<div dir="ltr"><div>Vmedia's offer is competitive. <br><br>They offer 45Mbps unlimited for $52.95, which is less than what others charge for a 35Mbps (e.g. $59.99 for Start.ca unlimited).<br><br></div><div>Even their TV packages are cheaper than Rogers (~$25 for Basic vs $38, even before you add the box rental, digitial charge, and whatnot).<br>
<br></div><div>The total comes to ~$88 with taxes, vs. ~$112 for Rogers for less speed, after the unlimited add-on, and combo discount.<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:23 AM, unsolicited <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Fair enough Khalid, but I was asking about their internet offering here, not TV. For which no box (except a modem) applies.<br>
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Different beastie, although, like you say, to get their TV you have to get their internet. The site says something about their content providers requiring that TV be a 'closed' loop. (So, not something I'm sure you can blame Vmedia for.)<br>
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Anyone with Vmedia internet experience, or impressions from those that do?<br>
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I'm guessing with ATPIA (? whatever that is) [aggregation of wholesalers into the same siloed Rogers equipment, as opposed to independent links at the last mile?] 3rd party Rogers wholesalers will have more consistent service levels between them - individual issues now more likely further towards the 3rd party's premises than within the Rogers distribution system itself?<div class="HOEnZb">
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On 14-02-26 12:02 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
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The ethnic market has gone the IPTV route for several years now.<br>
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There are these boxes that are identical to VMedia vbox (internet in, HDMI<br>
out), but have the channels Arabic, Greek, Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, ...etc.<br>
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They are sold for $350 to $400 one time fee, and no monthly subscription.<br>
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Not sure how they sustain themselves. Perhaps by selling a new model of the<br>
box every year or something.<br>
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The problem here is that again we are bundling. If you want their TV<br>
service, you have to get their internet service as well ... more shackles,<br>
just like Rogers and Bell.<br>
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I guess I will continue to explore free to air options ...<br>
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:08 PM, unsolicited <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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[Splitting out thread to VMedia only here.]<br>
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Anyone with any experience with them?<br>
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- I'm guessing from non-Rogers cable internet side they'll all be much the<br>
same - given they must be, I assume, Rogers wholesalers. And something,<br>
ATPIA?, has happened along the way, whatever that means.<br>
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Comments appreciated.<br>
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On 14-02-25 03:18 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br>
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I'm still happy with TekSavvy cable service. Having jumped over from Bell<br>
DSL, I'm very easy to please!<br>
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On 25 February 2014 15:09, unsolicited <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca" target="_blank">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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I've gotten grumpy about Rogers. Again. Multiple recent price increases,<br>
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device rental cost doubling ...<br>
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Seems to me the go to alternative for me was Acanac.<br>
<br>
Something appears to have happened in 'the world' such that more cable<br>
providers are out there than there were before. ATPIA? (Whatever the<br>
ramifications of that are.)<br>
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I've come across VMedia, now, $25 basic TV (vs $40 Acanac/Zazeen), and<br>
$40<br>
basic internet (vs $50 Acanac). $65 vs $90 vs $115 (Rogers).<br>
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I see the VMedia TOS (like Acanac's) are free and open. No restrictions<br>
on<br>
things like servers as is present in the Rogers TOS.<br>
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Others?<br>
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Anyone with any opinions experiences with these others? (Past Acanac<br>
threads have noted service is fine, once connected.)<br>
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