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Originally Posted by bossy22
I'm looking at finally changing our Internet provider. I'm currently with Shaw/Rogers. It's been really flakey lately and I pay too much. It looks like Oxio is the best option for my home and the cheapest. Teksavvy's prices are similar but go up in 12 months. They do say they have fibre in my neighbourhood when Telus doesn't. Is having fibre worth it? We don't livestream or anything. Just gaming and streaming tv and music.
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I use lightspeed. I use my own modem and router so I only pay the monthly service fee, no equipment rental fees. Prices are as good as I could have asked for on the market. I had read when signing up that the modem you use could affect the quality of your service, so I made sure to get a modem that was known for fewest dropouts and I've been mostly happy. If I've had a dropout, I think it was when all of the Rogers network was down (Lightspeed, like most ISPs, uses Rogers / Telus infrastructure)
If you want a referral code pm me, I'll look mine up.
Don't waste energy on fibre. Just get the plan that fits your needs. For my streaming/gaming/conference call needs the $40 cable "permanent flash sale" plan (75MBPS down, 7.5 MBPS up?) was perfect. I think they changed the structure a little bit to where it's 50 down / 50 up right now but that's still more than enough if you ask me, and the better up speed is probably better for work from home situations where you're screensharing or on camera.
The thing I like about going this route is that I have total control over the home network equipment (ethernet, wifi, MoCa). No depending on a big provider to send a person down to setup some trash wifi router with spotty coverage that doesn't work with the outdated extender they sent last time.