For Sympatico HSE users (and maybe others)


  

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Hi, it seems that Sympatico will announce these new 'tiered' services soon and I was wondering what are your thoughts???

128 Kbps service 1 GB cap both ways $29.95 CDN a month

1 Mbps service 5 GB cap both ways $44.95 CDN a month

3 Mbps service 10 GB cap both ways $69.95 CDN a month

Here's the source:

http://rtnews.globetechnology.com/servlet/...site=Technology

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WTF? Lol, yeah right, i'd go with Videotron ( in Quebec ) if that happened... That would mean, when a new version of Red Hat Linux comes out at 5-6 CDs, that would take care of about 3/5 of my monthly allotment.

5 G d/l max per month for 45$ ( 55 if that dont include modem rental ) and slowish speeds, and I get dispruptions everytime someone phones here or, I can get cable witch has 6g d/l per month, and runs smooth, and reliably.

For the most part I wouldn't care the slightest, but what happenes in months when a new linux comes out and is 5 cds and or I join an adult site and download everytrhing... that can add up, or I deceied, ill download tons of mods and maps for quakes or unreals, or jedi...

Bah instead they should make the total up and down speed together, instead of 5 up and 5 down, make it 10 total.

As a college student 70$ +tx, is definitly out of my range and would not even consider paying that much.

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is this serious ? because i download like 3 gb a night and if they capped it id only be able to d/l 1 gb ? and what if the game i d/l doesent even work wtf is this, i dont think theyll do it unless they wanna loose alot of costumers.

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Originally posted by Pyro  

is this serious ? because i download like 3 gb a night and if they capped it id only be able to d/l 1 gb ? and what if the game i d/l doesent even work wtf is this, i dont think theyll do it unless they wanna loose alot of costumers.

Well in Toronto, at least, you either go with Rogers or with Bell...and I hear Rogers will follow Sympatico's lead with the caps...(Can you say 'duopoly'???)

Here is the official investor's briefing that has the caps and stuff for sympatico...

http://www.bce.ca/en/news/webcasts/2002/20...briefing_en.pdf

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Originally posted by Silvorgold  

damn, is there such thing as unlimited high speed internet in canada? lol

exactly the same thing I was thinking....

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Originally posted by Cansokid  

I signed a contract for unlimited here in NS.   they never botherme about usage and have done like 200g+ in the last month

Same here

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WTF?

I don't even know about this...(YES, I am in Toronto). :roll:

a download cap? :right:

err, I am switch to Rogers then...or Shaw...I don't know much about the difference...

that sucks ass...Sympatico has been pretty reliable for me

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i used to have Rogers but they were down so much and their service was so bad i switched to sympatico... I remember calling about 50 times in 1 day and everytime i called and told em what i did already they told me to redo it i kept saying alright i already did that 5 times anything else i can do their like alright do this this and this im like ummm r u dumb its the same thing Rogers Help sucks they dont know what their doing.

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LOL you are all fools, i call up sympatico about every 3 months and i tell them that i bought a Dell computer and that they should honour my free 3 months of high speed promotion :) lets see how long this can go :)

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Weeeeell, I am with Videotron here in Quebec, and the speed is as follows.

350kb/sec downstream

15kb/sec upstrean

6gb downstream cap

1gb upstream cap

And it SUCKS. At least I do not have to struggle with Sympatigay's PPPoE stuff. I hate DSL.

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i dont know.. but can someone tell me if RoadRunner Houston has a cap on it? because i upload like 20 gigs a month and download like 10.. :ermm:

Thank You ;)

Space Guy Out

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