ISP for GTA

[Bob Jonkman]

That's about it.  You'll regain the bandwidth that you signed up for 
with Teksavvy. 

Bell isn't just throttling P2P connections (which are perfectly 
legitimate, as everyone who has torrented an Ubuntu .ISO knows), but 
Bell is also throttling VPN connections.  That severely interferes with 
my ability to do off-site work for clients.

Teksavvy is discussing options to provide MLPPP as a supported service. 
Sadly, they need to charge for MLPPP, but are planning to offer a bundle 
of MLPPP, Static IP and Usenet Binary access for one monthly fee of 
$4.00.   http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22349807-MLPPP-changes

Of course, unless the CRTC intervenes, there's nothing to stop Bell from 
throttling MLPPP traffic as well, and also imposing Usage Based Billing 
(UBB) on third-party ISP customers.  Essentially this means a cap of 60 
GBytes data transfer per month, with an overage charge of $1.75/GByte up 
to $22.50, and an additional $0.75/GByte for usage over 300 GBytes. 

These charges are levied by Bell, not third-party ISPs, although the 
third-party ISPs will likely pass it on to their customers.

Bell had said they were implementing UBB on 1 May, but I haven't heard 
whether they've actually done so.  
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22328597-Bell-UBB-and-Teksavvy

--Bob.

Victor Mendonça wrote:
> Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what are the advantages of using 
> ML-PPP on a single link other than avoid bell's traffic shaping for P2P?
>  
> Victor Mendonça
> http://wazem.org/
>
>
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> *From:* Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>
> *To:* ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 6, 2009 1:57:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: ISP for GTA
>
> Teksavvy does POTS as well, not sure about VOIP.
>
> For cell phones, I'm impatiently waiting for Globalive to start
> offering cell phone service.  They currently have the Yak! long-
> distance service on POTS, and I believe that's actually being re-sold
> from Teksavvy.
>
> And as far as a replacement for cable TV goes, see Leigh's previous
> comment about MLPPP (not that I'm suggesting anything illegal,
> immoral or fattening :-)
>
> I've been running Tomato with single-link MLPPP on my router for
> about a year; nothing but good news, even though Teksavvy doesn't
> officially support single-link MLPPP.
>
> Check DSLReports and the Teksavvy forum.  There's currently an active
> discussion on pricing for the MLPPP service, right from Rocky
> Gaudrault, Teksavvy's president himself.  See if you can get that
> kind of service from Rogers or Bell!
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22341764-MLPPP-pricing-discussion
>
> --Bob.
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> On 6 May 2009 at 9:45 Victor Mendonça <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> wrote
> about "Re: ISP for GTA[...]"
>
> >Thanks guys!! I checked all the options and looks like Techsavvy has
> >the best prices for my area. Now I'm on to try and find replacement
> >for all my other Rogers services!! :)
> >
> > Victor Mendonça
> >http://wazem.org/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >From: Andy Boersma <andy at boersma.ca <mailto:andy at boersma.ca>>
> >To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community <ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com>>
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:52:32 AM Subject: Re: ISP for GTA
> >
> >Hi Victor,
> >
> >I just switched from Bell to Techsavvey.
> >
> >Speed wise about the same, no limits on capacity and cheaper.
> >
> >Andy
> >
> >Victor Mendonça wrote:
> >> Anyone here on the GTA area with a good cable or DSL ISP other than
> >> Rogers? I have Rogers at home but I'm thinking of changing it.
> >> 
> >>
> >> Victor Mendonça
> >> http://wazem.org/
> >>
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