I really didnt expect the lengthy replies I will surely spend some time tomorrow carefully assessing these replies. <div><br></div><div>But in the mean time. I dont really need Colo and my box is infact a small thin client with enough ram and possibly upgraded to a SSD harddrive for high availability swapping and readwrites that Minecraft require. But I could go for possibly any good network providers that may provide a Decent Upload speed. Seeing as 1meg or 2 megs as the maximum upload that I've seen on a good unmetered connection isn't nearly what I require.</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aklists@mixdown.ca">aklists@mixdown.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Tue, Nov 01 09:18:45 AM unsolicited wrote:<br>
> If I may ask, whom is your cable internet provider, and have you<br>
> received any comments (or have any observations) about speed good/bad<br>
> at any particular times of the day?<br>
<br>
</div>I'm with Teksavvy which is of course delivered via Rogers in K/W. I'm in the<br>
Chicopee area (at the bottom of the hill). I'm using a D3 modem but obviously<br>
not getting Ludicrous Speed just yet. Teksavvy tells me that the recent CRTC<br>
decision allows them to offer the same speeds as Rogers, but to be honest I've<br>
been perfectly happy with my unmetered 15Mbit service. I do see bursts up to<br>
45Mbit, and one and only one time did I see a 100Mbit speed for about a<br>
minute. I couldn't reproduce it. Ping times are almost always under 25ms to my<br>
colocated box at iWeb, which is in Montreal.<br>
<br>
I had excellent speed/latency the first month. The second month I had total<br>
dropouts from about 4-6pm but it was a cable plant problem. Teksavvy support<br>
was helpful but since my phone comes in via the internet connection and cell<br>
service in my area is total garbage, I could only talk with them while service<br>
was up. :-) I ended up plugging a TV in and comparing the signal strength of<br>
the various "basic cable" channels that you get with an internet-only<br>
connection. When the internet was up, the channels were clear. When the<br>
internet was down, the channels were fuzzy and ghosting. Clearly an RF<br>
problem, not a modem problem. We have new construction going on in the area<br>
which probably caused it. Rogers came out and did something at the road to<br>
correct it.<br>
<br>
I agree with one of the other posters when they say that having a 3rd party is<br>
problematic. Teksavvy can't make Rogers come out and fix a problem as quickly<br>
as Rogers themselves could do it. And if they do call Rogers out and it's NOT<br>
a cable plant problem, you get a $95 service call fee. To their credit,<br>
Teksavvy DOES seem to try their damnedest to ensure that it is NOT a modem<br>
problem before calling out Rogers. I bought a second modem that sits in a box<br>
in case my modem does blow up. Too bad I have to call them to get the MAC<br>
authorized, cryptographically-signed cable profiles means I can't just change<br>
the MAC of the new modem to match the old one.<br>
<br>
I've had great speed and latency. No measurable dropouts or loss of speed (I<br>
graph my bandwidth use). I don't torrent from my home connection, but I do<br>
pull in a LOT via newsgroups, and we use Netflix and Apple rentals quite a bit.<br>
My data usage in the past month was just shy of 500GB, but my normal data<br>
usage is under 150GB/mo.<br>
<br>
I have no problem recommending Teksavvy for my neighbourhood.<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-A.<br>
</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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