[Nssan]

Any significant differences between the two?

I have been using Shaw for the past many years that I can remember

I never liked ADSL , but since I'm getting a deal from Telus. I thought I might try it.

I do download a lot a month, so will Telus be really 'anal' about bandwidth

your inputs would be great

[nns]

What do you consider "a lot"? 100 GB?

Telus, in the past, has been more lenient about their bandwidth caps than Shaw. That was a few years ago, when I was more up to date with ISPs in the GVRD.

I would not sign any contract. Where are you located? What are you looking to spend for internet access?

[Bonjour43MA]

If you're in an apartment try to get Novus - 20 down and 10 up, plus HDTV for $25 a month. I had to call in to have them match Telus' offer but they did it without flinching.

[twitchyzero]

i hate that optik requires you to bundle their tv...otherwise im on telus turbo 15mbps..speeds are consistent and bandwidth are never a concern for me though

[sam0m0]

If you're in an apartment try to get Novus - 20 down and 10 up, plus HDTV for $25 a month. I had to call in to have them match Telus' offer but they did it without flinching.

is that just the free hd channels you get for having a hd pvr box, or did novus give you additional hd? and did they rent u the hdpvr?

I'm getting net 20, basic channels and free sd receiver for 21 month

[slammer111]

Telus sucks crap. I was getting <3Mbps.

They told me Optik was faster, so I switched. I got 12Mbps 2x since I had this thing installed 2 months ago, and the rest of the time it's been about 2Mbps. Yes, performance actually went DOWN after the upgrade.

I signed 3 years with Telus to give them a shot. Unless I see some major improvements in the next year, it's back to Shaw for me.

The good news I guess is you get a free Xbox 360 out of the deal if you sign 2 years.

[willystyle]

Are you planning to bundle your the Telus Optik High Speed with their TV service?

[Presto]

Got upgraded to Optik, last week. I'm near the switch, and I get 1.6MB/s (megabytes!) download, consistently. My parents are on the edge of the service area, and the most they manage is 1.0MB/s.

I have TelusTV, but I am going to cancel it. With such crazy bandwidth, I'll just download what I want to watch, and it will only take a few minutes.

[Mercy]

Got upgraded to Optik, last week. I'm near the switch, and I get 1.6MB/s (megabytes!) download, consistently. My parents are on the edge of the service area, and the most they manage is 1.0MB/s.

I have TelusTV, but I am going to cancel it. With such crazy bandwidth, I'll just download what I want to watch, and it will only take a few minutes.

I get about 1.6 - 2.0mbps running shaw high speed extreme
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[iwantaskyline]

I get about 1.6 - 2.0mbps running shaw high speed extreme
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Give them a call then because you should be getting at least 15

[TOS'd]

I get about 1.6 - 2.0mbps running shaw high speed extreme
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Are you sure you arent getting 1.6 - 2.0 MB/s (units wrong)?

[Mercy]

It's what I usually get on downloads. /shrug I'm not to good with computers.
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[snowball]

My telus highspeed is advertised as 6Mbps, I have never registered over 1.25Mbps and I've rarely downloaded faster than 120 kb/s

[TOS'd]

It's what I usually get on downloads. /shrug I'm not to good with computers.
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Well if you are getting that from downloads then I suspect you read the units incorrectly.

1.6 - 2.0 Mbps is roughly around 0.2 - 0.25 MBps. Which is slow.
1.6 - 2.0 MBps is roughly around 12.8 - 16 Mbps. Which is around what you should be getting.

Shaw high speed extreme is rated at 15 Mbps, around 1.875 MBps.

Does the speed seem fast to you?

[iwantaskyline]

It's what I usually get on downloads. /shrug I'm not to good with computers.
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People here are talking about their overall speeds. Which you can find out on speedtest.shaw.ca if you want to know your actual speed. I'm assuming you're saying you get 1.6-2.0 mbp/s downloading on websites but you have to keep in mind it also depends on the website's server connection what speed you get.

[alsex]

My condo is wired up for Telus and I have seen speeds of 2.5 megabytes per sec with basic internet and tv package - no xtreme speeds upgrade (or whatever they call it). I've never had better download speeds than this. From my personal experience, I've had a ton of problems with Shaw in the past.

[b0unce. [?]]

service/connection issues with telus.

[nns]

Telus tech support, in my experience, is not as good as Shaw tech support.
My condo is wired up for Telus and I have seen speeds of 2.5 megabytes per sec with basic internet and tv package - no xtreme speeds upgrade (or whatever they call it). I've never had better download speeds than this. From my personal experience, I've had a ton of problems with Shaw in the past.

How much do you pay for Telus, and which area are you in?

[twitchyzero]

are there anything out there more accurate than speedtest.net?
i live in east-van area but i see to get better results testing from richmond than vancouver and burnaby's server

[nns]

Geographically, although they may be closer, the route your packets take may span more hops (servers).

edit: Novus has a speedtest: http://speedtest.novuscom.net/

[Presto]

are there anything out there more accurate than speedtest.net?
i live in east-van area but i see to get better results testing from richmond than vancouver and burnaby's server


Just queue up a couple torrents and set you upload/download bandwidth to unlimited. Mine seems to peak at 1.7MB/s (megabyte) down and 110KB/s (kilobyte) up.

[twitchyzero]

mine peaks at 1.5MB/s down and 80KB/s up
it seems like only novus has decent upload rates

[Nssan]

thanks guys..

i going to get the tv/bet combo

hows the tv service? and does it come out of the telephone socket or regular cable?

[willystyle]

A little for you to think about..

Keep in mind that if you are using Telus Optik High Speed, and your other TVs are on in the household, your bandwidth can dive significantly depending on if it's a SD or HD broadcast.

HD broadcast = -5Mb/s loss per TV
SD broadcast = -3Mb/s loss per TV

Example: if you are on a 15Mbps Highspeed bundle, and you are downloading a file, with 2 HDTV's on, your download speed may drop to 5Mb/s (assuming that you are maxing out on your connection).

This is NEVER the case with Shaw Highspeed.

[trip]

thats cause shaw is better and the connections are seperate

shaw also has free service calls if something goes wrong, others might charge you quite a bit. telus has crappy customer service as well but be prepared to wait to wait on hold for shaw

[lilaznviper]

waiting for shaw on the phone is horrible... was on hold for over an hour to get some service last week.

does anyone know where the telus switches are? i want to see if im close enough to them to get a decent speed

[sam0m0]

speedtest and novus speedtest, i get 16mbs download and 11mbs upload

[Mr.Jay]

thats cause shaw is better and the connections are seperate

shaw also has free service calls if something goes wrong, others might charge you quite a bit. telus has crappy customer service as well but be prepared to wait to wait on hold for shaw


wrong about that

Shaw gets internet to people using a "hub" format where Telus is dedicated line to each home.

A hub network is one where all customers within a neighbourhood share a common wire and all the splits, repeaters and wall jacks associated with that wire. The unused wall jacks act like small antennas transmitting noise INTO the cable network. This noise reduces the overall signal to noise (S/N) ratio for the entire network segment and reduces everybody's level of service.

Also Shaw uses DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) which in short is a way to monitor your actions online

People please stop saying stupid things like this company sucks and this company sucks cause really the service will only be as good as the person who installs it. I've had Shaw before and it was terrible due to the shitty coax that the Shaw guy made for me. Ive had Telus too and that sucked dude to the lazy installer (no filter) No matter what company you go with it will suck if not properly installed. lot of it depends on where you live and the condition of the lines in that area.

Please educate yourself on how the systems work and don't focus on the name of the company or what random people say, one persons exp will vary greatly to your own.

[nns]

Way to cause paranoia with DPI. If any of you are really tin-foil hat paranoid about your online interactions, Echelon will pick it up. That's not Shaw, that's the CIA. :rolleyes:

Shaw used to use Ellacoya, a packet inspection technology. That was used to help thwart protocols like BT that were draining bandwidth. Whether or not they still use it, well, a good way of determining that is firing up a torrent and seeing what sort of speeds you get. Stuck at 10 kB/s download? Packet-shaped, probably. Getting 500 kB/s? You're fine.

Your explanation about a hub network is extremely crude. I don't see how it's really relevant to this discussion. Although Shaw may employ a hub and spoke topology, if there's enough bandwidth in an area (i.e. a surplus, enough to meet demand), then it doesn't really matter what sort of network topology they have.

[Mr.Jay]

Way to cause paranoia with DPI. If any of you are really tin-foil hat paranoid about your online interactions, Echelon will pick it up. That's not Shaw, that's the CIA. :rolleyes:

Your explanation about a hub network is extremely crude. I don't see how it's really relevant to this discussion. Although Shaw may employ a hub and spoke topology, if there's enough bandwidth in an area (i.e. a surplus, enough to meet demand), then it doesn't really matter what sort of network topology they have.

dont mean to cause paranoia but its a comparable difference that a lot of ppl dont know

and how is it not relevant when trip was sayin Shaws connections are separate? its a correction to his comment.

I'm not favoring a side cause i think playin telus against shaw is the best way to get a deal

how would u describe the hub system if not 1 common cable with splitters and repeaters?

