Couch Potato Report predicts half of Canada will be without traditional TV by 2026

  • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    Most of us do. Rogers and Bell (the only companies we can get internet infrastructure from) don’t often sell internet on its own. You usually have to get a cable or home phone package with it.

    If you’re lucky and some third party company is leasing some bandwidth from the existing fibre or cable infrastructure, you can pay a bit cheaper and just have an internet plan on its own (like with Start or Teksavvy or the others).

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      3 months ago

      Or if you’re in Toronto you get access to amazing ISPs like Benfield and fibrestream. $50 for 1Gb/s symmetric. Glorious

    • PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      That’s not true, I’ve been with Bell for 10+ years and they’ve always had an internet only option. In fact, I know they still do. So does East Link.

      • PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        I guess it depends where you live. I’m in Atlantic Canada and there aren’t any Bell or Rogers plans that have internet as standalone. Always in a bundle.