----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:43 pm Who uses Bell High Speed? ----------------------------------- If you use it, did you know that they upgraded the speeds? Also... do you notice any speed changes -.- I surly don't (grrr) getting less speeds than the original plan ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:49 pm ----------------------------------- I used to and i know they did some upgrades to the speed along time ago. But it should be noted that your bell dsl router has a max speed cap bother in it's firmware and hardware. You mayhave to upgrade it to get faster speeds, witch bell will not be happy with. Also dsl speeds are directly realted to distance from the station. And if bell is being evil they could be adding more peoleop on the same line witch means you share speed. Edit: it should also be noted that hacking your router to remove the cap is a feadal ofsences and i know that at least in the U.S. peoloep have been arseted for it. ----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:57 pm ----------------------------------- But if we want it to at least come CLOSE to the speeds they advertise... what on earth do we do? Ask for a new box? ----------------------------------- Dan Wed Apr 05, 2006 3:59 pm ----------------------------------- I whould call up techsuport and complain to them for a bit, tho consdering your "problems" with your isp befor idk if you whould whont to push them much. ----------------------------------- cool dude Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:41 pm ----------------------------------- And if bell is being evil they could be adding more peoleop on the same line witch means you share speed. maybe thats why i'm getting charged extra every month for bandwidth overuse :? i looked at all the downloads it said i made and i was not even on my computer when those downloads took place so thats really strange and i think because i have wireless internet someone else is picking up my signal and downloading on it :? ----------------------------------- brenn Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:01 pm ----------------------------------- THEY WHAT?! But.. I checked the fine print.... Mine's supposed to be unlimited (no cap) ._.; They haven't been charging me extra any. I can't keep track of my bandwidth usage because I share with roomates. EDIT: omg a chess piece! XDD *continues reading Weiss Side B* ----------------------------------- Tony Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:07 pm ----------------------------------- THEY WHAT?! cap the transfer speed, not total bandwidth used :roll: read the post :P ----------------------------------- Martin Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:24 pm ----------------------------------- I'm gonna go crazy when I come back. Right now I have 50mbps down, 3mbps up, and unlimited bandwidth. Theoretically, this means I should see a maximum of 6.25mb/s downloads and 375kb/s up, but I haven't seen more than 3000kb/s down and 200kb/s up. Under $40/month too. Canada's gonna kill me. ----------------------------------- brenn Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:24 pm ----------------------------------- THEY WHAT?! cap the transfer speed, not total bandwidth used :roll: read the post :P I was responding partially to the post immediately above mine. Read the post. ----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Apr 05, 2006 11:09 pm ----------------------------------- You don't get charged for bandwidth on Bell High Speed (Ultra) anymore, if they did- well... my bandwidth is 53GB over so :shock: Also, I talked to the tech online support and they said they did infact upgrade the speeds AND..... they are in a testing phrase of upgrading Ultra to... (he said not to quote me on this) 12mbps DOWN apprently o.O Which is pretty damn goood :lol: ----------------------------------- Mazer Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:36 am ----------------------------------- Dammit all, I can never tell when people actually mean to say 'b' or if they're too lazy to hit shift and say 'B'. ----------------------------------- md Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:42 am ----------------------------------- Good thing rogers doesn't charge either... last month I was at a total usage of 238GB (gigabytes minsc) when the limit is supposed to be 102... ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:25 pm ----------------------------------- Dammit all, I can never tell when people actually mean to say 'b' or if they're too lazy to hit shift and say 'B'. I agree, but I think it's pretty obvious that megabits are what's being referred to here, although sometimes it does get confusing. last month I was at a total usage of 238GB (gigabytes minsc) Minsc? Who? Where? :) ----------------------------------- cool dude Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:14 pm ----------------------------------- thats crazy!!! u guys r going to laugh when u hear this. my bandwidth was 4 GB which honestly i dunno how because i was not downloading that month anything :? and i got charged like $15 extra. i call them up and they said they only give u 2 GB bandwidth limit. maybe its because i don't have ultra i think i just have light. but if i'm going to be paying $15 a month extra for doing nothing i might as well upgrade to ultra because than u get unlimited although i don't want to be paying so much more. ----------------------------------- md Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:29 pm ----------------------------------- 4GB?! I use more then that on an average day... on days when I don't run any filesharing at all I still use ~100-200MB a day. 100MB x 30 days == 3GB per month without downloading anything. ----------------------------------- cool dude Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:03 pm ----------------------------------- good thing u don't use sympatico! check this out http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category_id=82&content_id=104 this is why i'm being charged because there limit is so low and how can u possibly stay under? i also have wireless connection and that wastes more bandwidth so i might be switching internet comanies, or upgrading to highspeed. ----------------------------------- Mazer Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:05 pm ----------------------------------- This is horrifying. I've been hearing from so many people with cable internet saying there there is a bandwidth limit but nobody does anything about you going WAY over it every month. And now I hear this? It's just sympatico we're talking about, right? ----------------------------------- cool dude Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:15 pm ----------------------------------- ya but when i called they wanted to promote me to get there ultra which costs like twice as much as mine saying that it has no bandwidth limit. but i don't donwload that much anyways so there is no point, but i'm getting frustrated with them that they're charging us so much more. the other month they charged us $30 extra and even there ultra internet doesn't charge that much more. its insane! ----------------------------------- MysticVegeta Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:27 pm ----------------------------------- I use SHAW since I am in AB -.-'' ----------------------------------- md Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:51 pm ----------------------------------- Rogers does apparently care (at least according to their site), but they didn't do anything to me... note that that was only one month though. If I was consistantly using that mcuh they might be more inclined to do something. Usually I only use ~97-100GB a month which is just under the limit. ----------------------------------- Amailer Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:36 pm ----------------------------------- You only get charged by sympatico if your on their basic (or lower) plan -.- which sucks btw. Best plan at the moment is High Speed, even Ultra before the upgrades was a rip off (2Mb