[nns]

I think what trip was trying to say was in response to willystyle's post about how many HD/SD channels you're watching/recording with Telus, you'll get different speeds. Trip was saying on Shaw, it doesn't matter how many HD/SD channels you're watching, your internet speed is not affected by it. He said "connections". "Frequencies" is probably a better term.

As I said before, don't look too much into the physical topology of Shaw. So long as there's enough bandwidth to meet demand, network topology is irrelevant.

[trip]

^ thx

also telus optik is not fibre optic, thats why they use a K instead of a C

[Mr.Jay]

ahhh makes more sense now

true enough tho once fiber comes around this will all be irrelevant

[nns]

I would wager fiber to the home is a long, long away. Unless you're building an entirely new community, digging into existing neighbourhoods to lay fiber down is too expensive. Canada isn't like the US, where there's more fierce competition from multiple ISPs. The threat is different for Canadian ISPs.

If i'm not mistaken, what Shaw uses now is hybrid-fiber coax. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_fibre-coaxial

Even Novus, who uses fiber, only runs it to the switch of a building (possibly multiple switches). From the switch to the suite, it's CAT5.

[willystyle]

Then what is this 1Gbps service that Shaw is trying to roll out to residential services? Will it be only available to new condos? Existing communities with detached homes and older apartments will be left in the dark?

[nns]

Did I not say "Unless you're building an entirely new community"..? Shaw is under no obligation to provide X speeds straight across the board. I doubt Joe Schmo is going to care he can't get 1 Gbps just to surf the web.

For the record, I am not saying it's impossible to lay fiber to existing communities, I'm saying it's too expensive and the pay-off right now is not in Shaw's favor.

[wouwou]

my shaw extreme has been pumping a consistant 2MB down 100kish up for the past 2 years.

[mr_chin]

More realistically, you can never exceed over 2mbps on downloads from website like fileplanet, $$$$$$$$$$, etc. Most of the sites cap their download speed at 2mbps. The only time you can ever get 15mbps is during a speedtest from your local server.

If you can find a site/torrent that lets you download more than 2mbps, you're lucky.

[alsex]

Telus tech support, in my experience, is not as good as Shaw tech support.


How much do you pay for Telus, and which area are you in?

You're kinda right. It's been hit or miss for me.
I remember Telus having absolutely garbage tech support and customer service for cell phone and internet back in late 90s to early 2000s and that was why i switched to Shaw in the first place.

My last apmt we had Shaw and we had consistent issues with speed. We weren't able to watch more than 30s of Youtube. Even 30s of video took 30min to download...Because of that, I was constantly on the phone with Tech support with Shaw and they kept getting me to restart the modem, unplug everything and plug it back in, restart my PC, and nothing worked. It was the area I was living in I believe and they probably didn't deem it worthwhile to fix whatever needed to be fixed. Anyways, Im rambling now, nothing worked and there were many times (at least 4times that i can remmeber) when I called in they just simply said to me 'you're area is due for a update' or something 'and we will be addressing that issue very soon'... Not bad customer service but tech support did not resolve anything and were at times dismissive.

For Telus, at least in recent years, I've found they've been quite good in the customer service dept. I haven't had too many tech issues with them besides one time, the internet connection being quite slow and all I was instructed to do by those guys was to reset the modem, which did the trick. Customer Service-wise, they've actually been extraodinary. I pay about $50 for internet and basic cable plus a bunch of other channels (incl a few HD ones), plus free rental of 2 HD boxes. Don't ask me how we swung that deal, my wife (gf at the time), somehow got them to give us all these things...I think it was supposed to be $80 or $90 otherwise, but don't quote me on that I could be wrong.

[Anjew]

It's what I usually get on downloads. /shrug I'm not to good with computers.
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LOL 2MB/s is AWESOME.... 2Megabyte x 8 = 16megabit

[Anjew]

telus customer service still is garbage.

a friend with 2 phone lines telus mobility has 5months left on the contract wanted to renew for 3 years with iphone 3gs's (not 4s, 3GS!!) and telus wanted him to buy out the rest of the contract at $20 x 5months x 2lines ($400)... even tried calling as him (i consider myself above average when it comes to negotiation) and got shot down every way. rogers would have renewed in a second. not to mention the attitude problems over at telus..

anyways this thread is about internet not mobile phones... telus sucks, carry on.

[death_blossom]

A little for you to think about..

Keep in mind that if you are using Telus Optik High Speed, and your other TVs are on in the household, your bandwidth can dive significantly depending on if it's a SD or HD broadcast.

HD broadcast = -5Mb/s loss per TV
SD broadcast = -3Mb/s loss per TV

Example: if you are on a 15Mbps Highspeed bundle, and you are downloading a file, with 2 HDTV's on, your download speed may drop to 5Mb/s (assuming that you are maxing out on your connection).

This is NEVER the case with Shaw Highspeed.with the new Optik TV system, your internet speed should not be affected that much, even if you are watching 2 HD streams. the old Telus TV service would do that, and Telus realized that it sucked. also, the fine print in the service agreement states that Telus will only guarantee 10Mbps to your home. they can't guarantee the full 15Mbps due to things like signal attenuation and shitty/old phone lines in your house.

thats cause shaw is better and the connections are seperate

shaw also has free service calls if something goes wrong, others might charge you quite a bit. telus has crappy customer service as well but be prepared to wait to wait on hold for shawlike someone said earlier, shaw internet is not separate from cable TV service. also, Telus gives free dispatched service calls too so I don't know why you would imply that Telus does not give free on-site service.


PS. since Telus TV is running on an IPTV system, I don't think they can monitor your bandwidth since your TV is constantly using bandwidth as well. ;)

[Vansterdam]

had telustv and telus internet for about 3 years

im with shaw now.

NEVER GOING BACK good god horrible customer service/experience

[Bonjour43MA]

When I was with Telus at my old place I consistently get 1.7MB/s down and .125MB/s up, with no lengthy downtime (I can only remember maybe one or two days out of the whole year that it didn't work). I also had Telus TV at the time and the two were set up on two different lines (two numbers) so they would not interfere with each other. Not sure if Telus is willing to do this anymore but you can try calling and asking about it... this way you get your max internet speed AND your TV watching won't affect it.

[Bonjour43MA]

is that just the free hd channels you get for having a hd pvr box, or did novus give you additional hd? and did they rent u the hdpvr?

I'm getting net 20, basic channels and free sd receiver for 21 month


I got Net 20 (20/10 with 110GB cap), my own HD box (not PVR, bought off CL for like $100), Basic TV package (includes something like 12 HD channels) for $25 / month no contract.

I added the sports HD package for another $3.

[twitchyzero]

does anyone still use the 2wire gateway for their 15mpbs turbo? how reliable is it? I've recently switched from the Thompson Speedtouch to the Siemens gigaset-SE567 and they are both garbage...

[slammer111]

^ D-Link sucks crap. Is the 2-wire new?

[DsZ24]

I've had my telus internet for about 3 years now and am on my 3rd modem so far. They're all garbage. And instead of them having a new modem they can drop off at your house or one you can pickup you have to wait at least a week for it to come in the mail from alberta. They fucking suck. Never had problems when I used to have shaw at my parents place.

[Mr.Jay]

does anyone still use the 2wire gateway for their 15mpbs turbo? how reliable is it? I've recently switched from the Thompson Speedtouch to the Siemens gigaset-SE567 and they are both garbage...

That was initally used but its going to provide a reiable 15mb of adsl. The new standard is the VDSL modem we call the "cell pipe" but thats going to be phased out for a all in one N rated router/modem


Half of you prob live in shitty areas or have shitty old ass wires in your house or had lazy installers. How can you company about an entire company based upon your exp with a couple installers.

also about Telus charging you that will only happen if the issue has been deemed your fault or if you want new runs done for your house.


dsz24 what modem do you have? next time ask for one that isnt refurbed

[DsZ24]

dsz24 what modem do you have? next time ask for one that isnt refurbed

Gigaset SE567. Still going strong so far, keeping my fingers crossed lol.

[Vinny G]

does anyone still use the 2wire gateway for their 15mpbs turbo? how reliable is it? I've recently switched from the Thompson Speedtouch to the Siemens gigaset-SE567 and they are both garbage...

What's wrong with the speedtouch? I thought that was the best one.

I have the 2wire and it's a huge piece of shit. The thing stalls and drops so much. I don't think the hardware is good enough to even perform its routing functions. I had to go into the diagnostic controls with the leaked Telus password and put it into bridge mode (modem only) to use with my D-Link router. So much better.

From my testing, for the 2wire I was only getting about 10.5mbps with WPA on, 11.5-12mbps with no encryption. When I put it into bridge mode with my D-link router, I'm consistently getting 13.5mbps.

[Mr.Jay]

Gigaset SE567. Still going strong so far, keeping my fingers crossed lol.

Yea those are the 2wires which are all refurbs.

Generally these modems suck at multi tasking.

I recommend using it as a router only and gettin a new VDSL modem

btw each modem is classified a certain speed spec with the two Telus usually provide being xDSL and VDSL. XDSL is rated up to 10mb (if i remember right) and if you want a stable connection with a rate higher than that you will need a VDSL modem which is the "cell pipe" (I cant remember the actually name right now).

[6insomnia9]

I have High Speed Enhanced (V3) and my speed test is..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991001613.png

Should i call in and complain? lol

[Mr.Jay]

enhanced V3 is 3mb which is what you are gettin according to that test.

call and you can get upgraded to 6mb for free

[6insomnia9]

Yeh im doing so right now.

