Fucking Sympatico

[Cyborg]

So have this highspeed internet 3.5mpbs and now i check today my bandwidth stats
Total Activity Over Plan Limit: 11.9 GB Total Bandwidth Activity Cost: $ 94.60

Fuck that

Whats some high speed providers in toronto except rogers cause they will only set me an account on sept 6th

[exodus]

www.canadianisp.com - should help you out :/

Im on rogers, lucky me. A friend called and asked them if they would put a quota on like sympatico has done, and they said they wouldn't :D weeeeeeeeee

[Freakster.net]

I'm with sympatico as well.. its a fucking joke.. but in montreal we only a one "real" (I mean big company) alternative and they charge the same 8$/gb... I'm screwed :)

[Cyborg]

I think i can't find any providers that would give me service tomorrow so i will stick with free dialup :-(
Which are some good once except netzero and juno

[Freakster.net]

Aol for 3 months :p

Juno/NetZero are pain in the ass.. :(

[Cyborg]

I am afraid to use aol once i installed it and it screwed my computer preatty bad changed all adapters...

[Freakster.net]

ouch :(

then why not get a cheap local isp.. some are 15-20$/mo .. last time I used Netzero (juno as been bought by netzero no?) it was installing shit on my pc, ad rate was ridiculous and disconnecting as well..

Personnaly I'm thinking of getting a business dsl access... way moe expensive but I expect better service and no stupid bandwith quotas..

[Relic]

I use cogeco. Damn fast, and damn well no bw limits.

[Freakster.net]

Originally posted by Relic
I use cogeco. Damn fast, and damn well no bw limits.

Are you in montreal? Not long ago they were not availlable here.. didnt check lately but a friend got it and they fucked his connection and he was fown for a week... I'd die :p

[Cyborg]

Relic there site is french enlish version of info is fucked up and it doesn't say that they support toronto

[Cyborg]

Also http://www.cgocable.ca/en/serv_internet/residentiel.htm i try to call that number and it says i can't call from toronto 1 800 665-5151

[Freakster.net]

Originally posted by Cyborg
Relic there site is french enlish version of info is fucked up and it doesn't say that they support toronto

It's that hard to read? ;) just messing with you.. go over "english" then over "ontario" ;)

http://www.cogeco.com/home.cfm?lang=en&region=ON

I guess they have it in Toronto if its in ON, but its always a case by case thing so you gotta check yourself on that one ;)

[Relic]

True, Im on the outskirts of Toronto, not downtown or anything.
Fuck, im going to bed, don't expect a quick reply. :eek:

[Freakster.net]

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Grrr... fuck it :( Stuck with sympatico.. :(

[MichaelH]

That's a real fucking joke! If this kind of shit comes to the Netherlands, byebye company!

I don't understand them! They get daily totally ripped off with thousands of aol, rogers, @home accounts used for free huge movie samples and they don't do anything about it, but then, they compensate their loss by passing their bills to their customers...!!! instead of handling the problem by its root!

THIS IS SOOOOOO HILARIOUS !

But somewhere, i predicted this kind of move from the ISPs last year on another board. How else can they get back all those thousands of gigabytes ripped off from their free webspace accounts. There is almost no other way than to charge and i'm sure more providers will follow with that move...

Great one!

[toker]

My ISP will never do that shit because half the population in florida dont know what DSL is and they are begging people to signup always..

Not only did they give me free modem to signup early but my 3rd month was free and its only like $40 per month. Maybe you guys should move down here. :D

[D0b3rman]

Yeah its really fucked.. in montreal the biggest city in canada and were stuck with the two shittiest ISP's

fucking shit.. if I was rich enough id start my own ISP!

[Za Ha]

Sorry to hear that bro! :(

Im on AOL after canceling with sympatico...
Im gonna try to find a DSL place that will charge me only $29.95 for the first 3 months then cancel and get a new one and so on...

FIGHT THE SYSTEM OR BE EATEN BY IT!!:finger:

[Cyborg]

I tried netzero can't close down their soft so i can use more then 10 hours :( Only option is aol and i just threw one of those disks a week ago need to find a new one somewhere...

