Brian69
Not the Messiah
Thanks for that. I'll ask the Teksavvy tech rep once we are moved in to find out what we can expect for speeds.
I've been up in Sudbury for the past few months, will be back home in Toronto in January - my question whats the fastest that is currently offered in Toronto and for how much? I know in Sudbury I can get 15 mbps for 80 or so dollars a month, and I'm very much addicated to this speed now (I can download torrents in the 8 to 10 mbps range, its damn insane).
I know in Sudbury I can get 15 mbps for 80 or so dollars a month, and I'm very much addicated to this speed now (I can download torrents in the 8 to 10 mbps range, its damn insane).
If your willing to learn a little and build your own do-it your own solution, you can get 2 or more ADSL (phone lines) into your place and "bond" them (if your DSL provider is willing - Teksavy does - even though not "officially" supported). This configuration can also used to bypass the throttling problem. A few threads on the Teksavy forum deal with how to do this (DSL Reports). This would provide you with 10Mb down/ 1.6GB up (higher upload speed). Total cost for this solution is $30/month * 2 + $10 for a dry line (second line without a phone).
One thing that I don't understand is why I can never get higher than 120kbps upload on my FTP, even if I have a 1Mbps uplink connection.
Toronto Hydro Telecom (now Cogeco Data Services) has a municipal fibre coverage map here: http://www.cogecodata.com/customer_centre/tech_specs/NetworkMap.jpg
If your building is fibre-lit you can get a private line through Cogent, they sell bandwidth at $10/Mbit, symmetrical.
Now their website says $4/megabit.I would be tempted to go with them, but it would be a big price increase -- and right now I have decided to try and pay down half my mortgage in the next 3 years..... but what is the lowest price that they offer for that type of service?
It's a marketing thing. They can refer to speed in bits, just to make it sound 8 times faster.
Also notice they say $4/mebabit not $4/megabit per second. i.e. it quite possibly is exactly that - you pay for the data (burstable rate)Now their website says $4/megabit.