<div dir="ltr"><div>Hartmut, you mean "than good cheap internet".<br><br></div>Depending on where they are in the city, there's many providers that'll eagerly provide speeds up to 1gbps symmetrical (off the top of my head and alphabetically: HighSpeedCrow, Les.net, PCS, Terago, VOI, Voyageur, Wiband). I won't start an on-list discussion of the different providers' pros and cons.<br><br>But given that Shaw/MTS are already cheap/cheapest and this customer wants to go even cheaper that won't work.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Hartmut W Sager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hwsager@marityme.net" target="_blank">hwsager@marityme.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It's amazing how often I encounter similar situations during consulting. The problem is always the same: Do your ISP research BEFORE you buy a house (residential comment) or BEFORE you choose/rent your biz premises (business comment), because once you're outside of primary Shaw and MTS territory, you're screwed.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">"Oh, but the price of the premises was so good .....". Yeah well, if that was more important to you than good Internet, then you'll have to live with it now.<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Choosing a proper Internet location (if needed) is just as integral as choosing close schools, bus routes, grocery stores, etc.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hartmut W Sager - Tel <a href="tel:%2B1-204-339-8331" value="+12043398331" target="_blank">+1-204-339-8331</a>, <a href="tel:%2B1-204-515-1701" value="+12045151701" target="_blank">+1-204-515-1701</a>, <a href="tel:%2B1-204-515-1700" value="+12045151700" target="_blank">+1-204-515-1700</a>, <a href="tel:%2B1-810-471-4600" value="+18104714600" target="_blank">+1-810-471-4600</a>, <a href="tel:%2B1-909-361-6005" value="+19093616005" target="_blank">+1-909-361-6005</a><br></span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 September 2015 at 00:26, Trevor Cordes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trevor@tecnopolis.ca" target="_blank">trevor@tecnopolis.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What's the cheapest option for a Winnipeg business to get decent<br>
(especially upload) internet access when they aren't in a Shaw area (but<br>
are in MTS). Right now they have MTS crappy like 5Mbps down and 400kbps<br>
up. It's horrible.<br>
<br>
We'd be fine with 5 or 10 (or more) down, but we want at least 2 up. The<br>
more up in our pricerange the better. Monthly traffic will be quite low<br>
in both directions, but we get large-demand bursts.<br>
<br>
Price range is $40-$80/month. They are willing to pay (a bit) more<br>
upfront to save on the monthly fee, if required.<br>
<br>
They need zero extra features (email boxes, web space, a/v, domain, etc),<br>
they just need faster internet. Lower latency than what garbage MTS gives<br>
would be better too. I already checked with MTS and what they want for<br>
more upload bw is way too much (compared to what Shaw charges).<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
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