[kwlug disc.] Rogers ISP - cost competitive?

[Jon L]

A couple of things come to mind when you said its a physical copper issue.

Have you tested you modem/speed test at the Demarcation Point in your residence? (It is the phone jack connected to the wires coming into your residence.)

If you don't have one you should.  I had some issues with my residential Bell line a few years ago.  Finally got Bell to come out and they installed a DP Jack and then it was fine after that.

I'm not saying this will solve your problem but its worth a try.

I myself am on Rogers the Extreme 6Mbps package.  I get great download rates from good mirrors.  e.g.  Downloading a DVD iso image from a good mirror  I get 600Kbps.

If you want to run a server Rogers is not the best option though, as mentioned by others.  They block SMTP and throttle Bi-torrent.

I recommend this DSL ISP.  www.teksavvy.com  They have residential and business "packages".  I have one client using them and they have very good tech support.

Last time I check they were not blocking ports/services, which may have changed.  They have very good prices for the services that you are getting.

Hope this helps you out

JD


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Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:51:49 PM
Subject: [kwlug disc.] Rogers ISP - cost competitive?

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.
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