Telus Turbo [Archive] - REVscene Automotive Forum

fsy82

06-08-2009, 03:19 PM

Anyone have this yet? Do they charge you extra if you go over your bandwidth limit?

http://www.telus.com/portalWeb/inlineLink/CP_SCS/Product/Internet/High_Speed/Compare/High_Speed_Plans_and_Prices/?_region=BC

MikeyStyle

06-08-2009, 07:06 PM

http://members.shaw.ca/ph0t0/2009/REVSCEnE/Telus%20Turbo.jpg

http://www.telus.com/portalWeb/inlineLink/CP_SCS/Product/Internet/High_Speed/Compare/High_Speed_Plans_and_Prices/?_region=BC

JesseBlue

06-08-2009, 09:02 PM

i still hate telus...just like i hate shaw...and bell and rogers

TekDragon

06-08-2009, 09:29 PM

If you hate the major internet providers, who do you use for your service?

twitchyzero

06-08-2009, 09:41 PM

i've been on telus for so many years and they've never charged for extra BW (i'm on regular hi-speed).

I'm only getting like 2.8Mb/s down though...400kb/s up :(

underscore

06-08-2009, 11:36 PM

Telus is fucking dumb, today they called my grandparents house and left a message saying that the phone and internet would be out for 5 mins while they swapped some parts at the junction box down the road and to call them back. the clowns didn't leave a number, and their phone and internet is still out. they had to drive to our house to call the number on their bill to get sent around to finally find some other clown who barely knew what was going on. my grandpa told them if it isn't fixed by 9am they're switching to Shaw internet and phone.

wahyinghung

06-10-2009, 05:46 PM

What happened to the telus extreme package?

ime2006

06-10-2009, 07:02 PM

fxxking hate telus............

$48, i would go for shaw xtreme...........

Bonjour43MA

07-19-2009, 04:40 PM

just got mine setup yesterday...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/520992491.png

not bad not bad.

$28 a month for this kind of speed is pretty good in my books - can't complain (Telus retention gave me a sweet deal - no contract required).

Will have to use it for awhile to see if they acutally enforce that 100GB cap or not.

Otherwise it's a pretty sweet deal. :thumbsup:

SkinnyPupp

07-19-2009, 10:05 PM

$48 a month for "up to" 15 Mbps? OUCH!

AND they limit you to 100GB a month? Jesus fucking christ, is this 2001 or 2009?

johny

07-19-2009, 10:06 PM

$28 ???

Ulic Qel-Droma

07-20-2009, 03:43 AM

.Renn.Sport

07-20-2009, 09:25 AM

Mananetwork

07-20-2009, 09:46 AM

Works awesome!

http://www.speedtest.net/rank/2677639735.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/521495320.png

twitchyzero

07-20-2009, 10:07 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/521257925.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

BOOYA!

but i dunno what it is, they say it's 25Mbps down but i've been getting faster than that speed obviously. i think it's fiber optic.

i downloaded harry potter 4 in like 4minutes yesterday, something crazy like that. 800mb version though.
where do you live? wow i guess they just upgraded your area to fiber optics. how much are you paying

i realize our local ISP all hvae shitty upload rates..

JordanLee

07-20-2009, 02:32 PM

Yeah and whats the Telus retention number? Wow at the speed you're getting.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/521661894.png

Jesus christ, I just phoned in and asked why im paying so much for such little speed and they're like "Oh I can upgrade you to the 6mbps for the same price since the High Speed service is 1.5-6.0". Wow, seriously? Then who would want the 1.5 speed at all.

lilaznviper

07-20-2009, 03:08 PM

shit mayb i should go back to telus ahah if the speeds are that fast now
but then agian when i had telus a couple of years ago my net never really worked for more than 2 days

CorneringArtist

07-20-2009, 05:17 PM

I'm trialing the Turbo right now, and I plan on going back to regular High Speed afterwards. The speed is decent, but the modem they give you fucking sucks, it cuts out at random and takes two minutes to start back up.

skyxx

07-20-2009, 05:54 PM

Request for the Thompson Modem. Just keep nagging them that it'll work. Then get your own Wireless setup.

CorneringArtist

07-20-2009, 06:00 PM

I only have a month trial so I won't be doing that anytime soon, unless I swap out my modem (before I trialed, I had an old D-Link modem hooked up to a wired router) when I step down at the end of the month. The Siemens one they give you is a terrible piece of junk...

skyxx

07-20-2009, 06:22 PM

I'm running the Siemens modem and have no problems so far. Been using it for almost 3 years now. But yes It is a junk modem. Regardless if you step down you'll still use the Siemens. You need to ask them for the Thompson modem. The best one out of the bunch.

Ulic Qel-Droma

07-20-2009, 06:49 PM

where do you live? wow i guess they just upgraded your area to fiber optics. how much are you paying

i realize our local ISP all hvae shitty upload rates..

i live in richmond, but in one of the new highrises.

Bonjour43MA

07-20-2009, 09:14 PM

Request for the Thompson Modem. Just keep nagging them that it'll work. Then get your own Wireless setup.

