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Rogers Takes "Fastest Internet" crown from Shaw

Postby jon » Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:23 pm

Rogers customers experience blazing fast internet speeds with re-speeding initiative
Canada NewsWire
TORONTO, Nov. 5, 2012
Internet speeds to increase across tiers; Ultimate tier doubles speed to up to 150 Mbps download speeds
Rogers re-speeds three widely available internet tiers; fastest available to the most homes


TORONTO, Nov. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications, Canada's leading diversified communications and media company, today announced its ongoing commitment to deliver world-leading internet experiences to Canadians by increasing speeds across Rogers internet tiers. Customers will have access to the fastest internet speeds offered by Rogers to date; this means up to 150 Mbps* download speeds across Ontario.

"As part of our commitment to providing customers with what's next in online experiences, we've increased our internet speeds again," said John Boynton, executive vice-president marketing, chief marketing officer, Rogers Communications. "Canadians love the internet and spend more time online than any other country in the world. We continue to make significant network investments to deliver the fastest internet speeds available to the most homes."

Upgraded download speeds keep customers connected to the entertainment, information and social networks that matter to them most, faster than ever before. The following speed increases will be available by the end of the year:

New Ultimate tier: recently doubled from up to 75 Mbps to up to 150 Mbps, and is scheduled to be available to most customers by the end of the year:

  • Download speeds of up to 150 Mbps, with a monthly data allowance of 250 GB
  • Download a song in about one second. Download an SD movie in about 37 seconds
  • Customers can download up to 120 HD (2GB) movies, watch 760 hours of HD video or download 64K (4MB) songs, per month
Starting November 7, 2012 Rogers will start automatically upgrading Extreme Plus, Extreme and Express internet tiers for customers with DOCSIS 3.0 capabilities. To benefit from the re-speeding initiative, Rogers customers with DOCSIS 2.0 modems are encouraged to visit their local Rogers retail location and upgrade to a DOCSIS 3.0 modem and service plan.

  • Extreme Plus: download speeds will increase from up to 32 Mbps to up to 45 Mbps
  • Extreme: download speeds will increase from up to 28 Mbps to up to 35 Mbps
  • Express: download speeds will increase from up to 18 Mbps to up to 25 Mbps. The Express tier, the most popular tier available from Rogers, has increased in speed by 150 per cent since mid 2011.

Ultimate, Extreme Plus and Extreme tiers - the fastest and most widely available internet speeds available from Rogers - are faster than the other guy's most widely available internet tier (which reaches up to 25 Mbps).

Today's announcement is the latest in a series of initiatives, enhancements and policy changes to ensure Rogers is delivering on customers' expectations. Earlier this year, Rogers engaged LeMay-Yates to conduct research to give a more accurate look at how Canada's broadband speeds stacked on a global scale relative to advertised speeds. The report found Canada ranked within the top 10 countries internationally for fastest internet speeds delivered. In addition, Rogers announced it would phase out its Internet Traffic Management Policy, which was designed to manage peer-to-peer internet uploaded traffic. This phase out is on track to be complete by the end of 2012.
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Re: Rogers Takes "Fastest Internet" crown from Shaw

Postby Mike Cleaver » Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:39 pm

There's the old disclaimer "up to" again.
When all conditions are optimal and that almost never happens, you may get the highest speed.
The difference between DSL internet and Cable internet is congestion.
Unless the cable infrastructure has been upgraded, the more people using the internet and tv services on your "node," the slower it goes.
DSL offers a direct connection between you and the "head end."
Teksavvy, for example, has its own fiber pipe from Ontario to BC which ends up in the Telus building downtown.
Telus 'pots' lines which also deliver phone service and television take the signal from there to your home or office.
There's no one else sharing your line.
With Teksavvy, we're promised 6mbps downloads and 1mbps upload and we get it, all the time.
Thinking of upgrading to 25 down with Teksavvy now that it's available in our neighbourhood.
Another bonus with Teksavvy, unlimited downloads overnight at no extra charge.
If you're dis-satisfied with your internet provider, I urge you to check them out.
No, I don't own any shares in the company, just a very satisfied user after horror stories with both Shaw and Telus.
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Re: Rogers Takes "Fastest Internet" crown from Shaw

Postby LG73 » Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:20 pm

Shaw's top service Broadband 250 is 250 down/15 up. That's 1.66 times faster than the top package from Rogers.
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Re: Rogers Takes "Fastest Internet" crown from Shaw

Postby jon » Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:42 pm

I stand corrected.

And Shaw has introduced two new characters to celebrate their 250Mbps service, Bit and Bud, both Shaw bots:

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You can read all about it:

http://www.shaw.ca/bots/
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