[kwlug-disc] Vmedia Internet? [Was: K-W Cable Internet / TV alternatives - 2014 redux.]

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

The ethnic market has gone the IPTV route for several years now.

There are these boxes that are identical to VMedia vbox (internet in, HDMI
out), but have the channels Arabic, Greek, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, ...etc.

They are sold for $350 to $400 one time fee, and no monthly subscription.

Not sure how they sustain themselves. Perhaps by selling a new model of the
box every year or something.

The problem here is that again we are bundling. If you want their TV
service, you have to get their internet service as well ... more shackles,
just like Rogers and Bell.

I guess I will continue to explore free to air options ...


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:08 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca> wrote:

> [Splitting out thread to VMedia only here.]
>
> Anyone with any experience with them?
>
> - I'm guessing from non-Rogers cable internet side they'll all be much the
> same - given they must be, I assume, Rogers wholesalers. And something,
> ATPIA?, has happened along the way, whatever that means.
>
> Comments appreciated.
>
>
> On 14-02-25 03:18 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>
>> I'm still happy with TekSavvy cable service.  Having jumped over from Bell
>> DSL, I'm very easy to please!
>>
>> On 25 February 2014 15:09, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca> wrote:
>>
>>  I've gotten grumpy about Rogers. Again. Multiple recent price increases,
>>> device rental cost doubling ...
>>>
>>> Seems to me the go to alternative for me was Acanac.
>>>
>>> Something appears to have happened in 'the world' such that more cable
>>> providers are out there than there were before. ATPIA? (Whatever the
>>> ramifications of that are.)
>>>
>>> I've come across VMedia, now, $25 basic TV (vs $40 Acanac/Zazeen), and
>>> $40
>>> basic internet (vs $50 Acanac). $65 vs $90 vs $115 (Rogers).
>>>
>>> I see the VMedia TOS (like Acanac's) are free and open. No restrictions
>>> on
>>> things like servers as is present in the Rogers TOS.
>>>
>>> Others?
>>>
>>> Anyone with any opinions experiences with these others? (Past Acanac
>>> threads have noted service is fine, once connected.)
>>>
>>
>
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