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That's because of Beanfield. Outside of the core of Toronto that is not the case. If you go all the way to Burlington, it starts costing about $300/mo, if they

• sbarre 7y ago
  It's more than just Beanfield. I live in a condo building and Beanfield wasn't even an option here. If that was the case, I'd never have been able to get this plan, right? I agree that it's certainly due to competition, but it's not as reductive as that. Also, I have a co-worker who lives in Milton and he has the same service as me for basically the same price (he's in a bundle though).
  • microcolonel 7y ago
    > If that was the case, I'd never have been able to get this plan, right? Not so! The pressure helps people who aren't even technically covered by competitors. That's the beauty of it. :- )
  • how2cflags 7y ago
    Ah, I have a friend in a downtown condo who uses their 1Gbps service and he hasn't had any issues with them. Sadly I'm in an older town house so my options are Bell or Rogers, neither of which can offer symmetric fiber as the cost to deploy wouldn't be worthwhile their time.(Oddly Bell installed fiber in the older building across the street from me into all the units.) Either way, I ended up going with Teksavvy. No marketing nonsense or calls to up sell anything and I get 300/20 for 62 a month without a contract.