Rogers or Acanac? Sept. 2007

Way back in September 2007 I was deciding between a few companies for home phone service (had just got married and moved out).

Here are my notes about that decision:

Rogers home phone: $21.95/mo, 2 free phone handsets, can install next week Friday

Bell home phone: Too much. :)

Primus: http://www.primus.ca/en/residential/bundle/bundledServices-bundlelite.htm (I think this one is the best package, $34.95 for home phone, high speed DSL, and 5 cents a minute long distance anywhere in CAN or US. Only hitch: we need to have existing phone service before we can switch to Primus)

Acanac: http://www.acanac.com/index.html ($18.95/mo, DSL)"

We decided to go with Rogers. For one, we already had cell phones with them; secondly, it seemed like an easier set-up.


We also picked up internet!

Wife to me:
[W]ell, with rogers we pay every month, and it's $25.95 for ultra-lite internet (that one makes most sense for us). with acanac it's $18.95 a month for the first 12 months, you pay it all at once for the year, $227.40.

My response was:
For $85 extra we can go with Rogers and get a) good service b) same provider (better?) and c) monthly payments (nicer right now!)

So there you have it - Rogers was chosen over Acanac based on us getting better service for $85/year. In addition, the monthly payments were preferred!