You need to ask them for the Thompson modem. The best one out of the bunch.

ditto.

I asked for the Thompson SpeedTouch and hooked up my own router behind it - works great!

Bonjour43MA

07-20-2009, 09:18 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/521257925.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

BOOYA!

but i dunno what it is, they say it's 25Mbps down but i've been getting faster than that speed obviously. i think it's fiber optic.

i downloaded harry potter 4 in like 4minutes yesterday, something crazy like that. 800mb version though.

HOLY CRAP~ Fiber FTW.

When I buy a place I"m gonna make sure I buy one that has these lines hooked up.... 90mbps is INSANE :eek:

but... what's up with that lame ass upload speed? lol 1mbps?

Bonjour43MA

07-20-2009, 09:21 PM

$28 ???

yip. called telus and started to complain about my super slow 3mbps line (I have Telus HD tv so can't get more than that). They transferred me to retention and the guy offered me to install a 2nd line into my house for internet only, 1 month free + $28 for 1 year + $33 afterwards (not $38 like advertised, not too sure why but hey I'll take it lol), no contract.

couldn't pass that up so I took the deal and it's been working great!

Bonjour43MA

07-20-2009, 09:27 PM

$48 a month for "up to" 15 Mbps? OUCH!

AND they limit you to 100GB a month? Jesus fucking christ, is this 2001 or 2009?

that's the old price. this is the current price:

http://www3.telus.net/public/berno2kn/pc/internet.jpg

SkinnyPupp

07-21-2009, 02:35 AM

WOW it's $5 cheaper now!!!

skyxx

07-21-2009, 03:24 PM

I'm getting turbo speeds for the price of High Speed! ;)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/522460808.png

Bonjour43MA

07-21-2009, 05:48 PM

WOW it's $5 cheaper now!!!

cut the sarcasm please and do some research.

let's see:

Shaw's 15mbps price (standalone) = $52
Telus' 15mbps price (standalone) = $43
Verizon FiOS 15mbps (standalone) = $50 US

last time I checked 52 is a larger number than 43. HMMMMMm. and compared to the US pricing it is damn good as well.

you gotta be fair when comparing these prices and can't just be biased because you don't like Telus for some reason :rolleyes:

these prices are high because we're in good ol' Canada/North America so don't use whatever rate you are paying now in whatever country you are in for comparison. That's like saying you can get a bowl of soup in China for 50 cents when you pay 3 dollars here for the same thing - wow we're getting ripped off ! :rolleyes: duh!

SkinnyPupp

07-21-2009, 08:27 PM

Yup, I am biased. I hate Telus! :lol

Bonjour43MA

07-21-2009, 08:53 PM

everyone hates Telus here that's for sure.

Ulic Qel-Droma

07-21-2009, 08:54 PM

I never liked telus till they gave me free fibre optic. then I loved them. except for the 1 time in this year they've been down for like 5 hours.

JHuJHu

07-21-2009, 11:08 PM

So wheres the extreme? I still have the extreme or had... What happened to that?

Grandmaster TSE

07-22-2009, 02:58 PM

time to complain to telus

skyxx

07-22-2009, 06:35 PM

I like Telus, other than their Filipino tech/CSR support. :)

JesseBlue

07-22-2009, 08:27 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/523363375.png

mine sucks..oh well...just as long as it doesn't go directly to telus...haha

JordanLee

08-04-2009, 04:32 PM

Slight bump

I just phoned in to telus retentions and got $28 a month for the 10-15mbps line for the next year. This is vs my old 31$ for 1.5mbps... They also changed our familys phone service so its cheaper and we get more features :thumbsup:

Ch28

08-04-2009, 07:38 PM

I live by BCIT and the only DSL service offered to us is the 3.0 one wtf

Ulic Qel-Droma

08-16-2009, 04:01 AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/541218924.png

weird, i tried the test again and now the recommended server is not richmond, and my ISP has changed? but im getting even faster speeds!

orange7

08-16-2009, 04:30 AM

you gotta be fair when comparing these prices and can't just be biased because you don't like Telus for some reason :rolleyes:

these prices are high because we're in good ol' Canada/North America so don't use whatever rate you are paying now in whatever country you are in for comparison. That's like saying you can get a bowl of soup in China for 50 cents when you pay 3 dollars here for the same thing - wow we're getting ripped off ! :rolleyes: duh!

just to be fair a 2g/4g usb flash drive cost around 55/65 China money. so that comes to $10 CAD, which is a ripp off.

underscore

08-16-2009, 10:10 AM

^ shop online or wait for deals, and you can get them for that price...

xpandabl3

08-25-2009, 03:49 AM

I actually like my Telus haha. I just recently upgraded to the Turbo package as well but I'm paying $42 a month. I didn't ask for the Thompson modem though I simply bought a D-Link 2320B ADSL2+ Router from NCIX and it works great with my own router! The 6-7 years of ADSL service I never had a down time or slow speed maybe I'm just lucky haha.

g604

08-25-2009, 07:29 AM

When you guys upgrade to turbo do they need to send you a new modem?

twitchyzero

08-25-2009, 10:42 AM

hmm
my family just upgraded to turbo and we're paying $38 (bundled w/ home phone that's got all the features + internationl).
we were paying $36 for 3.0mbps for the past year and half (1.5mbps before that for same price)

they said the $28 is only for new customers?? They said we have to leave for 90 days and come back if we want that deal..but we've been with telus DSL since the start which is like 10 years ago!
I asked for the Thompson Speedtouch too.

