[kwlug-disc] DSL ISP in KW

[CrankyOldBugger]

I was a happy TekSavvy customer for some time but they seem to be charging
considerably more than the other players.  So a year or so ago I switched
to vMedia.  Pretty much the same sort of service for better prices.  Mind
you, I haven't checked prices in a few months...

But I do agree that they seem to be good at protecting users' rights, so I
keep them on my short list when I'm shopping around for an ISP.


On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 14:02, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm one of Techsavvy's first 5000 users, you'd have to pry my service out
> of my hands they've been defending our internet freedoms for years.  I
> think they they've slowed down in the last half decade though. All I know
> is there's no funny business from them it seems, ever so I'm content.
> Although if you ever need phone support, which there are very few reasons
> you do... It's pretty much you're on your own.
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 10:58 Ron Singh, <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> This has been covered before, but I wonder if any opinions have changed
>> -- 2 weeks ago, my current(for the next 48 hours) DSL  provider(Acanac)
>> went down for 3 days, nary a peep from them as to what happened or time to
>> full service.
>>
>> I signed up for TekSavvy($25/mth special for 1 year, billed monthly) for
>> 25/10, no dry loop fee and a free RG516AC Modem/Router)) and
>> Netflash($45/mth for the same service.  The TekSavvy service becomes
>> $48/mth after 1 year.
>>
>> I did Netflash simply because they are local(Lancaster St.) and cannot
>> hide behind a email/tele wall.
>> I did TekSavvy because they are the underdog that did good.
>>
>> I plan on running both services for about 3 months.
>> My feeling is that the quality of service will be very similar in terms
>> of uptime and speeds/packet shaping.
>>
>> The Q is this: Which provider do I keep?
>>
>> I lean towards Netflash as their tech there(Dawn) is very knowledgeable
>> and extremely helpful.
>> I lean towards TekSavvy due to Rocky's advocacy on behalf of users in the
>> past and the fact that they are highly recommended.
>>
>> Flip a coin, or...?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron Singh
>>
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