What modem for 250/20 in rCable area?
Hi, What's the best modem for 250/20 in rCable area? I seem to remember reading that those high-speed modems used to have some latency issues. Is this still the case, or was the problem solved? I'm...
View Article[DSL] Why does VDSL feel so much faster than ADSL?
I upgraded from ADSL to VDSL. Although it went up only 10mbps it feels a lot, lot faster than just an increase in 10mbps. But I did test speeds regularly on both and both always gave the speeds I paid...
View ArticleInternet Prices still too high?
Start.ca has great service, but when we compare it to other companies, are the prices and speed still reflective of what we should be getting? People on RFD forums are starting to say that the prices...
View Article[cCable] Maintenance August 24th (tonight)
Just to advise everyone that our cCable provider has a maintenance window tonight between the hours of 12AM and 6AM where all services will be down for roughly 60-120 minutes. Unfortunately this...
View ArticleNative IPv6 on rcable?
Are there any updates on native IPv6 on rcable? 6RD is working fine I just like new things to play with :)
View Article[rCable] Maintenance August 28th @ 2am
Rogers is performing a software upgrade early Monday morning on the POI router that will impact Rogers TPIA services for approximately 45 to 60 minutes. During this time sync will be maintained, but no...
View Articlelost packets, lags, internet freezes
It started about a month ago. Internet stopped working for period of 1-10 seconds, sometimes even more than 1 minute. I started to investigate. If I connect my desktop directly to modem, the issue...
View Article[DSL] Possible New Subscriber
Good afternoon Start, I'm looking to switch ISPs but have a few questions for you before I make a decisions. 1. What sort of lead time do you need before DSL installs in Ontario? i.e. how many business...
View Article[rCable] - Expected Speeds / Provisioning Issue
Morning, I called in early on Saturday morning (2AMish) and spoke to Ryan regarding only getting 30/10 as opposed to my 60/10 package, and was told that it appeared that there was a provisioning issue...
View Article[Cable] No internet again...London
This is the second day in a row where I wake up only to have no internet. Is there some kind of service happening in the London area? I should not have to manually reboot my modem on a daily basis.
View ArticleStrange dips in upload speed
For the past week I have been having very strange issues with upload speed pretty much dropping to 0 every ~15 minutes (drop lasts for about 5 minutes and then returns to normal). My download speeds...
View Article[DSL] Still constant disconnects after all the troubleshooting
Getting disconnected every 10 minutes, sometimes no connection all day, sometimes connection is fine for 6-8 hours. Start sent new modem, RG 501n, to replace RG 505n, both in bridge mode, 505n worked...
View ArticleNew London Facilities / Data Centre
As sort of discussed here and there, we definitely have a lot going on - some of the things we can't share dates yet, but we're at a point where I can post some progress on our new building and data...
View ArticleLag on video streaming
Never had this happen before, been with Start for ~2 years now. A video on YouTube, a live stream on Twitch, a show on Netflix, anything to do with video streaming is not working properly the last week...
View ArticleIntermittent DNS issues
Anyone else having these problems? Getting DNS errors on many sites for the past week or so. Usually have to wait about an hour before the DNS resolves. Tracing route to ontario.ca [54.208.81.96] over...
View Article[rCable] Any Toronto congestion/speed issues?
The last few days, I've been seeing nightly slowdowns on the download side. I have 250/20 on rCable and pull 250 down consistently, except for the last few nights. At the moment, I'm seeing 27Mbps on...
View Article[DSL] Static IP cost for business vdsl? Is it IPv4?
Don't see it on Start website - how much is static IP for business VDSL in London? And would I be getting a routable IPv4 IP address? Or IPv6?
View Article[cCable] Packages
Was just on the Cogeco site and it seems they have quietly made some changes to their plans. The 60 and 120 tiers now come in Unlimited flavours only. The 120 tier is $95 regular (down from $125!) with...
View ArticleStill No Installation Date (London)?
I ordered cable internet about a week ago, but I still didn't get a confirmation on my installation date. I've called and they say Cogeco/Rogers (I don't remember) hasn't contacted them yet. Is anyone...
View Article[rCable] Is usage meter still working?
No activity shown since the 1st, but I'm sure that I have used the connection since then.. 4.1 GB of 200GB quota used (2%) 67.1 MB of free traffic used during the unlimited transfer window Your daily...
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