Comments on: Internet Service Providers

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:25:31 +0000

the problem with bell that you mentioned with the speeds slowing down once capped seems to be a perfect explanation for the phenomenon.
I have bell and am charged a constant price but every month near the end for about a week or so the internet slows to unbearable loading.
Also i’ve noticed that most saturday and sunday evenings when too many people in the area (most of which also have bell) are online the service shuts down every now and then for up to 10 minutes at a time.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:49:20 +0000

I’ve got a basic phone line from bell $26 including tax per month. I got MagicJack for telephone and long distance. $0 per month. My highspeed is esuite.ca paying only $26 per month. My TV cable is included in my condo. So basically I’m paying to all of that for just $52! while people pay around $200 to $300

And oh yeah…. my only problem is my cell where I’m paying about $60 unlimited for everying in Fido but now, I might switch because they just took out unlimited incoming text.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:57:20 +0000

Hi Penny,

I haven’t actually switched yet (I’m a procrastinator), but I settled on Teksavvy (next time I move I’m switching to them). I had some bad experiences with Primus…

By: Penny Pincher

Penny Pincher — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:03:18 +0000

Mr Cheap:
Did you choose to switch providers?
I just wasted an evening of my life talking with Bell and Rogers customer service reps. (None were actually located in Canada).
I’m trying to choose between Teksavvy and Primus. I couldn’t find any other reasonable localish providers – I’m moving from Waterloo to Kitchener.
My friends enjoy the speed of Primus but advised the technical support and customer service are terribly slow to resolve problems.
I’m curious to know what you decided!

By: ResaleDiva

ResaleDiva — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:42:07 +0000

I use att yahoo fastest internet connection for $29 a month, plus about $25 more for a land line. I’ve whittled the land line down to basic’s. No call waiting or caller id. I buy a LD calling card for 2cents a minute at Costco (the cheapest ATT offers is 8cents a minute but you have to pay $10 a month to get it) . Even if you don’t belong to costco , they only charge an additional $2-$3 for the card . I thought it was worth it as I didn’t have to drive there and go in that gargantuan store. The card was delivered free-no postage charge from ordering on their website. My phone bill usually stays around $50-$55 a month.

By: ResaleDiva

ResaleDiva — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:40:22 +0000

I use att yahoo fastest internet connection for $29 a month, plus about $25 more for a land line. I’ve whittled the land line down to basic’s. No call waiting or caller id. I buy a LD calling card for 2cents a minute at Costco (the cheapest ATT offers is 8cents a minute but you have to pay $10 a month to get it) . Even if you don’t belong to costco you can buy a LD card off their website for a $3 charge. I thought it was worth it as I didn’t have to drive there and go in that gargantuan store. The card was delivered free-no postage charge from ordering on their website. My phone bill usually stays around $50-$55 a month.

By: Patty Ho

Patty Ho — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:03:47 +0000

oh, my building actually got bought out by Rogers. I can’t even choose Bell as my service provider. My husband is a big time downloader. He used to use TechSavvy, and they are great!

However, they run on Bell’s line! Without Bell’s equipment in the condo, we are simply screwed by Rogers. Now everything I have is with Rogers due to the bulk discount.

Rogers DO cap the BT downloads only if you are using just normal express speed. We are using extreme speed so there were no problems. However, because we download too much, we paid extra 25 dollar for exceeding the download limit every month. Therefore we just end up downloading as much we can every month. lol

By: c0sm0420

c0sm0420 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:15:52 +0000

If you are looking for VOIP service and have a bit of tech. knowledge (like how to setup your own VOIP adapter like the

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:02:48 +0000

Not that it will help you much.. But I’ve used Shaw for the last 10+ years in Saskatoon and Vancouver and have no complaints. Sure I’ve had an outage or 2. But I think we’ve had more power and Sasktel outages in the same time frame so I can’t really complain.

I’m just on the $39.95/mos plan which has a 60GB limit which is good for most people. Occasionally I go over. You can pay more for up to 150GB/mos I think.

Haven’t made the jump to voip for phone yet. I was holding on to my landline as it works even when the power is out. But with 2 cell phones in the house, that shouldn’t really worry me.

By: Chris W. Rea

Chris W. Rea — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:58:14 +0000

I use and like Primus for DSL (5 Mbps), but it does take a while to get customer service on the phone when you need them (not often). Other than that, no complaints and the price is right.