[CanadaGoose]

Here is Shaw High Speed (1 up from absolute basic internet which is Lite)

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6540/shaw.jpg

[6insomnia9]

That means i have been paying for shitty internet for the past year or two ;(

[CanadaGoose]

Yeah it's funny how if the rate goes up, they expect you to pay up immediately, but if there's an upgrade for free available, they don't say a word and just let you find out on your own, and go through the hassle of calling in blah blah blah...it's like that for any cellphone related company we have here, they all suck

[snowball]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991112751.png

wtf!

[twitchyzero]

Speedtouch were supposed to be the best..but there's only 1 port and I'm trying to take advantage of the 2 dynamic IP's advertised by Telus(I used a switch but it wasn't consistent...it would work for a few weeks and be down no matter how reset/powercycle modems & routers)

This SE567 is giving me a huge headache. The speed is good but it won't let my PS3 have NAT 2 (and it disconnects couple times a day for 20sec-1min). For some reason I can't portforward port 80 but I can do others just fine. I read online that the only solution is to go bridge mode...but I dont know if that means i'll lose the 2 dynamic IPs?

Any clue on how I can achieve 2 dynamic IPs with SE567 in bridged mode? I have at least 4 routers that i can add up so that's not a problem.

Mr. Jay, do you know when the VDSL modem will be coming?

[Jer3]

Speedtouch were supposed to be the best..but there's only 1 port and I'm trying to take advantage of the 2 dynamic IP's advertised by Telus(I used a switch but it wasn't consistent...it would work for a few weeks and be down no matter how reset/powercycle modems & routers)

This SE567 is giving me a huge headache. The speed is good but it won't let my PS3 have NAT 2 (and it disconnects couple times a day for 20sec-1min). For some reason I can't portforward port 80 but I can do others just fine. I read online that the only solution is to go bridge mode...but I dont know if that means i'll lose the 2 dynamic IPs?

Any clue on how I can achieve 2 dynamic IPs with SE567 in bridged mode? I have at least 4 routers that i can add up so that's not a problem.

Mr. Jay, do you know when the VDSL modem will be coming?

i fucking HATE the SE567. it gives me issues with uploading on bt and some other issues. the random disconnects can be fixed somewhere in the router options. i don't remember which one but checking off a box somewhere stopped it from fucking up.

[Good_KarMa]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991229141.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


I'm not complaining:neckbeard::wiggle::spin:

[DsZ24]

I've got telus high speed enhanced too. Here's my result.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/992172564.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I checked my bill but it doesn't say if it's V3 or what, i'm assuming it is. Do I have to say anything special or will they just upgrade me no questions asked?

[darkfroggy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991112751.png

wtf!

lolnoob

:)

[Mr.Jay]

no upgrade should be free just ask if you can get the 6.0mb rate instead

Telus upgraded a bunch of areas and yes Telus does not auto upgrade their customers you have to call it to get it down.

The VDSL modem is out already just call in and say you modem is buggy and you want a new VDSL modem.

lots like Gatorade is on High Speed Lite which is 1.5mb and the cheapest plan unless he has been on this for awhile than he is one of the few Telus just bleeds for money as this plan back in the day cost a lot compared to the plans now

[orange7]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991112751.png

wtf!


rofl.

:noob:

[twitchyzero]

The VDSL modem is out already just call in and say you modem is buggy and you want a new VDSL modem.

Can you tell me what brand/model it is? There's no info on it on the telus website and when i called in last week i asked if the siemens was their latest modem and the lady on the phone said yes..either she is :bullshit: or doesnt know what she's saying

[BMW135i]

I still rather have shaw extreme

[DA9ve]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/992438578.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Shaw Extreme

[DA9ve]

Can you tell me what brand/model it is? There's no info on it on the telus website and when i called in last week i asked if the siemens was their latest modem and the lady on the phone said yes..either she is :bullshit: or doesnt know what she's saying

Alcatel Lucent 7130 Cellpipe modem. This modem is only for Optik TV suscribers so dont know if they will give this to you. It has no wireless capability simply a VDSL/ADSL gateway and these were available since Optik TV was advertised

[silva95teg]

I am on the optik tv 25meg internet.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/992461703.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Mr.Jay]

Install it yourself?

[6insomnia9]

I'm going to test the waters on Optik tv, from my bell service.

[silva95teg]

Install it yourself?

Yeah, :p

[DsZ24]

Thanks for the info Mr. Jay. I called and upgraded today, turns out I was one of those people paying too much for out of date service, oh well it's all good now :)

[roastpuff]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/993258570.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Shaw High Speed.

[orange7]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/992438578.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Shaw Extreme

http://www.speedtest.net/result/993258570.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Shaw High Speed.


WTH! I'm using Shaw Extreme and I'm only getting 16Mb/s Download.

should I call in and ask if they've been ripping me off for the past 7 years?

[6insomnia9]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/993271447.png

Here is what i have now , gotta cancel bell before i get optik.

[darkfroggy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/993271447.png

Here is what i have now , gotta cancel bell before i get optik.

lol bell

:noob:

[6insomnia9]

Bell tv i mean. lol

[604778]

Shaw Extreme
http://www.speedtest.net/result/993329649.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[twitchyzero]

Alcatel Lucent 7130 Cellpipe modem. This modem is only for Optik TV suscribers so dont know if they will give this to you. It has no wireless capability simply a VDSL/ADSL gateway and these were available since Optik TV was advertised

thanks..any idea if it'll work with Telus Turbo(15Mbps)? They might be reluctant but my household's had telus for over 10 years so i'll see if i can convince them.

[dachinesedude]

Telus with Optik TV bundle, 4 cable boxes in the house if that matters

http://www.speedtest.net/result/993369480.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[DA9ve]

thanks..any idea if it'll work with Telus Turbo(15Mbps)? They might be reluctant but my household's had telus for over 10 years so i'll see if i can convince them.

it works with all profiles

you can try but I personally havent heard of any customer getting it for just Internet subscription

[death_blossom]

I am on the optik tv 25meg internet.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/992461703.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

you are able to get 25Mbps on just your internet? do you have some kind of buddy at tier2? haha. or are you living in an ETTS building?

it's cool to see other Telus techs on the board. are you guys Telus, or ATI/LTS? :)

[silva95teg]

you are able to get 25Mbps on just your internet? do you have some kind of buddy at tier2? haha. or are you living in an ETTS building?

it's cool to see other Telus techs on the board. are you guys Telus, or ATI/LTS? :)

I work directly for telus, and no, no teir 2 or etts, just on vdsl. My attainable is just over 90meg down and 11 up.
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[Mr.Jay]

Actually Telus tech here too

I tried seeing if I could get upgraded but no luck for me

[Anjew]

WTH! I'm using Shaw Extreme and I'm only getting 16Mb/s Download.

should I call in and ask if they've been ripping me off for the past 7 years?

its speed boost thats fudging those numbers up.

extreme is a 15mbit down 1mbit up...

[death_blossom]

I work directly for telus, and no, no teir 2 or etts, just on vdsl. My attainable is just over 90meg down and 11 up.
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really eh? I didn't know that Telus was already selling the 25Mbps VDSL profile. is it publicly available?

jealous of you union guys, I'm just a lowly contractor. :(

[fsy82]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1000644737.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[DA9ve]

really eh? I didn't know that Telus was already selling the 25Mbps VDSL profile. is it publicly available?

jealous of you union guys, I'm just a lowly contractor. :(

be honest are you really jealous now?

[death_blossom]

^
hahaha. jealous of your weekends off and more relaxed work ethics, yes. let's not forget the long term and retirement benefits too!

[Meowjin]

wtf, shaw extreme

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1001033097.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[SilverRSXxX]

^
hahaha. jealous of your weekends off and more relaxed work ethics, yes. let's not forget the long term and retirement benefits too!

Hey man I dunno about you but I've gotten use to weekdays off (less people to shop and hang out at night) but yah sometimes u want weekends off. But if ur like me, make the target amount and go home hahahaha

[silva95teg]

^
hahaha. jealous of your weekends off and more relaxed work ethics, yes. let's not forget the long term and retirement benefits too!

I work every second saturday, no sundays though, but that is because they don't want to pay us time and a half. I hear we are going to be hiring in the new year for anyone thats interested.

[Noizz]

Shaw Extreme!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1001219602.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Meowjin]

wtf, shaw extreme

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1001033097.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

wtf

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1001921523.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[orange7]

its speed boost thats fudging those numbers up.

extreme is a 15mbit down 1mbit up...

wat do you mean?

even noizz got ~28mb/s download.


i reran the test and got 18mb/s


seriously.. i think shaw is screwing me over.

[MikeyStyle]

you're paying up to 15 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload but you're getting more than that for the downloads due to powerbost for small period of time

you're not being screwed over

[k2_alpha]

I find that my speed is different depending on the time of day.

At 7pm- 9pm it is super sloow.
At 1am -6am it is super fast....

its not suppose to be different is it...?

[nns]

There are more people online at night than there is during the early morning.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Just got a quick question about Telus Vs SHaw.

