I live in eastern Washington County (borderlands between cities of Beaverton and Portland) and connect with Ziply Fiber ... which has been excellent; good service, helpful installers and phone staff.
------ Just announced: Ziply has been purchased by Bell Canada. Gee, I wonder what they are like? https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell_phones/bell_canada.html On a 1 (bad) to 5 (good) scale review, 1534 reviews average to 1.2 score (actually 1.1 if you do the math). 1423 "1" reviews, 82 other reviews, most of those "2" reviews. The 31 "5" reviews are mostly named individual staff at the malls ( Georgian Mall Barrie, Upper Mall Canada, Amherst Centre Mall, Fort Erie Mall, Albion Mall, etc. ). 1423 + 82 adds up to 1505 ...presumably some hackers were so miffed that they somehow added 29 "0" reviews, trying to drop the average score below 1.1. consumeraffairs.com seems to be arithmetically challenged as well. Trustpilot, Better Business Bureau, Yelp, same story. Is it too late to ask U.S. regulators to pull the plug on this deal? ------ Wouldn't it be wonderful if Bell Canada let Ziply staff in Tualatin Oregon continue doing their great work? Wouldn't it be wonderful if the check WAS in the mail, this WON'T hurt a bit, and I WILL still respect you in the morning? Ziply as deployed before now is well designed, robust, and might not require much service. However, in my neighborhood, the "backbone" optical cable is strung between poles overhead, and will need re-splicing if a tree falls on it (we have MANY trees). Adding drops for new customers also entails resplicing. If ZiplyBell fires the competent adults and hires min-wage teenagers who weren't good enough to flip burgers at McDonalds ... well, there goes the digital neighborhood. I will keep an eye out for occasional Ziply install trucks and ask the installers for their opinion. The rest of you living in the Ziply service area, please do likewise. Keith L. P.S. based on a handful of visits to Canada, they DO seem to dote on their malls up there. Probably the climate; streetside storefront shopping risks winter frostbite. -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
