<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">"half-baked installs" is likely the primary cause of crappy service, to whit --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">- the cables on my dad's street in Westvale were found to be a mere 15" below grade when the road was being resurfaced. It was supposed to be at least 30" below grade. Most of the cabling was damaged during that resurfacing. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">- Yakking with a service tech at one of the junction boxes, we both commiserated over the hot garbage that is the attenuator, the poor seals on the junction boxes, that rubber seals are ineffective as the plastic boxes are usually warped. At the distribution point on his street(box on a front yard), the cables feeding the various homes were inconsistent and some had frayed ground sheathing. Decidedly, a real hot mess.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The Rogers techs(contracted outsiders) love it though, it's all about time and materials billing to Rogers, so they love when problems go on forever, mo' cheddah!<br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I hear you about Rogers (and for that matter, Bell), but I don't see what other choice we have but to go with a 3rd party reseller.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently I'm with vMedia, paying $90/mo for 300/30 cable. So you can imagine my excitement when I saw the 1000/50 cable for $55 (yes, I did see the 3 months special, but neglected to mention it in my earlier email).</div><div><br></div><div>So far my cable experience has been fair. But at the same time, I drive around my neighbourhood and see coax cable running from the little node boxes that are strung up trees, over neighbours' homes, along the ground, you name it. So I wonder if it's Roger's in general that's bad, or just the cable guys running around doing half-baked installs.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 at 15:17, Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">$40 for the 1st 3 months, $55 thereafter.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">A word about Rogers, for what it's worth, my dad(Westwave area in Waterloo) has had 9 services calls in 4 years due to cables deteriorating, cable terminations suffering from moisture ingress and an attenuating module going bad in his house. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Shaw(owned by Rogers) cable in Saskatoon suffers from the same issues. </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I have Sasktel Fibre in my home in Saskatoon, no issues, spendy though at ($90/month for 150/75). </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">A number of neighbours complain bitterly about their Shaw service. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Seems like a common theme with Rogers and all they touch.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I ditched Rogers 19 years ago as we just don't watch TV at all but back then the service was stellar.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Not sure why the many issues with them, but I would be reluctant to use any of their services.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">A brotha in the Eastbridge(Waterlloo) area has had the same spotty service from Rogers since he went with them some 7 years ago, albeit, only 6 service issues.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I don't mean to defecate on Rogers/Shaw, but man, their record of quality service leaves a lot to be desired.<br></div></div><div><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM CrankyOldBugger <<a href="mailto:crankyoldbugger@gmail.com" target="_blank">crankyoldbugger@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>geesh.. $40 for 1000/50 on CarryTel? Please tell me that they're reliable!</div><div>That's less than half of what vMedia and TekSavvy charge, so I'm suspicious (and by nature, cynical...)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 at 13:29, William Park via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Well, I can tell you, my Samsung Galaxy S3 works with Freedom Mobile $5 <br>
prepaid plan. It used to work with Rogers $5 prepaid plan, so I don't <br>
see why it shouldn't work with other "Rogers" vendors.<br>
<br>
Freedom Mobile is also offering promos on Cable Internet. But, after <br>
the promos, CarryTel (my current ISP) is cheaper.<br>
-- <br>
<br>
On 2024-11-22 08:11, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
> I went to Wind/Freedom (it's really Rogers) in the mall, told them my <br>
> story, and they told me that the S3 won't work on their network <br>
> anymore. I think he was full of it, but who knows, maybe the network <br>
> isn't as backwards-compatible as I had hoped.<br>
> <br>
> The Samsung Galaxy S3: not quite a Nokia, but pretty close!<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 at 11:15, William Park via kwlug-disc <kwlug- <br>
> <a href="mailto:disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">disc@kwlug.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org" target="_blank">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I'm also using Samsung Galaxy S3 with cracked screen. Hey, it still<br>
> works. I was with Rogers $5 prepaid plan, but Rogers is discontinuing<br>
> their prepaid service in mid-Dec. So, I signed up with Freedom Mobile<br>
> $5/month prepaid plan (it's $10 regular, but $5 off promo). Activation<br>
> was simple, and phone number transfer was quick. But, to get that $5<br>
> promo ("Digital Discount"), I had to call in.<br>
> <br>
> They have other "postpay" and "prepaid" monthly plans, which seems<br>
> to be<br>
> the same to me, and yearly plans. Check them out.<br>
> -- <br>
> <br>
> On 2024-11-02 10:23, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
> > It's been a few years since I last posed this question, but what<br>
> are you<br>
> > folks using for cellphone plans, and how deliriously happy are<br>
> you with<br>
> > them?<br>
> ><br>
> > The reason I ask is that our current provider, Zoomer (aka<br>
> Cityfone) is<br>
> > being eaten by Rogers. I have Rogers SIM cards that came in the<br>
> mail as<br>
> > part of their "welcome to the machine" plan (not the actual plan<br>
> name),<br>
> > but I'm not a fan of either Rogers nor Bell.<br>
> ><br>
> > What we currently have for a plan is simple: two people (Wifeski<br>
> and I)<br>
> > share the minutes and data. Plan costs $60 a month. She's on<br>
> the phone<br>
> > 23 hours a day, either talking or texting or reading Facebook. <br>
> My phone<br>
> > sits on the shelf and forwards any calls to my work phone. So all I<br>
> > need, really, is call forwarding, while she needs the unlimited<br>
> data and<br>
> > voice. Thankfully she's on the home wi-fi most of the day so<br>
> that helps<br>
> > with the data charges.<br>
> ><br>
> > According to <a href="http://www.planhub.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.planhub.ca</a> <<a href="http://www.planhub.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.planhub.ca</a>> <http://<br>
> <a href="http://www.planhub.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.planhub.ca</a> <<a href="http://www.planhub.ca" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.planhub.ca</a>>>, my cheapest options<br>
> > are with either Public Mobile or Fizz. Basically $23 per months<br>
> gets<br>
> > you unlimited calling and 6GB data, for one person. You can see<br>
> why I<br>
> > like the idea of shared voice/data plans. But between the two of<br>
> us,<br>
> > 6GB data should do it.<br>
> ><br>
> > We would like to keep our current phones, although mine is an<br>
> antique<br>
> > Samsung Galaxy SIII, while hers is cracked, so if we're forced to<br>
> get<br>
> > new phones then so be it.<br>
> ><br>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for new cellphone plans?<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks!<br>
<br>
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