s to the west coast from here, most time more than that. 99.9% uptime. Surprisingly every time I call up tech support for whatever reason (hey, it's halifax... we get helluva snows out here, another 40-50cm predicted for sunday even) I invariably get someone on the phone with a genuine CLUE, not some $6.50/hr flunkie reading from a list. That's worth the price of admission right there. We get it as part of a deal... digi cable box w. tivo, 2 phone lines w. LD calling plan, cable modem for I believe $120 (my wife pays all the bills, but that sounds about right). Beats the pants off the rogers cable stuff I had when I was still living in Maple Ridge in BC.

01-22-2005, 12:03 AM	#35
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01-22-2005, 02:46 AM	#36
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