I am looking to switch from SHAW to Telus. I currently have Basic cable, Fairchild and Talentvison and Extereme Intenet. The bill came out to about $110 each month.

Call Shaw to see if I can reduce my bill and they pretty much give me the take it or leave it attitude.

Anyways just wanted to know how's Telus service in terms of high speed? Looking to get a High speed Internet with them and pretty much what I have with SHAW before. The issue is I have about 6 computers on the network constantly and I do use PPS, BT, and Netflix pretty often so bandwidth and useage might be an issue. Also we have 3 TV right now so with Telus do I have to purchase a HD box for each TV?

[GabAlmighty]

I have 1.35 down and .8'ish up. Time to upgrade?

[Mr.HappySilp]

Wish I had this speed at home >>

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1006862150.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[snowball]

Just got a quick question about Telus Vs SHaw.

I am looking to switch from SHAW to Telus. I currently have Basic cable, Fairchild and Talentvison and Extereme Intenet. The bill came out to about $110 each month.

Call Shaw to see if I can reduce my bill and they pretty much give me the take it or leave it attitude.

Anyways just wanted to know how's Telus service in terms of high speed? Looking to get a High speed Internet with them and pretty much what I have with SHAW before. The issue is I have about 6 computers on the network constantly and I do use PPS, BT, and Netflix pretty often so bandwidth and useage might be an issue. Also we have 3 TV right now so with Telus do I have to purchase a HD box for each TV?

If you're doing the TV + Internet combo and you're in Vancouver you'll most likely be on Optik. I'm getting Optik installed next week so I'll have a few speed test comparisons then.

[bcrdukes]

I was just switched over to Optik several weeks ago as opposed to their traditional ADSL. So far, there seems are quite an improvement. I went from an average of 5Mb/s to about 10-12Mb/s (based off the Speedtest.net Burnaby server.) In terms of upload speeds, nothing to write home about. I should note that my tests were done over WiFi, not over cable.

Our household comprises of light surfing, e-mail, IM, YouTube and web radio streaming. This is more than enough for our needs so your mileage may vary. I can't say the same for Shaw simply because we haven't used their services in such a long time. I used to be a Telus employee so ADSL was 40% off and I decided to stay with them.

[Mr.Jay]

Just got a quick question about Telus Vs SHaw.

I am looking to switch from SHAW to Telus. I currently have Basic cable, Fairchild and Talentvison and Extereme Intenet. The bill came out to about $110 each month.

Call Shaw to see if I can reduce my bill and they pretty much give me the take it or leave it attitude.

Anyways just wanted to know how's Telus service in terms of high speed? Looking to get a High speed Internet with them and pretty much what I have with SHAW before. The issue is I have about 6 computers on the network constantly and I do use PPS, BT, and Netflix pretty often so bandwidth and useage might be an issue. Also we have 3 TV right now so with Telus do I have to purchase a HD box for each TV?


I have the service at home and we have 3 laptops and 2 desktops with ppl always on streaming and stuff and rates with everyone on are usually around 11-12mb for me (wifi and speedtest)

PM me if you are interested in saving some money tho

[bcrdukes]

Thanks Mr. Jay for helping me save money! :D

[Tegra_Devil]

Are there any deals/promos for shaw or telus right now?

[Mr.Jay]

Are there any deals/promos for shaw or telus right now?

Telus is giving free xbox360 for new adsl customers

there also something else with a laptop as well



Thanks Mr. Jay for helping me save money! :D

No problem

[Ronin]

What do you consider "a lot"? 100 GB?

Telus, in the past, has been more lenient about their bandwidth caps than Shaw. That was a few years ago, when I was more up to date with ISPs in the GVRD.

I would not sign any contract. Where are you located? What are you looking to spend for internet access?

This is because if you're on Telus high speed (the 6Mbps or higher), it uses the same lines as their TV service and they can't distinguish between the internet traffic and the TV traffic. In effect, you have unlimited cap space since they can't enforce it.

No, you don't need to actually use their TV service. It doesn't matter.

[skholla]

im moving to a new building that is prewired (cat5) for telus and am considering making the switch. i found the following deal, take a look...

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/telus-15-15-15-promo-925005/

[Ronin]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/991112751.png

wtf!

HAHAHAHH

I get faster than that...with my phone tethered to my laptop. Not shitting you...1.8Mbps with my iPhone (Fido).

[nns]

This is because if you're on Telus high speed (the 6Mbps or higher), it uses the same lines as their TV service and they can't distinguish between the internet traffic and the TV traffic. In effect, you have unlimited cap space since they can't enforce it.

Note how I said "a few years ago". As in, 5+ years ago, when Optik didn't exist, and Telus didn't offer TV service.

Also, I find it hard to believe that a giant telecom company like Telus can't distinguish between voice/video and data traffic on their network. That would be like saying Telus doesn't employ any sort of QoS technology, which doesn't sound likely at all.

If I was moving into a building that had CAT5 pre-wired (which is quite common), I would look into getting Novus internet over Telus, no question about it.

[Tegra_Devil]

Telus is giving free xbox360 for new adsl customers

there also something else with a laptop as well


No problem

I would go telus, but i dont want a contract, nor have I ever had a good experience with them in the 4 different times i have went back to them(due to them being the only provider in the area).

Shaw has won me thru and thru....never have had a bad experience with them

Note how I said "a few years ago". As in, 5+ years ago, when Optik didn't exist, and Telus didn't offer TV service.

Also, I find it hard to believe that a giant telecom company like Telus can't distinguish between voice/video and data traffic on their network. That would be like saying Telus doesn't employ any sort of QoS technology, which doesn't sound likely at all.

If I was moving into a building that had CAT5 pre-wired (which is quite common), I would look into getting Novus internet over Telus, no question about it.

Isnt novus super expensive?

[skholla]

nope, novus is cheaper and a way better value... 20x10mbps internet connection for $32/mo!

http://www.novusnow.ca/



too bad my new building doesnt have novus, only shaw or telus for me...

[nns]

I believe if your neighbors show majority interest in Novus, they can approach them and ask if Novus can introduce services to the building.

Novus would then have to throw in some hardware into your building.

[vahidpooyan]

Shaw Nitro, Docsis 3.0.

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1706/605012149.jpg

[Mr.HappySilp]

Sigh call telus last night and the qouted me around 70 dollars for Optik Internet, Basic cable, fairchild/talentvision,1 HD DCT and 1 free XOBOX 360 if I sign a 3year contract. Or if not contract it will be $110.

So I told them with SHAW that's how much I am paying so why should I switch and she just pretty much said take it or leave it. Not to mention the tone of her voice sounded she doesn't want my service.

Not really sure what to do now since SHAW and TELUS is out there to rip us off.

[darkfroggy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1008298715.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[fsy82]

^^ur ping is high

[death_blossom]

Sigh call telus last night and the qouted me around 70 dollars for Optik Internet, Basic cable, fairchild/talentvision,1 HD DCT and 1 free XOBOX 360 if I sign a 3year contract. Or if not contract it will be $110.

So I told them with SHAW that's how much I am paying so why should I switch and she just pretty much said take it or leave it. Not to mention the tone of her voice sounded she doesn't want my service.

Not really sure what to do now since SHAW and TELUS is out there to rip us off.

does the $70/month include a phone line? also note that Optik TV service includes a basic HD package as well. you'll get local stations and major networks in HD as part of your basic package!

[Mr.HappySilp]

no phone. Our phone line is pretty cheap (Italk BB my parents switch it without letting me know first...).

Quality isn't that bad we just plug their ATA into the router and it seems fine. Quality isn't as good as telus but for 6.99 a month we get unlimited North american calling and I think 200Mins to HK/CHina with voice mail, call forwarding.... is not a bad deal at all. The only thing though is that since we didn't wire it with the phone jacks so we have to plug the cordless phone into the ATA. Is fine overall since our cordless phone have 3 different phones.

[nns]

If the ATA has an extra phone jack, plug a phone line from that into an empty phone jack in the wall. If all the phone lines are wired together in your house, the ATA will feed every phone jack.

[Meowjin]

what type of xbox 360 is it?

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

shaw extreme

239.93 mb/s - download

0.87 mb/s - upload

ping 49 ms

[skholla]

The new slim one with the hard drive, goes for $299
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[silva95teg]

If the ATA has an extra phone jack, plug a phone line from that into an empty phone jack in the wall. If all the phone lines are wired together in your house, the ATA will feed every phone jack.

If you do this you need to make sure you disconnect the telus drop from your inside wire. Not sure you wanna feed the 52 volts into your phone system.
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[dark0821]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1011876299.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

damn.. i guess that somewhat justifies the high tuition

[Scotsman]

Is there any way of turning off Shaw's PowerBoost to get a more accurate speed test?

[AutozamAZ-3]

anyone experiencing problems with their telus optik high speed right? im in burnaby and i gotta get a technician to come in and fix it. no internet/tv for 1 week. f telus

[MikeyStyle]

Is there any way of turning off Shaw's PowerBoost to get a more accurate speed test?
there's no method to turn off powerboost

[skholla]

try finding a longer bandwidth test, powerboost only bursts for 20secs or so, get a longer test to offset the bursting.

