Comment Re:Prices in Canada (Score 1) 420
i am currently (for various reasons) subscribed to two different broadband providers.
1. Telus.net - 1.5mbit/512kbit ADSL, no traffic limit that i've ever hit, but its mostly a convienance factor. currently shared with 3 users and i've never gotten warnings about overusage, etc. cost, $39.99/mth, taxes extra
2. coppervalley.bc.ca - 1mbit/256kbit Cable. used at work and home (2 accounts, 2 lines, 2 places). no traffic limits, etc again. cost, $45/mth including taxes
the cable costs more because its a smaller company (about 200 users) and there is zero competition. telus on the other hand, has to fight shaw (cable, not @home). i for one, am immensely happy with my bandwidth costs. both services let me run any servers i want, and don't have any port filtering that i'm aware of. in return, i don't hassle them when the network goes down and generally try to be the best customer i can be.
1. Telus.net - 1.5mbit/512kbit ADSL, no traffic limit that i've ever hit, but its mostly a convienance factor. currently shared with 3 users and i've never gotten warnings about overusage, etc. cost, $39.99/mth, taxes extra
2. coppervalley.bc.ca - 1mbit/256kbit Cable. used at work and home (2 accounts, 2 lines, 2 places). no traffic limits, etc again. cost, $45/mth including taxes
the cable costs more because its a smaller company (about 200 users) and there is zero competition. telus on the other hand, has to fight shaw (cable, not @home). i for one, am immensely happy with my bandwidth costs. both services let me run any servers i want, and don't have any port filtering that i'm aware of. in return, i don't hassle them when the network goes down and generally try to be the best customer i can be.
