[kwlug-disc] Fwd: Re: Cable internet price increase

[B.S.]

I switched to Acanac mid-January. I noticed then that Vmedia had stopped 
being the cheapest, in favour of Acanac. [Let alone Zazeen/Acanac have 
real PVR (local storage), vs Vmedia cloud PVR. If you think you might 
ever do TV that way.]

$50/month (12 months at a time), 1st three months $20. For 30/5, 350Mb.

Prior Rogers had 60 then 80GB cap, which I almost never went over.

You'll be hard pressed to exceed such caps. Unless you have them pesky 
teenagers, like Khalid.

I can see where one might want more than 10/15 down (2 streams + voip), 
just in case, but personally much more than that really isn't going to 
buy you much - the web won't feed you that fast (other side / content 
sender). That's not exactly true, but there is a point where things are 
sufficiently fast, and is more really going to buy you anything useful. 
YMMV.

With Rogers scaremongering and killing analogue TV (CTV News channel now 
shows Aquarium channel), I suppose I'll have more traffic, but probably 
not more than 350GB, regularly, 4+ - 6- more than I had.

At least Acanac gives you a VPN.

More worrisome ... when you're shopping ... keep an eye on the up speed. 
I got in at 30/5, but I see now that they're advertising 30/3 instead. 
Their 30/5/unlimited is also $60.

[They also have a lot of freebies, see 
http://acanac.ca/Login-Section.html if you care. I didn't see such at 
the other providers. Not advocating Acanac, just sayin' / pointing out. 
I can say my switch was seamless, and support has been very good. Would 
do it again.]


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Cable internet price increase
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:08:46 -0500
From: William Park
Reply-To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org

Same with Teksavvy.  My Cable 18up/0.5down (400GB) is now $45.  Still
cheaper than other options, but it getting ridiculous when telecom is
more expensive than water.  Pretty soon, I have to make decision to
either drink/shower or surf web!

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:17:14AM -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> This is just an FYI.
>
> At the time I was looking at replacing Rogers (8 or 9 months ago), VMedia
> was the lowest price for unlimited. Other providers raised prices shortly
> before.
>
> VMedia is finally catching up. They sent a notice of a price increase
> starting March 1st.
>
> Instead of $50 a month for cable (5 up 30 down, unlimited), it will now be
> $60.
>
> I just checked Start.ca (was on my short list before they raised prices),
> and they are the same $60 if you want unlimited.
>
> Hope that price increase stays put for a number of years.