[snowball]

Old telus
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1007026570.png

TV off
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1013182880.png

HD on
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1013180826.png

[Alatar]

I just put in my order online tonight. I'll be saving $9/mo with Telus, as opposed to Shaw, and I'll probably just sell my Pace 160gb PVR. Probably the Xbox too. :p

[ilvtofu]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1011876299.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

damn.. i guess that somewhat justifies the high tuition

wow you got that in the afternoon? I was struggling just to get onto RS in econ today :( it's pretty inconsistent eh? I gave up halfway and plugged in my phone to tether

Just switched the gf from shaw to rogers saving about 20 after tax and free xbox :D
I'll be over a lot more often ;) pretty neat how you can use the xbox as the pvr

[Meowjin]

rogers is doing internet in bc again?

[saveth]

rogers has been in the area for a while. I was on rogers about 2 years ago and they only offered adsl. It was terrible... shaw>telus>rogers

[Meowjin]

are you sure? I'm pretty sure them and shaw had an agreement.

also, if i call shaw can I ask for an xbox 360? I've heard to much bad things about telus.

[Meowjin]

I can tell I'm not going to have a fun experience with telus. I signed up on their site for the xbox bundle, and 2 days later I have not had a call back. So I'm calling today. I'm goign to ask if it's a guaranteed 15mb's.

[nns]

LOL guarantees? This isn't some business line, it's a residential internet service. They don't need to guarantee anything. You want guaranteed speed, you're going to have to pay more. There is no SLA with a regular home internet service.

[silva95teg]

I can tell I'm not going to have a fun experience with telus. I signed up on their site for the xbox bundle, and 2 days later I have not had a call back. So I'm calling today. I'm goign to ask if it's a guaranteed 15mb's.

Did you just get internet? IF so then over your wired connection you should get 15 meg. If you got tv as well and are on a vdsl port you will still get 15, but if you are on a 2+ port the speed will vary based on how many streams you are accessing for tv. It does say on the website speeds "up to" 15M.

[silva95teg]

are you sure? I'm pretty sure them and shaw had an agreement.

also, if i call shaw can I ask for an xbox 360? I've heard to much bad things about telus.

Rogers was leasing telus lines to provide service, They have pretty much stopped residential and only have some business customers here. The problem with them as a provider was if you had trouble you called them and then they called us, then we checked to demarc only and then called them and then one of their techs would come out to fix it. You can see how that could be a bit of a wait for repair.

[slammer111]

I can tell I'm not going to have a fun experience with telus. I signed up on their site for the xbox bundle, and 2 days later I have not had a call back. So I'm calling today. I'm goign to ask if it's a guaranteed 15mb's.Telus guarantees 1.5Mbps. Obviously that's not saying much. I'm going back to Shaw when this contract expires. Oh well, got a free wi-fi router. :)

[Meowjin]

LOL guarantees? This isn't some business line, it's a residential internet service. They don't need to guarantee anything. You want guaranteed speed, you're going to have to pay more. There is no SLA with a regular home internet service.


:rolleyes:

[silva95teg]

Telus guarantees 1.5Mbps. Obviously that's not saying much. I'm going back to Shaw when this contract expires. Oh well, got a free wi-fi router. :)

Make sure you are not getting a free rental. They will charge you if it is not returned.

[Alatar]

Oh so funny. What a great start to my Telus experience! Was supposed to have services installed today, between 8am-5pm. Got the call about 2 minutes ago that they were running behind today, and won't be able to make it. So, next Saturday is the day I _should_ have them here first thing in the morning.

At least I made sure I had a bit of overlap with my Shaw services for a week. Kinda had the feeling this might happen. :lol

[snowball]

Telus guarantees 1.5Mbps. Obviously that's not saying much. I'm going back to Shaw when this contract expires. Oh well, got a free wi-fi router. :)

Telus guaranteed me 6Mbps minimum for Optik over the phone if I had all my TVs running, I've been getting 10ish consistently for the last month with HDTV on

[tgill]

The debate will soon be over, as Shaw has begun charging people for going go over the measly 120gb bandwidth cap.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24949041-Shaw-charging-for-extra-bandwidth.

[Cman333]

I've used both.

On Telus now at home. Its ok. Slower than Shaw.

We just switch from Telus to Shaw at the shop and huge difference.

[iwantaskyline]

The debate will soon be over, as Shaw has begun charging people for going go over the measly 120gb bandwidth cap.

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r24949041-Shaw-charging-for-extra-bandwidth.

I guarantee you, they do not.

[hotong]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1032808168.png

[tgill]

I guarantee you, they do not.
I guarantee you, they will. They are already testing this in Edmonton, a relative got a warning on the bill that they would be charged next time they went over. Its just a matter of when the new hardware is installed in our areas.

[bakasam]

Our family is currently using Telus for our home phone and internet services and Shaw for basic Cable (+Fairchild channels).

Total we pay for our monthly bills comes to about $111/month before tax.

Gave telus a call today lady on the line was really nice. At first I thought she was giving me a deal but when I looked at the pricing and stuff it was pretty much the standard/similar to what I was paying already >_>;

I was offered under a 3 Year Term:
PVR, Xbox360
Home Phone: 37$ (Dad needs the 5 calling features for home business)
Internet on High Speed Turbo 30$ (would be changed to the optiks equivalent)
Basic Cable: 23$
Fairchild Addon (May range from $12-20 depending on the one we pick)
+5$ a month if I want the Xbox to have the digital cable service

Total would be pretty much equal +/- $10~20 of what I am paying right now.

Upside i see to it is I get an xbox, a pvr (which I dont have right now)
Downside is the contract and I may lose some of the other asian channels my mom watches.

Would it be worth the trouble to make the switch?

Purpose was to hopefully save some money on our monthly bills while getting some better services (Since we haven't done any upgrades in a while). Wondering if I can get a better deal from some of the Telus techs who hang around RS

[death_blossom]

what other asian channels does your mom watch?

and as far as I know, Telus employees can't give out discounts to friends/family.

[bakasam]

She only watches Fairchild.

But heres the thing thats weird

On my shaw bill it says:
Asian TV package = 7$ ( I get Fairchild, The mandarin one and the movie channel)

On the shaw website
Add Fairchild = 18.95
Add Fairchild + Others = 28.95

For Telus:
Just fairchild = $12
Fairchild + Mandarin = 20$

Dont know why the price for just fairchild got marked up so high :S

[6insomnia9]

They giving free xbox on 3 year contracts

[nismook]

Telus now has this Chinese Classic pkg (Fairchild and TalentVision) $15 per month but you get the first 3 months free

[Alatar]

Free xbox is on internet contracts of 2 or 3 years for Optik Internet.

[6insomnia9]

https://www.telus.com/order/bundles/order.do?execution=e1s1



FREE HD PVR rental1
FREE Xbox 360®2
Optik TV™ Essentials (3 year term)
Optik High Speed™ (2 year term)
$33/mo for 3 months3
($60/mo. thereafter)

OR
FREE HD PVR rental1
FREE Xbox 360®2
Optik TV™ Your Pick HD (3 year term)
Optik High Speed™ (2 year term)
$65/mo for 3 months4
($112/mo. thereafter)


1 Available with Optik TV with a 3 year service agreement. A cancellation fee of $10 per month for the remainder of the term applies to early cancellation of a service agreement. Free installation applies to the first 2 digital boxes. Additional boxes installed will be subject to a $50 charge per box.

2 Available with Optik High Speed with a 2 year service agreement while quantities last. Manufacturer’s suggested retail price of the Xbox 360 is $299.99. A cancellation fee of $13 per month for the remainder of the term applies to early cancellation of a service agreement. Not combinable with any other High Speed offers. Minimum system requirements apply. Final eligibility for the services will be determined by a TELUS representative at the point of installation. Xbox and Xbox 360 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
3 Offers available until December 31, 2010, with a 3 year service agreement to residential clients who have not subscribed within the past 90 days to TELUS TV, or TELUS High Speed Internet service. Regular rate in a bundle starts on month 4 based on the same services. Optik TV is available to clients who have TELUS High Speed Internet or TELUS Home Phone service. The Essentials is required for all Optik TV subscriptions. HDTV input equipped television required to receive HD. TELUS reserves the right to modify the channel lineup and packages. Minimum system requirements apply.

4 Offers available until December 31, 2010, with a 3 year service agreement to residential clients who have not subscribed within the past 90 days to TELUS TV, or TELUS High Speed Internet service. Regular bundled price apply to Optik High Speed starts on month 4, to Your Pick HD starts on month 7 and overall bundle starts on month 7 based on the same services.

5 Based on total service disruptions and outages experienced by clients in the past year.

[illicitstylz]

Looks like I'll be jumping ship to TELUS for that first package, paying $95/month for just the Shaw highspeed internet and basic tv/fairchild.

[6insomnia9]

I`m paying about 53 ish for Bell tv and 37 for telus.. ;c

I will be hopping the train within the next couple of weeks.

[dboy]

Does Optik TV essentials only go up to channel 28(Shaw basic cable) in Vancouver?

[bakasam]

Optik TV essential has way more than the basic 28 channels.

Im on optik Essentials and i have channels like TSN2, Food Network, Comedy Central, Teletoon, Spike etc

[illicitstylz]

Optik TV essential has way more than the basic 28 channels.

Im on optik Essentials and i have channels like TSN2, Food Network, Comedy Central, Teletoon, Spike etc

So i take it you like the switch from shaw to telus?

how fast was the set up?

