- the aforementioned video buffering problem - especially on my Win10 laptop
- should I say, interesting download speeds
- the cost
Telus hotspots are few and far between, and nothing's as widespread as Shaw is, though, so Shaw it is.
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Shaw Go WiFi and the Free Range TV apps are killer. Hard to beat that combination. Rarely does my known not connect to a Shaw wifi hotspot in the city.
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I hate Shaw more than any other company in the world.
Another reason to be pissed - I have a small flat panel tv mounted high up in my ensuite, for morning news, sports etc. Hooked up by coax straight out of the wall. Was running non HD low channels which was fine.
Now with their recent upgrades to full digital I need a cable box to receive any channels at all. And there is no room for a box anywhere. Their advice: too bad for me.
I hate Shaw more than any other company in the world.
Another reason to be pissed - I have a small flat panel tv mounted high up in my ensuite, for morning news, sports etc. Hooked up by coax straight out of the wall. Was running non HD low channels which was fine.
Now with their recent upgrades to full digital I need a cable box to receive any channels at all. And there is no room for a box anywhere. Their advice: too bad for me.
I would check Kijiji or the buy and sell here. Often you can get a used box for massive discount. If you are paying for HD then I would get a cheap used stand alone HD box. I got one for $50 last year on Kijiji.
I hate Shaw more than any other company in the world.
Another reason to be pissed - I have a small flat panel tv mounted high up in my ensuite, for morning news, sports etc. Hooked up by coax straight out of the wall. Was running non HD low channels which was fine.
Now with their recent upgrades to full digital I need a cable box to receive any channels at all. And there is no room for a box anywhere. Their advice: too bad for me.
Or connect the other end of the coax to an antenna, and get free local channels in HD over the air. CBC, CTV, Global, City should take care of the morning news. Sports, well, not so much.
I hate Shaw more than any other company in the world.
Another reason to be pissed - I have a small flat panel tv mounted high up in my ensuite, for morning news, sports etc. Hooked up by coax straight out of the wall. Was running non HD low channels which was fine.
Now with their recent upgrades to full digital I need a cable box to receive any channels at all. And there is no room for a box anywhere. Their advice: too bad for me.
That's not just a SHAW thing either, that will be all Cable providers soon enough. They want to free up the analog ranges to make more room for digital services.
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Anyone else's Shaw internet been acting weird lately? I recently got the New Hitron modem as well as a whole new internet plan and modem, so isolating it will be impossible.
Basically sometimes, things like Youtube videos, some web pages, wont start loading or will load a bit and then stop buffering all together. Even when that happens I'll run a speedtest which always nets me ~34Mbps (internet 30) with fine ping.
I've got the Hitron modem on their equivalent of bridge mode, an Archer C7 router, and the computer in question is hard-wired.
Any other ideas on this? Seems like a google thing (Youtube, maps, etc) are slow to load, as well as a few other non-google sites. Everything else remains blazingly fast.
Any other ideas on this? Seems like a google thing (Youtube, maps, etc) are slow to load, as well as a few other non-google sites. Everything else remains blazingly fast.
Are you using windows 10 and do the web pages in question have flash content on them? If some pages are fast and others slow, I wonder if this might be a computer issue, not internet issue.
You guys ever try changing your DNS server? I've had spotty response time with Shaw DNS in the past and just use the Google servers instead.
Please explain more? I've tinkered with DNS in the past, but never felt a need to do so in Windows 7 and later, so I haven't really thought or considered it. Was it a significant difference? My issues seem resolved for now (going from a 2 internal antenna motorola cable modem to a brand new 16 internal antenna Hitron modem usually can do that), but I wouldn't mind keeping the DNS idea in the back of my pocket for future considerations.
EDIT: Just realized I'm incorrect. I have already tweaked to used Google DNS and continued to do so in Windows 7 and later.
Any other ideas on this? Seems like a google thing (Youtube, maps, etc) are slow to load, as well as a few other non-google sites. Everything else remains blazingly fast.
Have you tried a different browser or disabling your add-ons?
Are you using windows 10 and do the web pages in question have flash content on them? If some pages are fast and others slow, I wonder if this might be a computer issue, not internet issue.
Its Win 7; and only seems to be since I got the new Hitron modem & service.
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Have you tried a different browser or disabling your add-ons?
Yes, so to illustrate, if I take a random Youtube video, set it to 720p, and then often it'll take 10 seconds to buffer. Same if I just forward in the video.
It's not all the time, but its also not based on area load, as happens even at quiet times. Other times its fine though.
For example, this took 12 seconds to buffer once I put it to 720p, and stuggled to keep enough buffer ahead of the video as it played.
Has to be your modem or connection. Just did it over wifi and a Windows 7 machine hardwired to the Cisco DPC3848v and worked flawlessly. Even gained on the playback. I'm on the old BB50 50/5.
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Maybe he hates cowboy boots.
Had Shaw come out a few years back for the same problem, they replaced connectors outside at the box and coming into the house and all has been good since.
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Maybe he hates cowboy boots.
I hate Shaw more than any other company in the world.
Another reason to be pissed - I have a small flat panel tv mounted high up in my ensuite, for morning news, sports etc. Hooked up by coax straight out of the wall. Was running non HD low channels which was fine.
Now with their recent upgrades to full digital I need a cable box to receive any channels at all. And there is no room for a box anywhere. Their advice: too bad for me.