Shaw or Telus internet

[mark]

Have Shaw now, no complaints but Telus is promoting the iPod nano.

What's the differance re: speed and access?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by mark

Have Shaw now, no complaints but Telus is promoting the iPod nano.

What's the differance re: speed and access?

just get telus then switch back a month after I have a friend who did that once when they were promoting a web cam if you signed up. Though maybe they have some contract now preventing you from leaving within a certain time frame..

[AndyL]

Speed wise, depends on your neighbourhood... In some areas shaw is really slow, in others its pretty darned quick. Telus is about the same across the board...

When the cable connection is good, it will blow away the DSL. But on the down side, our area has some connectivity problems with shaw - the cable internet will just cut out for significant periods of time.

For my neck of the woods, the shaw connection is faster - but less reliable. I've got telus, my neighbours got shaw - and honestly we've setup our routers so we can both access either network; so if I'm doing a big download I can use his, if his connection is down he'll use mine.

Andy

[Bryan]

Just a rant here, but don't these offers sometimes **** you off. A couple of months ago Canada trust was giving away a free Ipod for people who moved their accounts to them. I have been a loyal Canada Trust customer for 10 years holding saving, mortgage and loan accounts with them, why don't they throw me a FREE Ipod for all my continued business!!

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by Bryan

Just a rant here, but don't these offers sometimes **** you off. A couple of months ago Canada trust was giving away a free Ipod for people who moved their accounts to them. I have been a loyal Canada Trust customer for 10 years holding saving, mortgage and loan accounts with them, why don't they throw me a FREE Ipod for all my continued business!!

Damn straight! Shaw offers their NEW customers free PPV's when you buy a digital cable terminal, I bought 3 at different times, I sure as hell didnt get any more free PPV's.

As fer the original question telus or shaw. One word... Union. Telus is THE worst telecommunications company in Canada. They treat their customers like garbage, and not to mention their employee's, which in turn creates even more distaste towards customer service. Just on ethics alone one should not ever use telus. Shaw does have better service on average... 5Mbit download and 1 MBit upload on their standard service. Telus is 1.5 Down and 640kbit up. IF your lucky.

[scuglass]

i was with shaw and in woodbine it sucked it always disconnected me i have telus now and never havre problems

[Abbyreefer]

Bryan if you go in and complain to the bank manager and mention that you will move all of your business especially your mortgage I'm sure they will give you the Ipod.. But agree with you 100% I'm already with shaw and like Cable internet but find you'll never get the same deals as if you keep switching back and forth from cable to DSL.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I was considering switching to Telus but I just got off the phone with a Telus Mobility customer service rep. & she was totally unhelpful & totally rude & did a complete disservice for the company. I will now be sticking with Shaw because anytime I called Shaw up, their reps were helpful & courteous. If I didn't just resign up with Telus Mobility, I'd cancel my plan right now. A pox on that customer rep's <fill in body part of choice>!!!!

[scuglass]

lol yah shaw phoned my friend and told him to take it easy on the downloads or hed have to pay for increased bandwith. who new downloading cds 24/7 would cause a problem

[tinpusher]

Sorry don't have time to read all 3 pages so if this is covered already I appologize.

If you are a big downloader and go over the Shaw limit they will charge you for the extra usage. I am on Telus and constantly go over the limit and have never been bothered. I have several friends who left Shaw and went to Telus for that very reason.