[snowball]

The free PVR rental is from the 3 year optik TV contract
The free Xbox is from the 2 year optik internet contract

also remember you can't have optik TV without optik internet, so technically you're signing a 3 year contract for the internet too ;)

[bakasam]

No i originally had telus for internet services but i had Shaw for my cable services and switched over and upgraded i guess to Optiks.

Apparently they didnt give me the latest modem/router so i'm waiting for an exchange but so far so good.

Also when i was making the call the Xbox deal ends in november i believe

[seakrait]

shaw everything.

Digital TV/Movies & High-Speed 121.95
HD Plus Package 12.00
Purchased Modem Discount -5.00
Home Phone Basic 20.95

Total Current Monthly Services $149.90

HST 17.99

TOTAL RAPE $167.89/mth.

tv on right now. watching pelham 123
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1044471031.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

cable splitter right out of the wall, one to PVR/TV, other to shaw phone box, splits again to shaw cable modem.

[Meowjin]

shaw wants me to drop off their stupid modem. Fuck them. so angry at my 3mb download =when i have extreme and them claiming nothing is wrong.

[nns]

Don't drop it off. Be a big shot. They'll probably just charge it on your next bill.

[Alatar]

I've got a Shaw modem collecting dust as of Saturday, and I need to sell off my HDPVR now. I think I'll just stick with Telus, even though I'm only on a 1HD + 2SD setup. I can live without 2HD for now. The internet speeds, while not as good, aren't horrible, either. I've lived with worse.

[jtanner_]

My family has been considering jumping ship simply because were paying roughly 120-130 a month on shaw and the telus rates seem considerably cheaper...

My only concern is the internet speeds as i keep reading reviews regarding inconsistency

[6insomnia9]

I think Shaw has more down time that Telus, all these years(5) with Telus i only had like maybe 1 or 2 downtime.

But then that is just my assumption.

[hotjoint]

my buddy from shaw hooked me up with this.

84.99 for 1 year

Basic home phone
Extreme-I internet
Digital tv with 1 hd pvr & 3 normal digital boxes with 3 months free movies channels (superchannel, HBO, Movie central)
Getting all the equipment for free 1 year
Paying $16 extra for HD plus (all the hd channels) and $7.95 for 7 specialty channels

If anyone wants a hookup. Shoot me a PM and i'll give you his # ;)

[6insomnia9]

Meh , i don't use any well known company for telephone as it way cheaper to go with ITALKBB which is VOIP, imo i think it is the best bang for your money as it you get unlimited calling around the world for only like 30 something bucks, i forgot how much it was , ill check my bill to comfirm it, i've used it for months now and it works great, no more stupid expensive calling cards that shit adds up.

[Hehe]

I got the Telus 10*3 promo... with some channel selection, DVR rental and stuff comes to about 68 after tax per month.

speed isn't bad in my area. I get constant 1MB~1.5MB/s on BT, and apparently they can't monitor the traffic on my connection because of the IPTV?! I'm pushing a few hundred GB per month easily, streaming everything from home is awesome! :D

[Mr.Jay]

Digital tv with 1 hd pvr & 3 normal digital boxes with 3 months free movies channels (superchannel, HBO, Movie central)

Just to let you know this is free for everyone for 3 months if they want it.

The ads are on the radio all the time so that really isn't a hook up

but damn the rest is pretty damn cheap especially the special channels

So i take it you like the switch from shaw to telus?

how fast was the set up?

Setup depends on the house/apartment layout, wiring and number of boxes

Give you have a phone jack by a power outlet and cable jack setup should be pretty quick however that is if you don't have crappy wiring.

Be prepared for 5 hrs but the job can take as little time as 45mins

[Alatar]

The install was ~6 hours for my place, last Saturday. All new wiring, including from the pole to the house.

[J____]

Looks like I'll be jumping ship to TELUS for that first package, paying $95/month for just the Shaw highspeed internet and basic tv/fairchild.

damn that's expensive. For that exact same package i was paying $66 after tax, then i called in saying i want to switch and ended up getting $36/month now for highspeed net + basic cable + talentvision

[snowball]

I think Shaw has more down time that Telus, all these years(5) with Telus i only had like maybe 1 or 2 downtime.

But then that is just my assumption.

I've had 2 downtime in the 3 weeks I've been with them, both for over 8 hours

[6insomnia9]

I never get downtime ;D

[bakasam]

Setup for me took ~2 hours so it does vary by house the person on the phone says up to 5-6 hours though

[Konvict]

zero issues with telus... got optik its dope! prob depends on where you live tho. got shaw to almost match in terms of price.. was lieke $80 compared to telus $65... but telus gave xbox and setanta for $5 p/m so it sold me lol

[hotjoint]

Just to let you know this is free for everyone for 3 months if they want it.

The ads are on the radio all the time so that really isn't a hook up

but damn the rest is pretty damn cheap especially the special channels



really? I didn't know that, who wouldn't want 3 months free movie channels?

[2damaxmr2]

I work for Shaw so our service is superior.

[illicitstylz]

I work for Shaw so our service is superior.

a lot of things come down to the price point unfortunately

[2damaxmr2]

Our high speed is only 37bucks and it is over twice as fast as the telus high speed internet. 7.5mb/s vs 3.1mb/s

[Meowjin]

except when i've called shaw 15 times to wonder why my internet is 4mb when I'm paying for 15, they refused to send a tech over saying that it's suppose to be like that and it's suprising i notice.

well no shit

[Alatar]

$37 for 15mbit, you say? Funny, that... I was paying $47/mo. $57 for Shaw Extreme when I decided to switch to that. The speed difference for Extreme-I wasn't as noticeable in the downstream, but in the upstream where I went from .52 to .96mbits compared to Telus, where I get ~14.4 down, .86 up for $37/mo.

The key points to realize with both Shaw and Telus, their service says "Up to 15mbps" not that you're guaranteed that speed. In the case of Shaw, I was getting 14.8mbps at the best of times, with it consistently being lower, around 11-12mbps. To me, neither is better, but the price I'm paying for the same speed from Telus is enough to make me feel like I'm at least getting the same for less money than with Shaw.

When I spoke with Shaw before I was considering moving to Telus, Shaw wasn't willing to budge for me. Months later, I decided after a couple of weeks of research to give Telus a try. When I called Shaw to inform them that I was cancelling my service, only then were they willing to match Telus' price, but not their offers of service credits for signing a 2 year contract. The xbox, obviously, they weren't willing to match.

The funny part? The lady on the Shaw line tried telling me the xbox would die within a year anyway.

I haven't had any issues with Telus yet, besides the 1HD + 2SD feed, but for the amount I watch TV, I'm not really affected by it too greatly.

Price comparison:
Shaw
Shaw Extreme-I Internet $57
Shaw HD Digital TV $62.95
HD Plus $16
Simple Double Play Discount -$10
Total Monthly $125.95, w/tax $141.06

Telus
Optik Digital TV Pick Your HD $75
Optik High Speed $37
Total Monthly $112, w/tax 125.44

Saves me nearly $16/mo

[MaximalLazy]

The funny part? The lady on the Shaw line tried telling me the xbox would die within a year anyway.

Saves me nearly $16/mo


I don't think this is funny, I wouldn't be surprised if xbox dies within a year. Just sayin

[trip]

i've gone through two xboxes in 3 yrs

so whats the funny part?

fuck xbox

[silva95teg]

I don't think this is funny, I wouldn't be surprised if xbox dies within a year. Just sayin

If it dies within the year you are covered under warranty.
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[G-spec]

never had an xbox, but wondering can't you just buy it and when it fails, register it with Microsoft then wait a few weeks and tell them it broke down? Or do they do it by purchase recepit, in which case you could just tell Microsoft it was a free gift no receipt ??


I did this with my logitech steering wheel, didn't register it and then when I felt the pedals squeaking I thought they would break down soon I registered and called them they ended up sending me brand new set of pedals, AND I got to keep the old set which had nothing wrong with it really except a minor squeak
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[silva95teg]

All I know is microsoft is covering the warranty. It would be up to them to determine the purchase time , but I am sure they would probably ask for some sort of proof of when you got it. Logitech from what I have heard is great for warranty.
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[bakasam]

I've used Telus Optiks tv for a week now. Originally they gave me a Dlink Router + modem setup which worked well but the wireless network wasn't that great on it.

Huge props to Mr.Jay :thumbsup: who was willing to exchange it for the latest model after the Telus Call center/Technician wouldn't . Installed it tonight and it works perfect.

Waiting for my xbox now :)

[Meowjin]

is it the n router one? I asked for when when my installer came the second day (somethign wrong with the code) and he dropped it off even though he had to go back to the office to get it.

good shit.

[silva95teg]

is it the n router one? I asked for when when my installer came the second day (somethign wrong with the code) and he dropped it off even though he had to go back to the office to get it.

good shit.

It would be the n one (actiontec), it is the only other one used for tv.

[bakasam]

Yep its the actiontec one. My installer told me the dlink one was the latest model they gave him and he doesn't have it. The call center simply said that the dlink was the "most optimal setup" for me until Mr.Jay told me otherwise

[ShyGuy]

so how do we get in contact with Mr. Jay? I've got the crappy D-Link router and tried calling in for the Actiontec. The phone rep told me they don't have it.

