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Old 06-02-2011, 12:54 PM
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Hey guys, I'm moving North of highway 5 in Burlington and Cogeco doesn't serve that area.

I need reliable, high speed internet access (and television).

What are my options?

Thanks!
Old 06-02-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamie140
Hey guys, I'm moving North of highway 5 in Burlington and Cogeco doesn't serve that area.

I need reliable, high speed internet access (and television).

What are my options?

Thanks!
ADSL Jamie. Try www.teksavvy.com

For TV: I guess your stuck with the two sat companies and you could always go with Bell for internet if you can *live* with caps's.
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What about the new Bell "Fibe"....?
Old 06-02-2011, 01:27 PM
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ADSL Jamie. Try www.teksavvy.com

For TV: I guess your stuck with the two sat companies and you could always go with Bell for internet if you can *live* with caps's.

Tried teksavvy, they said no service.
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Jamie,

I have used this the past (3?) summers in Muskoka, and as backup occasionally at home..... no longer advertised on the Rogers main page... called Roger's Portable. I could get 1.5Mbps down decently last summer... 30gb cap. cost about $50/month. High latency, so won't be very good for gaming.

http://www.rogers.com/web/link/porta...productID=YPPT

Don't know if the regular Roger's people will know about that service or not

This year, we are at the cottage 37 days between July 1 and Labour day, going to use my iPhone as a hotspot for our iPad, and laptop. I get 6gb/month on my iPhone. Should be enough for our needs

For TV, I've been happy with Shaw Direct (Starchoice) for the past 12 yrs.
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Jamie,

I have used this the past (3?) summers in Muskoka, and as backup occasionally at home..... no longer advertised on the Rogers main page... called Roger's Portable. I could get 1.5Mbps down decently last summer... 30gb cap. cost about $50/month. High latency, so won't be very good for gaming.

http://www.rogers.com/web/link/porta...productID=YPPT

Don't know if the regular Roger's people will know about that service or not

This year, we are at the cottage 37 days between July 1 and Labour day, going to use my iPhone as a hotspot for our iPad, and laptop. I get 6gb/month on my iPhone. Should be enough for our needs

For TV, I've been happy with Shaw Direct (Starchoice) for the past 12 yrs.
Thanks, I'll look into that.
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Jamie that is imposible ... coz i grew up in Burlington and they said they will never build North of highway 5
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Jamie that is imposible ... coz i grew up in Burlington and they said they will never build North of highway 5
Yeah right. :/

My 'hood might as well be Times Square. That's why I'm moving north.

Edit: Hwy 5 is becoming as impassable as the QEW.



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