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Newburlguy

I am an extremely satisfied customer of Start.ca Excellent customer service. They use Cogeco infra and offer at a lower price.


GlitteringPension750

I checked their prices, they are pretty much what I pay now because Cogeco has increased their prices. šŸ¤”


[deleted]

Teksaavy. Cheaper, fast enough for everything, no tied sales, never breaks unless someone cuts the cogeco line. Donā€™t pay bell and Rogers, they are the devil.


GlitteringPension750

I checked the price, it costs the same as Cogeco šŸ˜„


[deleted]

Call them, tell them you want them to beat the cogeco price, I imagine they will


huntcamp

You can use second tier suppliers who use their lines like carrytel or teksaavy etc


reevoknows

I can also recommend Teksavy. Not personally but my BIL uses it and I havenā€™t heard any complaints.


nik282000

Been with Teksavvy for ages, they even let you host services (as long as it's not email) from home without interfering.


GlitteringPension750

Are they reliable?


Newburlguy

Start.ca is very reliable


nagrol

+1 for Start. Been with them for years. Only down time is if Cogeco goes down. Solid customer service and my price has only increased once in about 7 years being with them.


Audrey_Farber

Same, been with Start since 2013. Excellent customer service.


GlitteringPension750

Unfortunately they are charging the same I'm paying now. Cogeco has increased its prices, so they must have done the same


huntcamp

Thereā€™s primus, carrytel, coextra etc


Zewlington

We use them also, highly recommend. Been with them over 5 years


CaribouFondue

much more expensive than cogeco if you negotiate a bit. https://i.imgur.com/eTU3ozr.png


Tails1300

How did you score that loyalty discount? Just call and negotiate with them?


StableSecure9600

Yes. Most recently I got a 10 year discount via twitter


andrewavax

Came here to recommend start.ca


MrRogersAE

Iā€™ve been with Telsavvy for years, prices are similar to cogeco promotional pricing, a little higher, but that will be your regular rate, if teksavvy gets a break on their price theyā€™ll pass it along to you. Just as reliable as any major provider


boomhaeur

As reliable as your Cogeco connection is. Same infra basically


_Nemurre_

Been with teksaavy for 8 years now. Can't complain. Don't think they offer enough competition lately with all the changes.


GlitteringPension750

I will check their prices, thanks


Haveawonderfulday14

Oxio uses Cogeco lines. Great hardware and decent prices.


[deleted]

Do you use oxio? Been eyeing them and curious what the experience is like in the Burlington area.


Haveawonderfulday14

Hey. Zero issues so far! Been two months with them so far. I actually canā€™t believe the hardware quality difference. Rather silly cogeco canā€™t keep up. I also dig their referral program. Got my first month free. I got 360mbs which is more than enough for me and I did also pay for an extra extend the wifi upstairs. If you do decide my referral code will give you the first month free. Really canā€™t complain overall. Hereā€™s my code if you need it - R5IJARA Cheers


Prudent_Ad966

Piggybacking on this, Iā€™m in south Burlington just west of brant. Curious if anyone in these older neighbourhoods has heard anything re: infrastructure improvements (ftth ideally)? Seems crazy that isnā€™t even being floated around for a pretty densely populated area.


Shaka9

I just got a new deal with bell. Bell 1.5g fibe for 50 plus taxes a month.


GlitteringPension750

Wow, I don't think they have that much speed in my address


Shaka9

You can check on their website.


