Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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.
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  1. UnknownDecember 2, 2009 at 8:04 PM

    Enjoy!
    I'm glad I can still use my parent's. We go through Bell for phones and internet, and have a really good plan as we have been with them awhile. They are still trying to convince us to get tv from them too :) Maybe we should ask if the provide the hardware!

    Daniel Zwart

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  2. ChrisDecember 2, 2009 at 8:10 PM

    I really doubt that Bell gives them nearly a good deal as Acanac offers. The cheapest Bell I see is $22/month; up to 2 mb/s download and ONLY TWO GB/month before going into extra charges.

    If I were you I'd at least think about switching; depends on the price they're offering of course.

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