[Meowjin]

how long does the xbox take*?
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[6thGear.]

Our high speed is only 37bucks and it is over twice as fast as the telus high speed internet. 7.5mb/s vs 3.1mb/s

I find that hard to believe. I was going to get charged $120 after taxes for cable (up to ch 58 or whatever it is) and high speed internet. I called them to price match telus and they dropped $20. Only when I called Shaw to cancel, is when they tried to price match. I now pay $37 taxes in for high speed internet and Optik medium package essential cable with free PVR and 1 digital box for the next 3 yrs. I can add all the specialty channels and upgrade to extreme high speed and I'll still be under $80. I don't give a shit what people say, we are still far from recovered from the economy downfall and better pricing talks during this time.

[sunny_j]

i called shaw today and they said they are not monitoring their data usage at the moment. my house is using around 125gb/month

[twitchyzero]

bumping this shit to rant.

the siemens gigaset wireless gateway is a POS..the speed goes to shitter every few days and no NAT2 on PS3 cause I cant open port 80..i tried getting Telus to send me a cellpipe modem or the d-link g3810 but it's only reserved for optik..told them i've exhausted all their other modems and they fucking tell me PS3 NAT2 connectivity is not officially supported...they only care if you have basic connectivity...If i wanted it to work I have to pay $80 for the premium care package whatever to solve my problem. uh hello...PS3 is one of the supported wireless devices on your stupid website.
http://telus.com/portalWeb/inlineLink/CP_SCS/Help/Internet_Help/Wireless_Network/FAQ_Main/SmartPhones/All_Platforms/?_region=BC&_region=AB#2_3

so now I'm back to the thompson speedtouch...i get NAT2 but I have to use my shitty hub to get the 2 dynamic IPs that's advertised for telus turbo... not to mention it's a PITA opening ports for it if i wanna torrent thru a router then a hub. Anyone know how I can escalade this to someone higher up? I've been with this ISP for more than 10 years and I'm tired of paying so much if they don't get a shit about their loyal customers. fuck I wish I have novus in my area

/RANT

[Browny]

i called shaw today and they said they are not monitoring their data usage at the moment. my house is using around 125gb/month

Telus don't currently have anyone monitoring either. The only time they will look at your usage is if you call them for a change or break with your internet. This has been like that for the past 2 months (used to work in marketing for telus until a month ago).

Hopefully they havnt hired anyone to do this yet.

[bakasam]

bumping this shit to rant.

the siemens gigaset wireless gateway is a POS..the speed goes to shitter every few days and no NAT2 on PS3 cause I cant open port 80..i tried getting Telus to send me a cellpipe modem or the d-link g3810 but it's only reserved for optik..told them i've exhausted all their other modems and they fucking tell me PS3 NAT2 connectivity is not officially supported...they only care if you have basic connectivity...If i wanted it to work I have to pay $80 for the premium care package whatever to solve my problem. uh hello...PS3 is one of the supported wireless devices on your stupid website.
http://telus.com/portalWeb/inlineLink/CP_SCS/Help/Internet_Help/Wireless_Network/FAQ_Main/SmartPhones/All_Platforms/?_region=BC&_region=AB#2_3

so now I'm back to the thompson speedtouch...i get NAT2 but I have to use my shitty hub to get the 2 dynamic IPs that's advertised for telus turbo... not to mention it's a PITA opening ports for it if i wanna torrent thru a router then a hub. Anyone know how I can escalade this to someone higher up? I've been with this ISP for more than 10 years and I'm tired of paying so much if they don't get a shit about their loyal customers. fuck I wish I have novus in my area

/RANT

Non optik users can request for the 2Wire one I think. Its older than the siemens but newer than the thomson and works wayy better. I had them swap it for me (no charge contingent i send the siemens back to them) when I was using telus DSL.

I've switched to optiks now so all is well.

Just call them up tell them your situation nicely. Tell them that PS3 + Siemens Gigaset wont support NAT2 you've looked it up already but the 2Wire modem you offer for regular DSL seems to work and ask if they are willing to swap it

If not just tell them to transfer you to the customer loyalty dept and tell them the same thing. If they still wont do a swap just say you'll be discontinuing telus services because their not willing to support the needs of the customer

[death_blossom]

don't even try to convince the stupid tech support guys to send you a different modem. just tell them your internet keeps dropping or something, and blame it on the modem. when an actual Telus tech comes to your home, have them to give you a D-Link3810 or maybe a 2-WIRE if they have any. the 2WIRE modem is long discontinued, hard to come by.

[Meowjin]

i have an extra modem here. the non wireless one if anyone wants it.

[silva95teg]

don't even try to convince the stupid tech support guys to send you a different modem. just tell them your internet keeps dropping or something, and blame it on the modem. when an actual Telus tech comes to your home, have them to give you a D-Link3810 or maybe a 2-WIRE if they have any. the 2WIRE modem is long discontinued, hard to come by.

2Wire was brought back but only refurb units are available.

[teddyah]

If anyone's interested telus optik pvr 99.99 $ till 06

http://www.bestbuy.ca:80/en-CA/product/telus-telus-optik-tv-hd-pvr-receiver-cis430-cis430/10151025.aspx?path=7a9fc6174afb7e890346bfc1254d4b5 2en02

[Meowjin]

where the fuck is my xbox. God fucking damnit telus.

[VR6GTI]

I thought you got a 4gb slim but a guy work just got a 250gb slim, took 7 days to get it from telus.

[snowball]

where the fuck is my xbox. God fucking damnit telus.

Waiting for mine too, been at least 8 weeks.

[illicitstylz]

my promo was installed dec 11th but still been waiting on my xbox, do they ship it?

[nismook]

my promo was installed dec 11th but still been waiting on my xbox, do they ship it?



the Xbox usually gets to you in about 4-6 weeks from the install date. You should call just to make sure they haven't overlooked your account for the shipment.

[quasi]

I'm not going through the whole thread but does Telus do package bundles without contracts? I'm thinking of giving them a try for everything, internet/phone/TV but I'm not willing to sign a contract incase I hate there TV or internet.

[ilvtofu]

Any experts with telus want to chime in here.

Just switched to Optik less than 2 weeks ago and the internet in the house often disconnects without warning. Here is the tricky bit though, There is a PC connected directly (no wifi) to the telus internet, and there is no connection. However on my Macbook Pro and my iMac desktop the internet is working fine. This makes no sense to me. I understand if it's just dropping wifi connections but when it's plugged in directly it's just got me WTFing

[2 n r]

word on the mother fucken gigaset piece of shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

[illicitstylz]

mine has random dc's too, i just pull the plug out and in real quick and it "fixes" it

[snowball]

I'm not going through the whole thread but does Telus do package bundles without contracts? I'm thinking of giving them a try for everything, internet/phone/TV but I'm not willing to sign a contract incase I hate there TV or internet.

Yes they do still do bundled discount without contract, the only benefit of sign a contract is they waive your HD box rental fee (for TV) and you get an xbox (for internet contract)

What I did was got everything installed and their first 3 months on optik is introductory rate, and it cost like $45 a month for the first 3 months for everything including the HD box rental, then after the 3 months (made my own trial period) i signed the contract.

[Ch28]

I'm not going through the whole thread but does Telus do package bundles without contracts? I'm thinking of giving them a try for everything, internet/phone/TV but I'm not willing to sign a contract incase I hate there TV or internet.

I called in for the 15/15/15 deal last week and was told that the phone and internet have no contracts and the only service they'd put you on a contract for is the TV.

[illicitstylz]

I called in for the 15/15/15 deal last week and was told that the phone and internet have no contracts and the only service they'd put you on a contract for is the TV.

but essentially your contract for your TV is the same as your internet because the TV feed is provided by Telus internet only.

[silva95teg]

but essentially your contract for your TV is the same as your internet because the TV feed is provided by Telus internet only.

Even though it Is ip based you do not need to pay for internet to have tv. You only have to have one other service. So tel and tv is fine.

[Meowjin]

so apparently according to q media solutions my xbox is coming tomorrow. The week I'm back at school (ANGRY FACE HERE)

[the_law82]

For those with random disconnects, call TELUS and try and rectify the problem.

A friend and I had the same problem and it was due to a faulty modem or additional wires that need to be upgraded (usually on older homes).

They came and checked all my wiring and gave me the new N router and it has been fine since. However, the dmz function on the N router doesn't work, so COD is messed until they come up with a patch.

Don't forget that you can get free movies and episodes under VOD> TV > HBO Movies (or something along those lines, I don't remember exactly) if you have subscription to the SuperChannel movie channels and/or HBO.

I think there is still a 3 month trial for Super Channel and HBO, might want to call in and check.

Good luck. Optik is pretty sweet.

