[DrCaleb]

shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:

All this technical talk, I run a baud 28.8k baud modem, where do I get this high speed stuff?

You have to upgrade to 56k bps.

[martin14]

shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:

All this technical talk, I run a baud 28.8k baud modem, where do I get this high speed stuff?

Oh I'm sure you can find the 56k upgrade in North Korea these days.

Latest special in Slovakia is DSL for 6.99 a month.

[OnTheIce]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:

All this technical talk, I run a baud 28.8k baud modem, where do I get this high speed stuff?

You have to upgrade to 56k bps.

I have this bad boy:

[herbie]

There's several locations nearby where the line runs through a concentrator and many subs are beyond the distance for ADSL. That means dialup, and because of the concentrator a 28K connection, Even though your Windows is telling you it's faster than that, it really isn't.
To make matters worse, if you call they'll tell you they don't supply dialup anymore so you have to find a 3rd party service.
You get to shell out for huge $$$ for satellite Internet, cell based Internet or WISP in those spots, so the CRTC lists you as 'covered' for highspeed.

[DrCaleb]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:

All this technical talk, I run a baud 28.8k baud modem, where do I get this high speed stuff?

You have to upgrade to 56k bps.

I have this bad boy:

We've got a box full of Hayes 28.8's that we're hoarding because one of our applications still requires it. The manufacturer has no incentive to change their program that relies on dial up, so they pawn the costs of maintaining poor infrastructure on us.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

This is not an act in support of free markets, to the contrary, CRTC just nationalized billions in private property assets.

Henceforth you can expect that private investors will no longer invest in Canada's communications infrastructure.

Enjoy your DSL and dial-up because ain't no one going to install fiber for you now.

DSL and dial-up. . Buddy, we had full blown cable internet here while most Americans were still dicking around with AOL.
Nor was anything nationalized. That would indicate that govt and the people own it. Neither the govt or the people own it.

In fact, what the CRTC did was put an end to what was essentially a "triopoli" where we have 3 major internet providers, all of which continuously try to put the screws to their customers. They know there's no real competition with each other because it's like they each have their own turf where they supply internet service. For example, if I wanted to switch from Rogers to Shaw, I couldn't because Shaw does not provide service to this area. Bell might provide internet service to this area but personally I'd rather nail my sac to a 4x4.

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Bart is getting 38ms to Moscow, but I can suffer through 110ms to Chicago or 70ms to LA because my ISP oversubscribes the coax in my area. Last time I checked, it was over $800k to run fiber to my home, because the nearest trunk is 15km away.

I got lucky as the fiber line for AT&T U-Verse is literally right in front of my house. The $1900 covered their cost to splice in and pull a line directly into my computer room in my house. They installed a router for me and I use Cat6 to connect my computers to it and we also run our telephone service over it. The TV I still run through DISH Network just because I prefer it.

[herbie]

Used to have a private wireless shot back to the office, 10Mb 10 years ago, 100Mb when I left the business.
Now I pay $58 (less $5 bundle discount) for a 6Mb DSL with 100GB cap.... sometimes I can even watch Netflix and get more than a spinning circle!
The reality will be that those in heavily populated urban centers will get even more choices and better service and even less incentive for anyone to improve in other areas.