[kwlug disc.] Rogers ISP - cost competitive?

[Unsolicited]

Prelogue (?): My Bell line (copper) here is supposed to be giving me
+3Mbps. I'm lucky if I get 1. Golden, now ExecuLink, has always been
excellent, but can't help me here, of course, as it is a physical Bell
copper issue. i.e. No DSL provider is going to be able to do any better.

Which is to say, if I move away from 'Copper', as far as I know my
only choice is 'cable' (Rogers).

They have, say, 6 tiers, 3 consumer and 3 business. Business as in
running a server is no against AUP. Only the highest has a static IP
address, which, well, we'll just not go there ... [how can you offer a
server service and not have a static IP, well, ... never mind.] (Yes,
I know, Dynamic DNS and all that, but still ...)

Consumer      Lite: 1 Mbps - $ 36 (well, $32.95 + $3 modem rental)
Consumer   Express: 5      -   48
Consumer   Extreme: 6      -   56
Business    Faster: 6      -   60 [only $4 more!]
Business   Fastest: 8      -  100
Business Dedicated: 8      -  200

Are these prices cost competitive in this K-W area for the speed provided?

Thanks.