On November 12, 2004 04:21 pm, Tomas Florian wrote: > Hi, > > I had Shaw a long time ago (3 years) and the reason I stopped using it was > because of the variable speed (sometime slow sometime fast) and it seemed > to depend on what my neighbors were doing. If they were downloading > heavily they took all the bandwidth. Some of my clients who used Shaw also > seemed to have experienced this. Has Shaw taken care of this issue by > using a traffic shaper on their routers? >
I don't know how they fixed it, but it doesn't happen any more. > Thanks, > Tomas > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Niels Voll > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:08 AM > To: CLUG General > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Calgary ISP Comparison > > my experience with Shaw's residential package has been generally positive; > > positive experiences > - relatively few outages, > - no port 25 blocking nonsense, like for example Telus > - plug and play DHCP - i.e. none of that having to go to a password > protected website to "register" one's NIC, like for example Telus > - cable is less sensitive to CO proximity than xDSL - although on cable > you "compete" with your neighbors for bandwidth - hasn't been a problem > for me, though > - same dynamic IP addresses for months and months > - bundled deal with digital cable is pretty good combination deal > > negative experiences > - there was a stretch, when their DNS servers seemed very temperamental > (slow to non-responsive) - as a result, I've been running my own for > the last few months > - their email servers have had very slow throughput at times - however > since I'm running my own email server, this doesn't bother me > > Other observations > > bundling issues: > - Shaw's residential service seems a reasonably good deal in combination > with some of their digital cable TV packages > - I don't think you can get a static IP address as an add-on to Shaw's > residential packages, only with business packages (someone please > correct me, if that is untrue) > - I believe, if you want Telus DSL, you need to have their residential > Telephone service, at least for local service; Telus telephone service > is a bit more expensive than some of the others (Sprint etc.) > > > HTH > > ...Niels > > Jesse Kline wrote: > >Hey Group, > > > > I'm looking into Internet service providers for my new place, and while > >I know this topic has been covered on the list before, I was hoping I > >could get some suggestions from the group as well as share the > >information that I have collected so far. I'm looking for residential > >Internet service that is fast (I'd like something faster than your basic > >1.5MB ADSL link) as well as relatively inexpensive. Your suggestions > >would be appreciated. I have already done up a quick comparison of some > >of the service providers in town. If anyone has information to add to > >the list, or any other providers that I should be looking at, please let > >me know. My comparison is available online at > >ftp://ftp.kline.ca/pub/clug/isp.html > > > >Thanks, > > > >Jesse > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
