Topic: Bell or Cogeco?

[Triple Bob]

I'm setting up basic TV and internet services etc. Either of them better than the other?  TBH I'm more concerned about internet quality/speed than anything else.

Is Bell internet delivered by phone line or satellite dish?

[Allen]

Bell is over copper... there new Bell Fibe TV is really good, if its available in your area..

[tpl]

But some "Fibe" is just fast copper not optical fibres.   Again, depends where you are.

Bob I'd suggest a look around the fora at  www.digitalhome.ca for information on  Cogeco vs Fibe etc.

[CanuckS2K]

I've got Bell's fibre internet service, known as FibreOP here.  I've got the 30up/30down package and have been very satisfied with it.  Great speeds and very reliable.  The company pays for it so I'm not exactly positive how much it costs per month though.  IIRC, it's around $75/mo here.  I have Bell satellite TV so I personally can't comment on their Fibre TV.  I've got a number of friends that have it though and they love it.   

[CanuckS2K]

Bell is over copper... there new Bell Fibe TV is really good, if its available in your area..

Doesn't Fibe TV share the same pipe as your internet access? So it's the same as cable in that sense? Or am I mistaken? 

Yes, fibre TV and fibre internet share the same optical cable.  The signals are broken up into two wavelengths on the optical cable.......one for downstream traffic and one for upstream traffic. 

[wing]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

[Snowman]

I had to switch from Bell to Cogeco because all they could give me was 14 mbps, WTF is this the stone age?

[CanuckS2K]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Yep, it's optical.  I've got an Alcatel-Lucent box in my garage that is terminating the fibre. 

[tpl]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

You mean copper from the house to the curb I guess.   One would think that if they go to all the trouble of putting fibre in they should offer, at additional cost, fibre into the building.    But I suspect that the fibre stops at the nearest distribution point AKA the Brown( or grey) box at the end of the street.

[tpl]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Yep, it's optical.  I've got an Alcatel-Lucent box in my garage that is terminating the fibre.

And that is in NB.  I read that large parts of NS and PEI are getting fibre to the home as well.  Doing that in Ontario is a whole new set of Billions of $$$

[CanuckS2K]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Yep, it's optical.  I've got an Alcatel-Lucent box in my garage that is terminating the fibre.

And that is in NB.  I read that large parts of NS and PEI are getting fibre to the home as well.  Doing that in Ontario is a whole new set of Billions of $$$

I'm a fair bit out in the country too, so I was quite surprised when Bell made this available in my area. 

[aaronk]

We have Cogeco and I can't recommend it. Poor customer service, ongoing issues with fuzzy cable channels (eventually just stopped cable service), and overly exuberant collections team who calls you if you're 5 minutes late on your bill. If I could go back I'd set up internet through Acanac or Teksavvy and just skip the cable.

[wing]

LOL I can't even get DSL or cable and you have fiber to the home -- too good.

Which ALU box do you have?  I can ship you a new software load to hack it 

[CanuckS2K]

LOL I can't even get DSL or cable and you have fiber to the home -- too good.

Which ALU box do you have?  I can ship you a new software load to hack it 

It's a Lucent-Alcatel 240G B.

[wing]

Ah it's a lucent box from the old Lucent days.

[Seafoam]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Yep, it's optical.  I've got an Alcatel-Lucent box in my garage that is terminating the fibre.

And that is in NB.  I read that large parts of NS and PEI are getting fibre to the home as well.  Doing that in Ontario is a whole new set of Billions of $$$

Most of the major towns and cities have it  here now. Newfoundland has it  in St John's and now Cornerbrook. The Maritime provinces were actually the first areas in Canada to get fibre to the home ,started in the spring of 2009 in Fredericton.

[Jaeger]

I've had it with Cogeco - pay too much and get too little.  Switching to Bell Fibe on Saturday.

[tpl]

Is it optical out where you are?   In Ontario its copper to the curb

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Yep, it's optical.  I've got an Alcatel-Lucent box in my garage that is terminating the fibre.

And that is in NB.  I read that large parts of NS and PEI are getting fibre to the home as well.  Doing that in Ontario is a whole new set of Billions of $$$

Most of the major towns and cities have it  here now. Newfoundland has it  in St John's and now Cornerbrook. The Maritime provinces were actually the first areas in Canada to get fibre to the home ,started in the spring of 2009 in Fredericton.

Here in Guelph, a medium sized town ( 118,000 people + the students) I expect we will get either Bells optical to the door or maybe as likely, Rogers optical to the door in the next 10 years. Why? because we have a big university and some actual industry.  I get flyers from Bell every so often offering "Fibe" but that turns out to be satellite + internet over copper.  Cable works better so I ignore it.   I do watch for roads being dug up with people pulling  thick cables through already installed pipes... with trucks with company names that contain words like Hi-tech, Communications, High speed, Universal and in smaller print  "contracting to Bell or Rogers"   

[Snowman]

I've had it with Cogeco - pay too much and get too little.  Switching to Bell Fibe on Saturday.

No fibre Bell here, you must be in a posh area 

[Jaeger]

I've had it with Cogeco - pay too much and get too little.  Switching to Bell Fibe on Saturday.

No fibre Bell here, you must be in a posh area 

Yeah, I'm tripping over Ferraris and Porsches.    It's brand new to the area and they were having a pretty good door-to-door promotion.