Vancouver: Shaw Cable Internet

[Axon]

Hey Guys,

Telus has pushed me to the point of no return for their service, and I'm looking to change ISPs to Shaw High Speed internet on Cable.

THe service I'm looking into getting is their Extreme-I internet.

Are there any users of their service here? If so could you make a quick reply stating if you're satisfied with their service, ect.

I would really appreciate the input/feedback

Thanks Guys,

-Ax

[badnewz]

after bout 6 yrs with telus i made the switch.

support staff at telus repeatedly lied to me bout a problem i had

so i quit them and the phone as well.

i went to the regular high speed hookup and am very impressed

dont need extreme-I internet

i think you will be happy as well

[Lighthalzen]

This is my telus not-yet-a-month usage...

I get an e-Mail warning me, but no service outage or bad speed.

As for Shaw... I tried Shaw a year ago... Sigh... I recieved lawyer letter for doing not even as much as you see up there... Unless you are a "goody" home user and not Download/Upload like mad... I wouldn't use Shaw even with the Extreme Package.

Of course, there are always exceptions...

[Liquid]

Last year I made the switch from Telus ADSL to Shaw :) Best thing you could ever do. Shaw is 10x faster, 1000x more reliable, and their tech support is great. Telus lied to us over and over again, we got different answers ever time we called. One time it was "the hub in your area is down" another was, your not in our service area" what crap is that...

Get Shaw highspeed, its very fast. I had that and downloaded at 700KB, now I have extreme-i and I can get speeds high then 700KB (I have no idea how that is even possible since 5Mbps is topped at 700K i think.)

[Axon]

Holy ****tles...

The most I ever went over last month was 10gb over (20gb total).

How the hell do you manage to download that much :blink: ? You run a server...?

-Ax

[Liquid]

Holy ****tles...

The most I ever went over last month was 10gb over (20gb total).

How the hell do you manage to download that much :blink: ? You run a server...?

-Ax

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Dont worry about alan, he downloads like a mofo... Lol.

[Axon]

So you are very satisfied with your service? I do occasionally download a song off of LimeWire if I can't find it in iTunes music store.

Have you ever recieved legal warnings (if applicable to you)?

-Ax

[Lighthalzen]

So you are very satisfied with your service? I do occasionally download a song off of LimeWire if I can't find it in iTunes music store.

Have you ever recieved legal warnings (if applicable to you)?

-Ax

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Only from Shaw... but I don't know about now.

[Liquid]

So you are very satisfied with your service? I do occasionally download a song off of LimeWire if I can't find it in iTunes music store.

Have you ever recieved legal warnings (if applicable to you)?

-Ax

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Here is what I do monthly:

Halo (alot, ask bangbang023)

Download maybe one or two full albums (60ish MB each))

Download maybe 5GB :shifty: of something

Visit alot of websites (ALOT)

along with the 2 other people that share this connection. We have never gone over the 50GB limit. So yea, its great, shaws tech support is also pretty good.

[Axon]

What are you download speeds like?

-Ax

[tylerc]

I love shaw here in calgary, its fast, its reliable, and they offer voip here :D my phone bill has gone down 50% and the shaw xtreme is wicked speed. telus booerns ;)

[Liquid]

What are you download speeds like?

-Ax

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Average is 400KBs depending on the day time. Max I have gone is 820ish (yea fast) on BT.

[Lighthalzen]

What are you download speeds like?

-Ax

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Mine is max 300 kb/s. Not as fsat as Shaw, but for some odd reason... I get 96 kb/s constant upload...

[1337-podder]

well i download like **** through a goose and i have yet to be warned by telus, i did get one email for downloading some crappy movie i didnt even really want but thats about it.

[Axon]

Anyone from Shaw (besides Kira-Kun) Get a warning from Shaw? If so was there any other action on the complaint/warning?

Thanks for the feedback so far!

-Ax

[Lighthalzen]

Anyone from Shaw (besides Kira-Kun) Get a warning from Shaw? If so was there any other action on the complaint/warning?

Thanks for the feedback so far!

-Ax

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You should go to http://www.dslreports.net and post there, lots more opinion or facts there. But if you search, you will find tons of Reviews/Complaints, etc...

*Both Telus & Shaw*

[Axon]

Thanks for the suggestion Kira Kun! I'll go there and poke around.

Thanks again,

-Ax

[Axon]

I had my service installed today, including the Extreme-I package.

Can you guys tell me if these speeds are okay for an advertised: "Up to 5 Mbps", uploads of "up to 1mbs".

-Ax

[Lighthalzen]

I had my service installed today, including the Extreme-I package.

Can you guys tell me if these speeds are okay for an advertised: "Up to 5 Mbps", uploads of "up to 1mbs".

-Ax

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That's worst than me... 5MBPS should be at least 500kb/s... and upload should be at least 100kb/s, what you are getting is like 170kb download but your upload is pretty close...

This is mine... and my plan is 2.5 MBPS Download and 640KBPS upload...

Download is .5MBPS off... but yours is like 3.x MBPS off.

[Axon]

Whats the site you used for your speed test Kira Kun?

-Ax

[Axon]

Found it,

Are these results any better..?

the Shaw test might have been inaccurate.

-Ax

[Lighthalzen]

Now it looks more like it. :D

[Favvi]

This is my telus not-yet-a-month usage...

I get an e-Mail warning me, but no service outage or bad speed.

As for Shaw... I tried Shaw a year ago... Sigh... I recieved lawyer letter for doing not even as much as you see up there... Unless you are a "goody" home user and not Download/Upload like mad... I wouldn't use Shaw even with the Extreme Package.

Of course, there are always exceptions...

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sweet, i thought i was bad with 30gb a month [ full month feb22-march22] on my 10gb limit..

:woot:

[allfive6]

I have shaw in Victoria and for the most part there pretty good and if your compairing to Telus shaw is a 100 times better.

[Axon]

sweet, i thought i was bad with  30gb a month [ full month feb22-march22] on my 10gb limit..

:woot:

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Haha I know, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw his TELUS Account Activity report....

100bg's in one month :|...

-Ax