Less that stellar D/L speeds on ATPIA 45/4 profile
I'm in the Guelph area and knowing we have been switched to ATPIA, I decided to upgrade from 28/1 to 45/4. TSI has not contacted me yet to confirm my profile has been upgraded, but I tried a speed test...
View Article[Cable] ATPIA - Migration Schedule
Hey all, We appear to have some level of commitment on this time-line. Nothing is set in stone but I'm told that this is fairly reliable. March 22 - Aggregate POI turn-up with these 13 new areas...
View ArticleTeksavvy...The beginning
Hi All, I had the opportunity to witness the beginning of Teksavvy when they didn't offer Internet Services yet. They hosted website services and such. Here's some pics from 2001 when Marc received his...
View Article[Cable] Will there ever be?
Will customers ever see how much bandwidth they have used each month posted on their bill? I see that cell companies post how much data you use on your phone and I know it wouldn't be hard to...
View Article[Posters] They're Comming !
They will be coming via Canada Post. They will be shipped with tubes so it's all nice and wonderful when you open it up! Its very likely you'll receive a card from Canada Post in your mail box that...
View Article[Cable] YouTube and Twitch Slowdowns. Again.
YouTube is very slow again during peak hours. Can't watch anything in 720P or 1080P on YouTube. However, watching a 1080P stream on Twitch.tv is fine. For those of you wondering what I'm watching, I...
View Articlere: Teksavvy payment options 2013
Previously I've seen it mentioned that Teksavvy will gladly take an Amex for payment, though they prefer not to. I signed up earlier in the week, and the rep on the phone told me that they flat out did...
View Article[DSL] upload counts towards cap
Dear TekSavvy, When uploads no longer count towards the cap, please update the note on myworld.teksavvy.com It would also be nice if you defined "Peak Usage" on the usage calculator page.
View Article[DSL] technician no-show
So I decided to upgrade my DSL 6 to a higher DSL, little did I know how ungraceful and screwy the whole process would be. A technician was required to come to my home--no problem there, except for the...
View Article[Cable] VMedia is Cable Internet Crazy!!
Oh God... 45/4/unlimited cable Internet packagefor $53/month... There must be a catch! Teksavvy is going to be charging $100 for the same service! Start is charging $60 with 300GB download usage cap....
View ArticleWRT54GL good for 25/10? If not which router?
I'm currently on 12/1 service (though I suppose its supposed to go to 15/1 now) and with the lower monthly cost of the 25/10 service I'd really like to switch to it. The cost of the modem/install is...
View Article[DSL] Speedtest results low
I recently updated my Dsl to the 15/10 tier. Performance wise it seems pretty good. Getting 1.4MBps from torrents. The wierd thing is my results from speedtest.net seem low for download Here are my...
View Article[VDSL] So I found a working modem for Stingers. but....
I got a Zhone 6652-A2 from eBay. It uses an Ikanos chipset, so it does actually sync and work with the Stingers. The web interface is easy and you can configure the VLAN ID 35 on all 4 ports to act as...
View Article[DSL] 2 x 25mbit mlppp still possible?
I've been out of the loop for a couple years enjoying my 25mbit VDSL. However, with all these new packages coming out I'm now itching for more speed. I bought the WNDR 3700 v2 when I did with the...
View Article[DSL] Slow DSL tonite in the Mississauga Area?!? Anyone?!?!
Not sure if anyone is awake at this hour but since 1am ... slowish DSL speeds all night ..... is it just a random blip can anyone comment if your awake at this hour please?? Thanks. Can't get anything...
View Article[DSL] Why is it lagging?
Hi there, I was just wondering why is it lagging so much? Maybe it's my set up or something, but every few days, my Internet lag so much, however, when I do a speedtest or anything, it doesn't detect...
View Article[Cable] Slow speeds / high ping when tracert
Cable 18 package This has been happening a lot to me this past week and it's getting really frustrating. Connection will all of the sudden get really slow for a few minutes and then go back to normal....
View Article[DSL] Getting hammered
I just got teksavvy, I don't P2P but I have been getting hammered lately so much my log is full 2000 hits every 2 hours. Is there something going on or is this normal for Teksavvy? I have never seen so...
View ArticleFacebook Down?
Can hit any other site I try but Facebook. Anyone having the same problem? On DSL. Reply from 173.252.110.27: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=244 Ping statistics for 173.252.110.27: Packets: Sent = 188,...
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