[kwlug-disc] OT: Teksavvy DSL plans

[CrankyOldBugger]

I was on a similar TekSavvy plan (cable, not DSL), then switched a few
months ago to VMedia's 60/10 cable plan for pretty much the same money.
Working great so far.

On Tue Jan 13 2015 at 3:29:11 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> Any specific reason you insist on having DSL, and not cable?
>
> With cable, there is no dry loop fee, and you can work around the
> static IP thingie by using Dynamic DNS.
>
> I have had the same IP address on cable ever since I switched from
> Rogers to Vmedia (7 months or so now?)
>
> The cost is $60 a month (with initial month having install fee + modem
> too).
>
> They do have DSL too, but I am not using it hence, can't say if it is
> good or bad ...
>
> http://www.vmedia.ca/internet/compare-plans.aspx
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi KWLUGers! Just wondering if anyone is on the Teksavvy $57.99 DSL 25
> > unlimited plan and how well it's working for you?
> >
> > We're on the DSL 6 + static IP/MLPPP plan and I've been thinking about
> > upgrading to do Netflix (etc). The first month would be $237.99 (VDSL
> modem
> > $120, $50 Activation, $5 dry loop, $ static IP, $57.99 monthly fee).
> After
> > that we're looking at $67.99 (57.99 + dry loop + static ip).
> >
> > Downloading we get about 600kb/s on our current plan. Uploading is dog
> slow.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Charles
> >
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