Bell is blocking my tubes
March 22nd, 2008 @ 7:40 am by SnorbufarThis is an older post, created in January. I’m going to start blogging again, working on writing up new drafts of some posts so cleaning out these old ones. -Jeff
Well I’ve had enough of Bell Sympatico, they really are assholes. I’ve been having problems with them for months and every time I call them they either A) ‘fix’ it (meaning it seems fast since they disconnected my net completely for 30 minutes) or B) Hang up on me. You might be asking me “Well why didn’t you switch?” The answer is because the only other option is Rogers/Cogeco, and they have a $99 installation fee.
Today, however, I decided to take action on my shitty service (when it takes over an hour to download 200mb when there are over 2000 seeds, there is a problem). Also, the fact that I was clued in to Bell admitting to lowering my transfer speeds during ‘peak times’ set me overboard. I had spent hours on the phone and them ‘not knowing what is wrong’ when really they’re just fucking with me. If I’m paying full price for a full service I want that full service all the time, not just outside ‘peak hours’ cock gobblers.
Where was I? Right, I called up Rogers and asked them what they could offer me for around the same price range. The answer I got:
- Waived installation fee
- 7mbps Download / 1mbps Upload
- 61GB total limit/month
- $44.95/month ($3 off for 6 months, so $41.95/month)
Current package with Bell:
- 5mbps Download / 512kbps Upload (though highest I’ve ever gotten was 3.1mbps download)
- “No total limit” (however my charge seems to fluctuate by $3 every month and they refuse to send me a paper bill)
- $47.99 - $51.00/month
In short, I’ve been getting screwed around lately. I’m going to call up Bell and given them the option of cutting my bill ALOT (I’m talking $30/month max) or I’ll be canceling it come the end of the billing cycle.
UPDATE: I did call Bell, and they gave me a $80 credit on my account. I accepted it but am still planning on switching to Rogers to see how well they can service me. (yeah, had to say it that way, it made you laugh admit it)
rogers ’shapes’ traffic too. so your downloads will still be screwed if you go to them as well.
Trinity
June 27th, 2008