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jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 07:00 AM

Hey guys,

Just going to the braintrust here to see what all of you think about either Telus TV or Shaw digital.

I want to use either of them as a ISP as well. Any thoughts? Anyone have any good/bad experiences they want to share?

I mostly only watch TV for hockey, and will get center ice this year, so that is a concern. I also want extremely fast reliable internet and am willing to pay for quality.

I'm sure the services are similar in Calgary, anyone that can comment on their preferences would be great!

Edit: I used to use Bell for my sattelite tv, and that is pretty much all I have experience with. I see Telus has this Optik TV thing, is it worthwhile?

Roast Beef · 07-24-2010, 07:19 AM

Fast internet? Get Shaw. The Telus Optik TV by itself is far better than Shaw but you have to be in the right area with a good enough connection. With Optik your internet will slow down to about 4mb/s with all 3 TV streams running.

killer_carlson · 07-24-2010, 07:53 AM

we use shaw. quality of product is so so, but that has improved recently when they re-did the line from the street to our house.

LChoy · 07-24-2010, 08:58 AM

From my recent experience in Edmonton, go with Shaw. They are the most reliable high speed connection there is. It sucks to pay through your ass once the initial rate expires, but you're paying for the best there is

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 09:02 AM

I might go with Optik TV and internet. Although there is 5 people in my house. Does anyone know if you can have more than one reciever in the house? Kind of like Bell? I think there will end up being 3 computers and 4 televisions in the house.

Rathji · 07-24-2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

I also want extremely fast reliable internet and am willing to pay for quality.

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

I think there will end up being 3 computers and 4 televisions in the house.

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Originally Posted by Roast Beef

Fast internet? Get Shaw. The Telus Optik TV by itself is far better than Shaw but you have to be in the right area with a good enough connection. With Optik your internet will slow down to about 4mb/s with all 3 TV streams running.

That answer your question?

Telus can't provide good, reliable internet speeds with Optik TV.. It is a fantastic service, but only if you don't care about your internet.

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 09:13 AM

Ballsack, I just checked and Optik is not available in my area of the city anyways.

DAMN YOU TELUS!!!!!!!

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 09:22 AM

Anyone know if Shaw has a gigabyte limit to downloading per month?

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 09:36 AM

OK, so I called Telus and they said it would be available to me. But now I am wondering if they have Center Ice. Because that would be a deal breaker for me.

LChoy · 07-24-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

Anyone know if Shaw has a gigabyte limit to downloading per month?

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Originally Posted by Burninator

FYI Shaws download/upload limits per month are:

Lite: 12.5 GB
High-Speed (probably what most people have): 75 GB
Extreme: 125 GB
Warp: 250 GB
Nitro:500 GB

From the Netflixs thread

Vox · 07-24-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

Anyone know if Shaw has a gigabyte limit to downloading per month?

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Originally Posted by Lchoy

From the Netflixs thread

They have the offical limits that Lchoy referenced, but they don't enforce those limits. Realistically you'll be able to download as much as you want so long as you aren't running an inappropriate business off your connection.

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 12:10 PM

Anyone know about Center Ice on Telus?

CMPunk · 07-24-2010, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

Anyone know about Center Ice on Telus?

Well checking the web page suggests that they don't have it, at least not the Optik

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 12:48 PM

Bah, sometimes they don't show it, someone with Optik know?

dcbc · 07-24-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremywilhelm

Bah, sometimes they don't show it, someone with Optik know?

Didn't you say you called Telus? Why didn't you ask them? The website gives the impression that Optik doesn't have CI but that Telus satellite does.

jeremywilhelm · 07-24-2010, 02:24 PM

I called them again and asked and sadly, they do not.

mikey_the_redneck · 07-24-2010, 02:40 PM

Canada has the worst options when it comes to TV service.

Telus TV service has the exact same "them pack" channel groupings as frickin BellTV........what happened to competition?

On top of that you cannot add just a single channel out of the "#1" theme packs. I wanted just the Discovery channel out of the "News and Learning 1" theme pack, but you cannot do that.

Azure · 07-24-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Vox

They have the offical limits that Lchoy referenced, but they don't enforce those limits. Realistically you'll be able to download as much as you want so long as you aren't running an inappropriate business off your connection.

Yeah. Seems like they just tell people about the limits in an effort to keep people from using too much bandwidth.