[MikeChan]

rogers for me :)

i wonder how many gigs i used

probably around 50gigs/month

[Jorge]

Originally posted by Freak
I'm with sympatico as well.. its a fucking joke.. but in montreal we only a one "real" (I mean big company) alternative and they charge the same 8$/gb... I'm screwed :)

Heh ...
I would have to pay about $150 per GB if I went over my 1mbps limit. That is some expensive BW.

[hybridea]

Originally posted by Jorge


Heh ...
I would have to pay about $150 per GB if I went over my 1mbps limit. That is some expensive BW.

Can't you be capped at 1mbit?

By the way.. sympatico limit is.. 5gb xfer.. so we hit the 8$/gb pretty fast! :(

[Cyborg]

i have ultra edition its 10 gigs cap and download speeds max at 3.8 mbps

[mic639999]

Me too, but when I measure: it never went faster then 1.5

[hybridea]

If I go at 3.8mbps I'll leech even more so 10gb is still way too low ;) They should have been more generous and just charge the real abusers... :( 8$ per gb? they probably get it for 15cents :(

[Cyborg]

bw in canada cost much more for some reason if you find any isp located in canada they charge a lot....
when they started trackign bandwidth my friend had download 50 gigs over his limit with 1.3mpbs connection lucky for him he didn't have to pay 400 dollar bill

[Freakster.net]

hrmm... bandwidth in canada aint that expensive either ;)

I've heard videotron and some other providers give good prices for commercial hosting... but for end user bandwidth they charge excessively... 8$/gb? no matter what their price is, its no where near that... :(

[cheapunix]

Yea...BW can be cheap in Canada also.
We offer colocation and hosting from $2/GB on Bandwidth

[MichaelH]

Originally posted by cheapunix
Yea...BW can be cheap in Canada also.
We offer colocation and hosting from $2/GB on Bandwidth

HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!! WELCOME!!! How funny! :finger:

[cheapunix]

huh? I don't get it

[Cyborg]

Most companies charge about 2-3gigs per gig that expensive you can get much cheaper rates with usa based companies

[cheapunix]

depends on quality of BW. Cogent is much less, but fully redundant BGP4 bandwidth is more because of extra stability.

[Freakster.net]

Originally posted by cheapunix
Yea...BW can be cheap in Canada also.
We offer colocation and hosting from $2/GB on Bandwidth

2$ per gig is not really what I call cheap... actually it's pretty expensive..

[Cyborg]

if you buy servers you buy server with 100mpbs bandwidht costs like 10 cents or less

[quotealex]

Originally posted by Cyborg
I think i can't find any providers that would give me service tomorrow so i will stick with free dialup :-(
Which are some good once except netzero and juno

At the Post Office (in Canada) they were offering free hosting for life on a CD for $19.99. You may want to enquire if they still offering it.:)

[quotealex]

Originally posted by Freak


2$ per gig is not really what I call cheap... actually it's pretty expensive..


It's cheap if it's in Canadian $. Our money isn't worth very much these days:D

[Freakster.net]

Originally posted by quotealex



It's cheap if it's in Canadian $. Our money isn't worth very much these days:D

Hrmm.. yes and no :P I still consider 1$us to be high with the prices I'm paying right now (I'm not talking about a 20gb commitment here obviously) and 1$us is still under 2$can ;)

10cents a gb for a 100mbit commitment seems go to me, with who is that? :D I need some place in montreal but I think only videotron offers that.. not sure :O

[cheapunix]

You probably have Cogent single-homed BW! No one will give you $0.10/GB on 100Mbit multi-homed network

[Cyborg]

datahosters offer that
rackshack offer 10mpbs at ~10cents/gig

[Freakster.net]

Originally posted by cheapunix
You probably have Cogent single-homed BW! No one will give you $0.10/GB on 100Mbit multi-homed network

Dont be foolish. :D

Datahosters do with Verio and I get it from Exodus. If you buy in good quantities prices can go low.. cogent just made it low for smaller users as well.