CorneringArtist

08-25-2009, 11:52 AM

I got a new modem (the Siemens) when I asked for the Turbo trial. Since then, I downgraded to normal High Speed and was able to keep it, it's decent anyways.

vmette_

08-25-2009, 03:32 PM

Hey twitchyzero, whats your total cost for phone + internet combined? We just cut off our home phone and Im stuck with something like $45 a month for 3.0mbps which I think its pretty homo for such a slow internet. Just wonderin

twitchyzero

08-25-2009, 06:35 PM

^ that's quite a bit call in
it's roughly $92/mo w/ taxes for phone + internet
so $$ but my dad says he needs all the icing on the cake for the home phone

InvisibleSoul

08-25-2009, 06:48 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/548613962.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

$20/month for 25Mbps. :)

nabs

08-25-2009, 07:00 PM

I go over the bandwidth limit almost every month just from all my downloading. telus doesn't charge extra nor do they really care about it.

!SG

08-25-2009, 07:24 PM

my area sucks for adsl.

i get 2.55Mbps down, 0.61Mbps up.

skyxx

08-25-2009, 08:56 PM

^ You're on a 3Mbit line SG?

twitchyzero

08-25-2009, 10:12 PM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/548613962.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

$20/month for 25Mbps. :)
wutt..show us how

InvisibleSoul

08-25-2009, 10:16 PM

wutt..show us how
I live in a building with fibre optic... and I suspect that Telus doesn't even have the ability to give us a slower speed. I called in and said that Shaw offered me $19.95 for six months, so the guy gave me $20/month ongoing... :thumbsup:

skyxx

08-25-2009, 10:35 PM

Nice, I'm paying 20 a month for the High speed with 6.0 Mbit.

vmette_

08-26-2009, 12:42 AM

InvisibleSoul youre an asshole...I envy you hahaha. I called telus, they told me the most I could get in my area was 3mbps, so now Im considerin switchin. Hell Ide even go with $20/m for 6mbps.

Streamin porn just aint fast enough :cry:

twitchyzero

08-28-2009, 10:49 AM

Graeme S

08-29-2009, 06:46 PM

Should I call in or go to one of the stores to renegotiate? I've been with Telus forever and have dry DSL, anyone think I'm gonna have any problems?

Bonjour43MA

08-29-2009, 07:58 PM

Should I call in or go to one of the stores to renegotiate? I've been with Telus forever and have dry DSL, anyone think I'm gonna have any problems?

call, tell them that Shaw's been phoning you and sending you ads with all these great deals to switch over, but you thought you'd like to check with Telus first... 90% of the time they'll immediately transfer you to loyalty & retention and that is where you negotiate with the phone rep to get a good deal.

remember to be polite and don't threaten them... you'd be surprised at how far that will get you in terms of getting what you want from Telus.

I just called Telus again from my parents' and got some great deals too: $16 for landline service + $20 for highspeed 6mbps + new Thompson speedtouch modem. No contract. My dad's been using highspeed lite (256kbps! omg) for many years and it was great that we upgraded him to highspeed and at a lower cost. :thumbsup:

Graeme S

08-29-2009, 08:00 PM

Bonjour43MA

08-29-2009, 08:00 PM

so finally got turbo today
hooked it up with thompson modem
i'm only getting 10.6Mbps Down/0.4 Up with 110ms ping

Disappointed...my 3.0Mbps connection had better up and ping...is there anyway I can improve up speed and ping on my end?

hmmm that doesn't sound right, 110ms ping... do you have a wireless router connected to the modem? you can always call Telus to have them check your line as well to make sure everything's setup properly.

Bonjour43MA

08-29-2009, 08:07 PM

Saying that Shaw's calling me might be a problem--dry DSL means I'm only using a cellphone, so that might be nixed. maybe that I've seen Shaw offers? Or my friend just got hooked up?

Also, what deals should I quote from them in case I get called on it? I have literally no idea what I'm doing here.

my parents have been receiving Shaw pamphlets over the last few months, with these deals being offered:

$20 for highspeed 7.5mbps
$20 for digital phone service with caller ID and 3 cent long distance rate

both are free for 2 months and then $20 each for the next 6 months.

I would just quote the internet one since you have no need for phone service... it also depends on who you get on the other end as well so YMMV.

twitchyzero

08-29-2009, 08:12 PM

hmmm that doesn't sound right, 110ms ping... do you have a wireless router connected to the modem? you can always call Telus to have them check your line as well to make sure everything's setup properly.

I was speedtesting the vancouver server and my down was around 9-10..up was 0.5
ping is 120

then i tried Richmond

ping is 20 and down was 11-13 up was .8

?? lol I'm in east-van if it makes any difference...

just going by speedtest..havent used it in any apps/games