"TekSavvy" Canadian ISP

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 10 Aug 2007, 04:57

I just started out with them but it's been hassle free and they're cheap. $30 a month and you get a good price on the modem (you can buy outright or rent to own)

http://www.teksavvy.com

They have an excellent reputation, I checked them out on DSLReports and a couple other sites.

Here's a few speed tests I just did:

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 10 Aug 2007, 05:07

Shaw internet in Vancouver.

[edit] I like the fact that they have a good upload rate. It's hard to find an ISP that caters to reasonable uploading. Some are ridiculous, good download rates but upload speeds that 56 modems can compete with.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 10 Aug 2007, 05:10

Nice! How much is it though? Where do you live such that you can get such a good rate to Vancouver? (Waits for "Vancouver")

I don't have anything against Rogers (my current ISP) except that they filter torrent download speeds... horrrribly. I get all my TV through torrents mostly. I can't wait 2 weeks to watch the latest episode of something, you know?

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 10 Aug 2007, 12:06

Caydr wrote:Nice! How much is it though? Where do you live such that you can get such a good rate to Vancouver? (Waits for "Vancouver")

I don't have anything against Rogers (my current ISP) except that they filter torrent download speeds... horrrribly. I get all my TV through torrents mostly. I can't wait 2 weeks to watch the latest episode of something, you know?

I hope the shows are not COPYRIGHTED?

Lippy · Post by **Lippy** » 10 Aug 2007, 13:49

My upload sucks

AF · Post by AF » 10 Aug 2007, 15:37

*_*

Mars · Post by **Mars** » 10 Aug 2007, 15:47

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 10 Aug 2007, 16:18

UK Free Software Network reseller with entanet.

I have a very poor Line Attenuation of 53 db.

Caydr · Post by **Caydr** » 10 Aug 2007, 17:23

Hackzrorzdid my modem a bit

Mars, I wish we had networks over here like you guys get... I hear Sweden in particular has amazing speeds on the cheap.

Our phone companies have received grants from the government to put in fiber optic cable across North America... they spend it on nicer office chairs and stuff.

HeavyLancer · Post by **HeavyLancer** » 10 Aug 2007, 17:43

Meh, I have cable with optus. I was surprised at the speeds I am supposedly getting:

This is on a plan that costs something like ~$60 AU. I like it

lurker · Post by **lurker** » 10 Aug 2007, 17:45

EAT THAT! I've got the most l337 7ub35 3V4R!!1!

>_>

<_<

Oh and don't let it fool you. I don't get half that much upload when downloading anything.

Relative · Post by **Relative** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:08

lurker wrote:

That just sucks ass. Even the FCC doesn't regard that as "boardband", and their standards are really low.

AF wrote:

*_*

You should really change your ISP AF, take a look at entanet's resellers such as UKFSN. Entanet is often regarded as one of the best providers.

http://www.ukfsn.org/

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:28

rolf aol

lurker · Post by **lurker** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:30

Relative wrote:That just sucks ass. Even the FCC doesn't regard that as "boardband", and their standards are really low.

Yeah, they call it wireless broadband, but it's this speed 99% of the time. It used to go a good bit faster every once in a while, and very rarely in the dead of night suddenly become a 2 megabit connection for half an hour. Apparently it's only broadband when no one else is using it...

I would think it was because of my distance from the tower were it not the fact that it's usually a 3/4 bars connection. I wonder if they've changed something since it never hits peaks anymore. Could I be throttled even when barely downloading anything? Maybe they don't like me staying connected 24/7?

Either way it's off to university with a very good connection in a month.

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:36

I never get speeds close to this, I only get 300 kb/s DL, and 40 kb/s upload x____x

lurker · Post by **lurker** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:47

Snipawolf wrote:I never get speeds close to this, I only get 300 kb/s DL, and 40 kb/s upload x____x

not to insult you, but you're talking about bits, right?

Snipawolf · Post by **Snipawolf** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:53

I am not quite sure.

A bit is 1/8 of a byte, so maybe..

Generally, if I read KB, I see KiloByte, not KiloBit.

So, if it is reading in bits, then maybe I am incorrect, and actually getting the correct speed.

Comp1337 · Post by **Comp1337** » 10 Aug 2007, 18:59

kB == kilobyte
kb == kilobit
There is a difference

lurker · Post by **lurker** » 10 Aug 2007, 19:00

Snipawolf wrote:I am not quite sure.

A bit is 1/8 of a byte, so maybe..

Generally, if I read KB, I see KiloByte, not KiloBit.

So, if it is reading in bits, then maybe I am incorrect, and actually getting the correct speed.

In general, I think browsers, bittorent clients, etc. will use bytes, and bandwidth sellers will use bits.
And usually kb is bits and KB or kB is bytes.

Edit: ninja'd >_>
And storage manufacturers use thousands, millions, billions of bytes rather than going by 1024, screwing you out of a good percentage. >_<

Peet · Post by **Peet** » 10 Aug 2007, 19:01

KiB! Yay kibblebytes. Best unit evar.

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"TekSavvy" Canadian ISP

"TekSavvy" Canadian ISP