[Ronin]

bumping this shit to rant.

the siemens gigaset wireless gateway is a POS..the speed goes to shitter every few days and no NAT2 on PS3 cause I cant open port 80..i tried getting Telus to send me a cellpipe modem or the d-link g3810 but it's only reserved for optik..told them i've exhausted all their other modems and they fucking tell me PS3 NAT2 connectivity is not officially supported...they only care if you have basic connectivity...If i wanted it to work I have to pay $80 for the premium care package whatever to solve my problem. uh hello...PS3 is one of the supported wireless devices on your stupid website.
http://telus.com/portalWeb/inlineLink/CP_SCS/Help/Internet_Help/Wireless_Network/FAQ_Main/SmartPhones/All_Platforms/?_region=BC&_region=AB#2_3

so now I'm back to the thompson speedtouch...i get NAT2 but I have to use my shitty hub to get the 2 dynamic IPs that's advertised for telus turbo... not to mention it's a PITA opening ports for it if i wanna torrent thru a router then a hub. Anyone know how I can escalade this to someone higher up? I've been with this ISP for more than 10 years and I'm tired of paying so much if they don't get a shit about their loyal customers. fuck I wish I have novus in my area

/RANT

Which Telus package do you have? I'm planning on getting the High Speed Turbo soon.

Does the Thompson SpeedTouch still work? They want to give me that Siemens router but I'd prefer to just keep my setup now.l

[silva95teg]

Which Telus package do you have? I'm planning on getting the High Speed Turbo soon.

Does the Thompson SpeedTouch still work? They want to give me that Siemens router but I'd prefer to just keep my setup now.l

Speedtouch will be fine.

[illicitstylz]

Just got my xbox shipped in today from canada post, 4 weeks to arrive as mentioned in this thread, even with holiday volume/delay in packages

install date 12/11/10
xbox received date 1/10/11

[spoon.ek9]

shaw everything.

Digital TV/Movies & High-Speed 121.95
HD Plus Package 12.00
Purchased Modem Discount -5.00
Home Phone Basic 20.95

Total Current Monthly Services $149.90

HST 17.99

TOTAL RAPE $167.89/mth.

here's what i'm paying, all shaw:

Basic Fairchild Talent & Internet $85.95
Purchased Modem Discount -$5.00
Home Phone Basic $20.95

HST $12.23
Total $114.13

it doesn't mention it in the bill, but i get the basic hd channels


When I spoke with Shaw before I was considering moving to Telus, Shaw wasn't willing to budge for me. Months later, I decided after a couple of weeks of research to give Telus a try. When I called Shaw to inform them that I was cancelling my service, only then were they willing to match Telus' price, but not their offers of service credits for signing a 2 year contract. The xbox, obviously, they weren't willing to match.

i talked to shaw today and they were 100% unwilling to negotiate anything. The lady was spinning me some bullshit about how their company policy changed on Jan 1st and they are "no longer in the business of matching other companies". the only thing she mentioned was the HD plus package at 50% off for 2 months (what a joke). i guess i'll have to call in and pretend to cancel my services then huh?

[VR6GTI]

i talked to shaw today and they were 100% unwilling to negotiate anything. The lady was spinning me some bullshit about how their company policy changed on Jan 1st and they are "no longer in the business of matching other companies". the only thing she mentioned was the HD plus package at 50% off for 2 months (what a joke). i guess i'll have to call in and pretend to cancel my services then huh?
If you do not have telus optik available in your area shaw knows there is a good chance you will not switch. Regular Telus is complete crap and they know it :)
You can goto the Telus website and type in your postal code and see if optik is in your area. Im pretty sure this is what Shaw does when you phone aswell to see if you can make a deal.

[silva95teg]

If you do not have telus optik available in your area shaw knows there is a good chance you will not switch. Regular Telus is complete crap and they know it :)
You can goto the Telus website and type in your postal code and see if optik is in your area. Im pretty sure this is what Shaw does when you phone aswell to see if you can make a deal.

There is no regular telus anymore, the only service sold is the optik. As a supplement satellite is available to those that do not qualify for the optik service.

[Meowjin]

my xbox came today with 2 games. Alan wake and forza 3. I guess they sent me them because of how they fucked up and forgot to process my returned xbox.

[illicitstylz]

my xbox came today with 2 games. Alan wake and forza 3. I guess they sent me them because of how they fucked up and forgot to process my returned xbox.

Oh whattttt, no way! Well grats, mine just came with the console itself...

[Alatar]

Nov. 20 install date, Nov. 9 order date, xbox shipped out Monday, apparently.

[Meowjin]

Oh whattttt, no way! Well grats, mine just came with the console itself...

i only wanted it for ssf4 though, I wont play them :/

[tool001]

Shaw HS internet, price subject to rise next month. also limit on download suppose to decrease.

edit: sourse http://www.moneyville.ca/article/920075--roseman-days-of-unlimited-internet-plans-may-be-over

[rubadub13]

I just spoke to Telus and this is what they're offering me:

optik high speed - $37
basic home phone - $28
optik TV (Pick 9 theme packs + the essentials) - $45 for the first 6 months, $75 after
Free PVR and Receiver

Total after 6 months = $140/mo

The catch is a 3-year contract... What do you guys think?

[snowball]

^ i'm pretty sure the three year contract is just for the free PVR rental, home phone for 28? Last time I checked it was 21 with one option unless you have more options.

Everything there seems to be about regular price... did you check the telus website? I don't think this is really a "deal" if you're looking for one.

[dL]

Tempting to switch over. Any problems with Telus Optik Internet? I also heard somewhere that the HD quality for Optik is compressed.

dL

[G-spec]

I had some major problems with them month n half ago, signed up for optik tv and Internet package they installed normal satellite and regular net. Also broke my home phone line for a week and refused to fix it. I went through a dozen Filipino call agents who were absolutely useless and decide I've had enough. Called to cancel since murphys law took place everything that could have gone wrong absolutely went wrong, get to the saves department in Alberta some white guy puts me on a $30 optik package with optik Internet WITH a xbox at only a 2 year contract. All I ever wanted was the optik Internet really but all the extras are welcome. Almost 2 months no Xbox don't really care, but my PS3 connection is way better than Shaw I get Nat 2 now when with Shaw before I use to only get shitty Nat 3 which is the worst you can't even host online games in some of them. Also simple tasks like switching between channels is instant and instead of waiting about a second with shaw, and the cute little picture in picture thing when you're in guide is fuckin way better than Shaw.. Not to mention Shaw been rippin me for a long time charging $120 for their medium
Internet and medium tv package, now telus only $60 and better quality, but telus customer service sucks, not surprised someone shot up the Telus building few years back

My suggestion to anyone here, never call tech support you always get transferred to the Phillipines call the TV department instead the call center is in Canada somewhere
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[crowdog]

I just switched over to Telus from Shaw -

Getting the following bundled deal:

OptiK TV (Essentials) w/ PVR
Optik High Speed Internet

on a 3 year contract for the Cable, internet I can change if I wish.

PRICE: $30/month for the 1st year and then $60/month for the next two.

Sure, some of my services are less than they were, but I don't need so many f'in channels. I was paying $119/month with Shaw for essentially the same thing...

$119/month versus $30/month for 1 year and then to $60/month.

on top of that, their entire call center is moving back to vancouver from what I've heard so that whole "they have terrible customer service" argument will be out the window... I guess I'll see how the service is when they hook it up in a few weeks. Main thing I'm concerned about is the internet connection, but that can be switched, didn't get a contract for internet.

I was also transferred to a Shaw retention person after calling in to cancel.. They refused to offer me anything at all to keep me as a customer, after 9 years I was shocked. I've never asked them for anything before, or tried to hunt deals going back and forth between them and Telus. Interesting business approach on their part... Something they should really look at as their must be better ways to spot the deal seekers from the loyal customers.

I spoke with a few front line people over their as well who were very harsh. As soon as I mentioned moving over to Telus they became confrontational and defensive and told me they wouldn't price match anymore. Who the hell taught these people their retention skills. Hey Shaw, advice for you. As soon as someone calls to cancel services have your reps transfer them to a retention specialist as I was already gone after your front line accosted me over the phone.

[Ronin]

i only wanted it for ssf4 though, I wont play them :/

I'll take Alan Wake if you want to sell it. I'm curious about that game.
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[PiuYi]

somewhat off topic, but anyone know wheres the cheapest place I can get a Shaw HD receiver? futureshop is like $179

[lilaznviper]

^try visions

[PiuYi]

^same price

[spoon.ek9]

if you can afford the price difference, get a PVR instead. it's so much more useful than just the HD terminal :thumbsup:

[PiuYi]

we hav a PVR downstairs, its just upstairs we want to be able to watch HD channels as well

[invader]

I'll take Alan Wake if you want to sell it. I'm curious about that game.
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Read my review i posted in Video game forum here

[donjalapeno]

switched from shaw to telus yesterday and telus is soooooooooooo much better. Shaws customer service is better though.

[Mananetwork]

Called Shaw today voicing my concern on their price and speed compared to Telus. Flat out said no to everything. Not a hint of keeping me as a customer. I'll be looking up what Telus has to offer for internet access in the next few days.

Any recommendations, I just want quick internet for a good price.

[darkfroggy]

Shaw HS internet, price subject to rise next month. also limit on download suppose to decrease.

edit: sourse http://www.moneyville.ca/article/920075--roseman-days-of-unlimited-internet-plans-may-be-over

Totally unacceptable.

Why the FUCK is internet still as slow as god knows how many years ago? Japan a decade ago STILL had faster internet than what we have now.

It's bad enough getting overcharged for outdated internet, now they're going to overcharge on their already retarded prices, and provide LESS service than before.

Broadband needs more Wind/Mobilicity-esque companies.