Are you in a Condo or a house and in which general area?
I have the same setup except Rogers for TV(basic package plus 1 extra channel) and Teksavvy for internet and tektalk. Used to have a lot of problems. But it is very good these days.
When I lived in Burlington, we had Cogeco. I had to call them yearly with a threat to leave to get a better rate. I always used one of those cheaper services that basically buy Cogeco's bandwidth but sells it for half price as leverage. The telecom companies are always worried about what is called "churn," which is when they lose a customer to a rival. It is significantly cheaper for them to keep you (even on a discounted service) then try to poach someone from another service (even if its as shitty as Bell).
Can't go wrong with it. Pros outweigh the cons.
Can never go wrong with Rogers sorry to say but you can try Beanfield which runs as a third feed from Bell.
Good points. Which reminds me, I am going to have to call Cogeco soon and see, again, if I can get a better deal. It has been a few years.
Odds are, you've been paying for a package that no longer exists, and the current, superior package is likely cheaper...I had that happen, and didn't realize it for a few months. It really pays to shop around, even if you have no interest in switching providers (it is a bit of a pain).
Thanks for the link!!!
Threaten to leave for them. Cogeco will give you a song and dance about how these smaller companies don't have tech support and what not. In the end, they will either match the price, or come close (like $60/month instead of $55), but it's still probably better than what you're paying, and you don't have to do anything, like return their modem or install a new one.
Oh definitely -- last time I called to give up my home phone. I was paying $50 a month for something I almost never even used. Retention department immediately changed it to $15/month, so I stayed, lol
It does. For me when I compared what I have now vs what it would cost me with Teksavvy the difference was less than $10/month. On top of that, with Teksavvy I'm also paying for 10 CTV stations in their basic package and why would I want that. Therefore I just stayed with what I have and I do have a great discount with Cogeco for another year.
I tried a few of these. They work well during the week but at weekends, the lag was terrible so I discontinued.
