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Originally Posted by rd_aaron
So we recently moved to Winston Heights - Mountview, and I phone Telus cause I think I'm ready for a change from Shaw (and I have a Telus PVR as per my post above). Even though I'm still basically inner city, all Telus can provide me is 6 or 15 Mbps internet, and Satellite (no Optik) TV. Apparently I'm too far away from the closest Telus connection point or something. What the heck? Do lots of people have this problem?
This sucks, as I have no option now but to stick with Shaw.
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It all depends on distance from CO/RT. I'm in the same area you're in and had the same predicament only a few months ago.
From what I understand, the nearest CO is around 16 and Centre (DSL is limited by "last mile" bottleneck, so it all depends on how your neighbourhood is wired) -- while that's not a huge physical distance, the way they wire this area is really stupid. If you're close enough and have updated wiring in your house (if you're not in a house that's about to fall apart) they may try to double bond to get you TV service, otherwise, they can't be arsed until they upgrade the area. The funny thing too is a coworker nearby lives right across the street from a school which has a CO noticeably by the sidewalk directly in his view for him to stare at, and yet he's wired to the 16 and Centre CO as well. Really amazing.
I would stick with Shaw, which I found has better internet service in this area too. I wanted to go with Telus to bundle their services, but oh well. My Shaw speed was something like 28/4 (for $50) when I last did a speed test a few months back.