Great connection...

Last night I streamed two hockey games at once from the CBC website ... no speed or connection issues at all! It's awesome to have a solid useable internet.

Save the most with Primus!

I got a letter in the mail from Primus, they're offering a "triple value bundle" of home phone, DSL high speed internet, and long-distance calling. The letter says that "there simply isn't a better bundle on the market."

I checked out their website and got the following two bundle prices (click to enlarge):



Comparing these prices to Acanac's $34/month (internet) plus $20/month (phone) - and that's ignoring the first year's discount and any referrals you might have - still puts Acanac on top.

There's also a lot of fine text, something about an increase to $79.95 after the first year and a $100 charge if you cancel in the first year are in there.

Smooth sailing!

No downtime or hiccoughs of any sort to report to date. I found out that my parents are paying Rogers for internet that's so slow that they can't even access GMail during the day ... so I told them about Acanac in case they're interested in switching as well! I'm going to try to get my ten referrals; I think it's worth it, that's for sure.


On a Saturday morning here's the speeds I get:

Connected!

The Bell technician came today at about 4 pm, connected the dry loop, and even plugged in my Acanac router and made sure everything was working. When I got home it was all set up!



Over 4 MBps download?

Awesome!

To summarize:
- ordered internet on Nov. 9th
- got confirmation of payment Nov. 11th
- router arrived on Nov. 17th
- found out I needed a dry loop Nov. 18th
- ordered a dry loop Nov. 19th
- Bell technician did not show up Nov. 26th
- Bell technician finally did come and I'm golden Dec. 1st

In all, it took twenty-two days to get connected; was waiting for Bell for twelve days.


Things for you to learn from my experience:
1) Find out ASAP if you need a dry loop - to do this you just call your current provider and ask for a circuit ID and if you have analog or digital service.
2) Don't cancel your current internet until you're hooked up with Acanac (this I did do!).
3) It might take a week or two to get connected.