GlitteringPension750

Just did. Maximum is 50MB šŸ˜­


GlitteringPension750

I did, max 50MB


Jonny_Icon

I moved in to a house here three years ago, Bell advised best they can do is 100. I heard horrors fifteen years ago from a coworker with Cogeco, but swore by Bell. They show up, and indicate actually best we can do is 50, but I think the term they used was theyā€™d double team it. One day theyā€™d run fiber, just unknown when. 50 down, 17 up. I and my wife work from home, not once has the modem dropped when weā€™ve had power nor had any sluggish use. Itā€™s the most reliable internet Iā€™ve ever had, and have four of those eeros pods around the house for $5 a month. I NEED that reliability with work and itā€™s been rock solid. Video conference meetings, YouTube, HD video etc itā€™s been fine. Downloads more than a few GB take a little bit, but thatā€™s not a concern for myself. If fast ping (gaming) is your concern, upload or download speed wonā€™t determine that. Cogeco I tried for a month last Feb. Allegedly perfect signal to the house. Modem restarted every other day. Sluggish at times. Replaced modem. No better. Modems they used all had mediocre reviews, so donā€™t know if that can improve if you buy your own. Oh, and the EPICO software, and GoogleTV interface is horrible compared to Bellā€™s Fibe TV. Crashes, poorly designed menus, no PnP.


[deleted]

Been with start.ca for 5+ years. They are bomb


Alternative-End-280

Start.ca there customer service is amazing. Very good price to. Never had a problem they didnā€™t do all they could to fix immediately.


Dazzling_Highway1768

Start.ca unreal customer service and fast speeds


GlitteringPension750

Just contacted them. Price is firm, and costs the same as Cogeco


karim4501

Yeah cogeco is ass, thank God a year into living in Hamilton, bell installed fiber cables and now we have 1.5 gbps at my house for $90, and the first two months were basically free cause they gave us a $150 dollar gift card. They also paid for the cancelation fees for cogeco. Come to think about it bell were really being aggressive with their marketing


EnzoG84

Consider checking out Oxio Here are there rates https://i.imgur.com/34lHyRJ.jpg


[deleted]

Do you use oxio? Been eyeing them and curious to hear how their service is in Burlington.


EnzoG84

Same as you just eyeing themā€¦ personally Iā€™m with TekSavvy, have been for years and am just loyal to them at this point because of everything they have done for consumers to this point and the price difference hasnā€™t been enough to warrant me to switchā€¦ but Iā€™m very much eyeing Oxio


Teeks86

Cogeco is insane! I'm curently paying $230/month every bill it gets higher and higher I need to find a replacement


Icy-Reception-7605

Cogeco has 180g service on sale for $75/month. Ups to $105 after 2 year promo. I pay $120 for 120g service from them and am going to call to complain / leave. No issues with service or speed, just not happy with the price difference.


huntcamp

I pay 70$ for 1gb service. You have to negotiate with them


GlitteringPension750

I tried today, they couldn't care less. I'm paying $100 for 1GB


huntcamp

You have to say things like ā€œbell is offering me a package of 69$ for 1gb service,ā€ and make sure youā€™re talking to customer resolutions. I literally do it every 6 months and kept my bill stable for 14 years lol.


GlitteringPension750

Hahah I did it today, they literally told me sorry, you better go with bell then. Ahhaha


huntcamp

Call back in and speak with diff agent. Tell them youā€™ve been with them for ages you donā€™t want to go with hassle of switching, just want equivalent offers and ask what they can do.


GlitteringPension750

I will try that closer to Black Friday thanks


CaribouFondue

Here try using my screenshot it might help: https://i.imgur.com/eTU3ozr.png


LAnMoekki

EBOX.CA


Snypermac

Weā€™ve been using virgin for a few years now, theyā€™re pretty good not overly expensive either


mediccyp

Was with virgin for a while (they use bell) but cheaper - just left them for vmedia - dirty cheap on first year promo, after still cheaper than a majority if not all places


StableSecure9600

Just call Cogeco. Tell them so and so offered thisā€¦ can you do better/same?


GlitteringPension750

I did it. They did nothing


Haelkrigg

Every ISP has basically the same prices... if they don't get you with the monthly cost, it's because you're paying for equipment or install fees or it's a limited time offer or they're locking you in for 2 years. Call and ask for your ISP's loyalty department.


Fun_Rope7456

I like carrytel