Experience shows these internet access providers perform...
Company Advertised
Best Speed Pros
Cons
Speed
Measured
(down)
(down)
Bell
up to 3.1 M 1.8 Mbps
Just plug it into the A/C It is subject to the idiosyncrasies of
Unplugged
and the computer. It antenna placement.and unused
is immediately running. available bandwidth.
Rogers
up to 1.5 M 975 Kbps Like Bell - no cable &
It uses the same Inukshuk backbone
Unplugged
no telephone lines as Bell but is just being released and
needed.
is advertised at lower speed & price.
Telus
none found 2.1 Mbps The wired
phone line The summer of 2006 saw service
system is solid & times of 3-7 days for locations
stable. It is widely in Victoria & Vancouver.
available.
Shaw - regular 5.0 Mbps
3.7Mbps The wired cable is
The available speed and large
- extreme
10 Mbps 9.98 Mbps a wide bandwidth
number of attacks against Shaw
highway. Once connections locks up many
you experience routers. Get a good router
this speed going like ones offered by Sonic Wall
slower won’t be or EdiMax which protect you
an option
from lockups by reseting themselves.
